Next Stop San Francisco for AC45s
The final event in the 2011-12 AC World Series Championship — raced in purpose-built AC45 catamarans — drew to a close yesterday at Newport, RI, with Jimmy Spithill’s Oracle Team USA campaign taking series honors in the fleet racing, and Sweden’s Artemis Racing winning the Match Racing Championship. The 2012-13 series will begin August 21 in San Francisco Bay.
During the Newport event, specifically, the two OT USA teams were both in the spotlight, with Russell Coutts’ team finishing first, and Spithill’s team finishing second. Luna Rossa Piranha took third.
As you can see below, when points were tallied for the entire season, combining match and fleet racing, Spithill’s team emerged victorious also.
2011-12 AC World Series Overall Championship Leaderboard
(Team, Match Racing Points, Fleet Racing Points, Total Points)
1. Oracle Team USA Spithill…47 – 55 – 102 points
2. Emirates Team New Zealand…41 – 52 – 93 points
3. Artemis Racing…50 – 32 – 82 points
4. Energy Team…38 – 36 – 74 points
5. Oracle Team USA Coutts…39 – 29 – 68 points
6. Team Korea…33 – 33 – 66 points
7. Luna Rossa Piranha…26 – 26 – 52 points
8. Luna Rossa Swordfish…15 – 16 – 31 points
9. China Team…15 – 16 – 31 points
See the event’s official website for more.