1992 Louis Vuitton Cup

3rd Louis Vuitton Cup
Date 25 January - 30 April 1992
Winner Italy Il Moro di Venezia
Location San Diego, United States

The 3rd Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1992. The winner, Il Moro di Venezia, went on to challenge for the 1992 America's Cup.

The teams

Eight challengers from seven nations contested the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. Together they spent over $250 million.[1] Il Moro di Venezia alone constructed four boats and spent over $85 million.

Club Team Skipper Yachts
Italy Compagnia della Vela di VeneziaIl Moro di VeneziaUnited States Paul CayardITA-25
Australia Cruising Yacht Club of AustraliaAustralian ChallengeAustralia Syd FischerAUS-17
Australia Darling Harbour Yacht ClubSpirit of AustraliaAustralia Peter GilmourAUS-21
Spain Monte Real Club de Yates de BayonaDesafio España Copa AmericaSpain Pedro Campos Calvo-SoteloESP-22
France Yacht Club de SèteLe Defi Francais 95France Marc PajotFRA-27
Japan Nippon Ocean Racing ClubNippon ChallengeNew Zealand Chris DicksonJPN-26
New Zealand Mercury Bay Boating ClubNew Zealand ChallengeNew Zealand Rod DavisNZL-20
Sweden Stenungsbaden Yacht ClubSwedish America's Cup ChallengeSweden Gunnar KrantzSWE-19

Round robin

Team name Races Won RR1 Pts. RR2 Pts. RR3 Pts. Total Pts. Ranking
Japan Nippon Challenge 21 18 6 20 56 82 1
New Zealand New Zealand Challenge 21 18 6 28 40 74 2
Italy Il Moro di Venezia 21 16 5 24 40 69 3
France Le Defi Francais 95 21 14 5 16 40 61 4
Spain Desafio España Copa America 21 7 2 12 16 30 5
Australia Spirit of Australia 21 7 3 8 16 27 6
Sweden Swedish America's Cup Challenge 21 3 1 4 8 13 7
Australia Australia Challenge 21 1 0 0 8 8 8

During RR1 a team scored 1 point per win. During RR2 a team scored 4 points per win. During RR3 a team scored 8 points per win.

Finals

Semi finals

Team name Races Won Ranking
New Zealand New Zealand Challenge 9 7 1
Italy Il Moro di Venezia 9 5 2
Japan Nippon Challenge 9 3 3=
France Le Defi Francais 95 9 3 3=

Final

Team Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T
New Zealand New Zealand Challenge W (1:32)LW (0:34)W (2:26)W (2:38)*LLLL3
Italy Il Moro di Venezia LW (0:01)LLL*W (0:43)W (0:53)W (0:20)W (1:33)5

*Race removed from records after Il Moro di Venezia were successful in a protest over New Zealand's bowsprit.

References

  1. Bill Center. America's Cup '95: The Official Record. Hong Kong, Tehabi Books, 1995. ISBN 0-7900-0442-9 p.33

External links

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