The ‘Cruise for a Cause’, a fundraising event, will be hosted by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential yacht U.S.S. Potomac on September 6, 2013. The event is organised by humanitarian yacht charity organization, YachtAid Global, to celebrate the 34th annual America’s Cup races.
Members of Luna Rossa Challenge as well as Artemis Racing commented on the Louis Vuitton Cup Semifinal during the post race press conference, held in San Francisco on August 10, 2013.
Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge will meet Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final, thanks to its 4-0 sweep of Artemis Racing in the semifinal round of the America’s Cup Challenger Series.
Following the Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Finals on August 9, 2013, Luna Rossa Challenge from Italy needs just one more win to advance to the Louis Vuitton Cup Final.
Luna Rossa won against Artemis Racing by 2 minutes and 6 seconds today accompanied by west/southwesterly winds of 11 knots on average.
Skipper Max Sirena and the Luna Rossa yacht crew came first after the 15.83-nautical-mile competition, winning by 2 minutes in winds of 16 knots on average.
The America’s Cup Challenger Series, between sailing yacht Artemis Racing and Luna Rossa Challenge yacht starts on Tuesday.
The tickets for the upcoming Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Final will be available online from this afternoon at 3:00pm. The event will kick off on August 6, 2013.
The overall winner of the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, has become the Emirated Team New Zealand that will exercise its right to advance to the Louis Vuitton Cup Final, due to kick off on August 17, 2013.
Race Day 12 of the last race of Round 4 of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, saw the Emirates Team New Zealand gain its 8th point.
Race Day 9 of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, saw Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge score its fourth point.
Yesterday, July 24, 2013, saw the recently launched second AC72 yacht of Artemis Racing sail for the very first time. It was an impressive first day out.