1995 Louis Vuitton Cup
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| 4th Louis Vuitton Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12 January 1995 - 21 April 1995 |
| Winner |  Team New ZealandTeam New Zealand Team New Zealand is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.Team New Zealand has become a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000... |
| Location | San Diego, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
The 4th Louis Vuitton Cup
Louis Vuitton Cup
The Louis Vuitton Cup is a yachting competition connected with the America's Cup. The Louis Vuitton Cup was used as the selection series to select the team to sail as the challenger in the America's Cup...
was held in San Diego, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1995. The winner, Team New Zealand
Team New Zealand
Team New Zealand is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.Team New Zealand has become a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000...
, went on to challenge for and win the 1995 America's Cup
1995 America's Cup
The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Dennis Conner, with the yacht Stars & Stripes , and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, with the yacht Black Magic .-Races:-Team New Zealand:-Team Dennis Conner:-References:*...
.
The teams
Originally ten challengers from seven nations submitted bids to compete for the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup. However Il Moro di VeneziaIl Moro di Venezia
Il Moro di Venezia was the name for five International America’s Cup Class boats built for the 1992 Italian team, Il Moro Challenge, headed by industrialist Raul Gardini...
collapsed after the death of its director Rudi Gardini. The Challenger of Record Committee then eliminated a Russian bid after it missed several deadlines and the French challenge representing Yacht Club d'Antibes withdrew even though its yacht Harmony was almost completed.
| Club | Team | Skipper | Yachts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of New Zealand's more prestigious yacht clubs, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guise of Team New Zealand.... |
Team New Zealand Team New Zealand Team New Zealand is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.Team New Zealand has become a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000... |
Russell Coutts Russell Coutts Sir Russell Coutts, KNZM, CBE is a competitive sailor. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup four times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and... |
NZL-32 & NZL-38 |
| Southern Cross Yacht Club | One Australia | John Bertrand | AUS-31 & AUS-35 |
| Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Cruising Yacht Club of Australia The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, established in 1944 is known as one of Australia's premier yacht clubs, and is acknowledged as one of the leaders in ocean racing in the country... |
Australian Challenge | Syd Fischer Syd Fischer Syd Fischer, OBE is an Australian businessman and property developer and sailor.Most noted for his sailing, Fischer is described as Australia's most successful offshore sailor... |
AUS-29 |
 Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona |
Spanish Challenge | Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo |
ESP-42 |
 Yacht Club de Sète |
France America 95 | Marc Pajot Marc Pajot Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Yves at the 1972 Summer Olympics. From 1987 to 2000 he competed four times at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:... |
FRA-33 & FRA-37 |
 Nippon Yacht Club |
Nippon Challenge | Makoto Namba |
JPN-30 & JPN-41 |
| Tutukaka South Pacific Yacht Club | Tag Heuer Challenge | Chris Dickson Chris Dickson (sailor) Christopher Stuart Dickson, born 3 November 1961 in Auckland, is an internationally known sailor from New Zealand. He was world youth champion three years in succession and later became world match race champion three times... |
NZL-39 |
Team New Zealand
Team New Zealand represented the Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronRoyal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of New Zealand's more prestigious yacht clubs, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guise of Team New Zealand....
and was headed by Peter Blake
Peter Blake (yachtsman)
Sir Peter James Blake, KBE was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the Whitbread Round the World Race, the Jules Verne Trophy – setting the fastest time around the world of 74 days 22 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds on catamaran Enza, and led his country to successive victories in the America’s Cup...
. The skipper was Russell Coutts
Russell Coutts
Sir Russell Coutts, KNZM, CBE is a competitive sailor. His achievements include a Gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup four times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and...
and the crew included Brad Butterworth
Brad Butterworth
Bradley William Butterworth, OBE is a world-renowned yachtsman known for the role he played as tactician and skipper in the America's Cup for Team New Zealand and the Alinghi team of Switzerland.He was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand in 1959...
, Tom Schnackenberg, Murray Jones and Craig Monk
Craig Monk
Craig Monk is a former competitive sailor who won a Bronze medal in the Finn Class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Monk also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta after narrowly beating Dean Barker for selection in the New Zealand team. He finished 13th. Monk has since been...
. The team was the first challenge from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron but built on the work of three previous challengers since 1987. Co-designed by Doug Peterson and Laurie Davidson, their boat showed a significant jump forward in speed. In sea trials against New Zealand's 1992 entry, NZL-20, a very good boat at the 1992 Cup, the new black boat easily outpaced it. Recalled boat Doug Peterson, "That first day Brad Butterworth came back and said, 'My god, it's like a different class of boat.' " The team finished with an official record of 41-2 and led 93% of the 260 legs it competed in.
