The health care during the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco will be enhanced by Kaiser Permanente, one of the best health care organizations in the USA.
In build at the ORACLE TEAM USA base at Pier 80 as required by the America’s Cup rules, the first of the two wingsail catamarans, AC72 yacht is due to be launched by the end of this month.
Giants Enterprises, a subsidiary of the San Francisco Giants, will assist in the promotion and ticketing of all sanctioned America’s Cup public viewing locations beginning with the ACWS in San Francisco on 21 August. The company provides a unique possibility to watch this popular race from an exclusive ticketed viewing area – The Deck, offering unforgettable view.
Another successful result of an excellent collaboration between America’s Cup and Southern Spars is a completion of the massive 40m carbon fibre wing for the freshly launched AC72 sailing yacht New Zealand, belonging to Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ).
The 2013 America’s Cup program in San Francisco offers up to 55 days of racing, including the Louis Vuitton Cup, America’s Cup Finals and Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Four challengers entered in Louis Vuitton Cup. The first competing in the 2012-13 AC World Series in San Francisco will run from August 21 to 26, attended by 11 crews.
According to NZ Marine executive director, Peter Busfield, the launch of the first AC72 sailing yacht New Zealand helps strengthen the export of New Zealand manufactured boats and equipment. This splendid catamaran was launched in Auckland on July 21.
The organisers of the 2012-13 AC World Series have unveiled the format of competition for the upcoming season, with each race kicking off on Wednesday, with a gran finale on Sunday.
For the first time in 20 years, the live America’s Cup racing will come back to network television in the USA, with the transmission of the final day of competing at the Newport AC World Series on NBC.
Running from June 28 to July 1, the Newport America’s Cup World Series will see the maximum effort of the ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL to obtain the overall victory in the final event of the 2011-12 ACWS season.
Following their excellent victory in Venice, the French Energy Team is now preparing for the upcoming Newport America’s Cup World Series, hoping to represent France in the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco in July 2013, still lacking the support of one or more companies.
With a personal tour by team skipper Jimmy Spithill, the popular rap artist MC Hammer has recently arrived at the ORACLE TEAM USA base, ending up helming the yacht.
With entry deadline recently extended by two months till August 1st, the Team Korea has marked the very first time that a team from Korea challenges for the America’s Cup, by paying entry fee for the next year’s Louis Vuitton Cup.