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Is there anywhere I can see some of
the racing online?
Sure, just go to YouTube and search
for “2013 America’s Cup”. Nearly 25
million people have viewed America’s
Cup videos on YouTube. During the
final month of racing in 2013, more
than 100 million minutes of videos
were viewed.
When does it all start?
The British team led by Sir Ben Ainslie
has already been here for some train-
ing on the Great Sound. As the year
progresses, more teams will travel to
Bermuda for training.
When is the first official race?
Bermuda is hosting an America’s Cup
World Series event October 16-18 this
year. There are other World Series
events being held around the world – in
Calgiari, Italy (June), Portsmouth, Eng-
land (July) and Gothenburg, Sweden
(August) – this year. Additional World
Series races will be held in 2016 – Ports-
mouth and Chicago are already con-
firmed as race venues next year. That
racing will be on 45-foot catamarans,
and will feature all of the America’s Cup
teams. The overall ranking in the World
Series will determine the starting points
score of the teams when the America’s
Cup qualifiers begin in 2017. as Challenger to current Cup holder
Team Oracle USA.
When will we know which team will
face Team Oracle USA in the final? Sure, see www.americascup.com. Once
the competition starts, you will be able
to follow it online if you’re not able to
see it in person. In 2013, some 320,000
people worldwide downloaded the
America’s Cup app, while there were
more than five million unique visits to
the web site in the final month of rac-
ing alone. During the entire competi-
tion, there were more than 45 million
page views.
The results of the World Series events
will determine the seeding for the
America’s Cup Qualifiers. The top four
teams in the Qualifiers advance to the
America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs,
which will be comprised of two semi-
finals and a final. The winner of the
final will advance to the America’s Cup
When will they start racing in the
62-foot catamarans?
Teams aren’t permitted to begin sailing
the AC62s, as they’re known, until ap-
proximately five months before racing
starts in the America’s Cup qualifiers
in 2017.
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