One Australia
One Australia was skippered by John Bertrand, the winner of the 1983 America's Cup1983 America's Cup
The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first winning challenge to the New York Yacht Club who had successfully defended the cup over a period of 132 years...
. The syndicate won the 1994 IACC World Championship with AUS-31. AUS-35 was then constructed through a partnership agreement with the Australian Challenge - a deal that was claimed violated the two boats per syndicate rule. However the boat was allowed to compete in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup. She performed well until halfway through its match race of 5 March 1995, when it suddenly broke in half in heavy seas and sank within two minutes. She was the first America's Cup contender in 144 years to lose a match race by shipwreck. The crew survived, and reverted to their second boat, AUS-31 for the rest of the regatta. They still made the Louis Vuitton Cup final, where they lost to Team New Zealand 5-1.
Australian Challenge
The Syd FischerSyd Fischer
Syd Fischer, OBE is an Australian businessman and property developer and sailor.Most noted for his sailing, Fischer is described as Australia's most successful offshore sailor...
challenge from Sydney, this was Fischer's fourth America's Cup entrant. The team made frequent changes to its afterguard during the Cup and finished with a 19-5 record, finishing last on points.
Spanish Challenge
Copa America '95 Desafio Espanol was the last team to arrive in San Diego. The team was restrained financially and could not build on the 1992 campaign. The team only had one boat, ESP-42, and finished with a 3-21 record.France America 95
From Yacht Club de Sete and skippered by Marc PajotMarc Pajot
Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Yves at the 1972 Summer Olympics. From 1987 to 2000 he competed four times at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:...
, France America '95 failed to live up to expectations in 1995. France 2 (FRA-33) was damaged while it was being launched in December 1994 and then the keel fell off in February while it was testing a new sail. France 3 (FRA-37) was then demasted in the last round robin. The crew included Bertrand Pace.
Nippon Challenge
Nippon Challenge built on the 1992 campaign to enter two teams in the 1994 IACC World Championships and have a strong team in the 1995 Cup. Nippon had a 9-9 record sailing with JPN-30 before finishing the round robin in JPN-41 with a 2-4 record. Nippon Challenge then went 0-11 in the Semi finals to finish with a 11-24 overall record. The helmsman was John CutlerJohn Cutler (yachtsman)
John Cutler is a competitive sailor for New Zealand who won a bronze medal in the Finn Class at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He was also selected for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and was a sailing coach for the New Zealand team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...
.
Tag Heuer Challenge
Tutukaka Challenge was run on a shoe string budget that saw the team nearly not make it to San Diego until the intervention of Tag Heuer. The team was led by Chris DicksonChris Dickson (sailor)
Christopher Stuart Dickson, born 3 November 1961 in Auckland, is an internationally known sailor from New Zealand. He was world youth champion three years in succession and later became world match race champion three times...
and the crew included Peter Lester, Mike Sanderson
Mike Sanderson
Mike Sanderson is a New Zealand sailor. In 2006 he married British round-the-world yachtswoman Emma Richards in Cowes, UK....
and Denis Kendall. The team finished with a 24-12 record, making the semi-finals
Round robin
Four round robin series (RR1-RR4) were held. During Round Robin 1 a team scored 1 point per win, during RR2 a team scored 2 points per win, during RR3 a team scored 4 points per win and during RR4 a team scored 5 points per win.| Team name | Races | Won | RR1 Pts. | RR2 Pts. | RR3 Pts. | RR4 Pts. | Total Pts. | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team New Zealand |
24 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 70 | 1 |
 One Australia |
24 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 20* | 53 | 2 |
| Tag Heuer Challenge |
24 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 49 | 3 |
| Nippon Challenge |
24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 4 |
| France America '95 |
24 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 5 |
| Spanish Challenge |
24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| Australia Challenge |
24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 |
Semi finals
| Team name | Races | Won | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team New Zealand |
11 | 9 | 1 |
| One Australia |
11 | 7 | 2 |
| Tag Heuer Challenge |
11 | 6 | 3 |
| Nippon Challenge |
11 | 0 | 4 |
Final
| Team Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team New Zealand |
W (4:55) | W (1:57) | W (2:26) | L | W (3:04) | W (2:13) | ||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| One Australia |
L | L | L | W (0:15) | L | L | ||||
| 1 |
External links
- 1995 America's Cup ultimatesail.com