2003 Louis Vuitton Cup

6th Louis Vuitton Cup
Date 1 October 2002 - 19 January 2003
Winner Switzerland Alinghi
Location Auckland, New Zealand

The 6th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand in 2003. The winner, Alinghi, went on to challenge for and win the 2003 America's Cup.

The teams

The Yacht Club Punta Ala was the challenger of record.

Club Team Skipper Yachts
Switzerland Société Nautique de GenèveAlinghiNew Zealand Russell CouttsSUI-64
United Kingdom Royal Ocean Racing ClubGBR ChallengeUnited Kingdom Ian WalkerGBR-70
France Union Nationale Pour La Course au LargeLe Defi ArevaFrance Luc PillotFRA-69
Italy Reale Yacht Club Canottieri SavoiaMascalzone LatinoItaly Vincenzo OnoratoITA-72
United States Seattle Yacht ClubOneWorldUnited States Peter GilmourUSA-65 & USA-67
United States Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle BMW RacingUnited States Peter Holmberg
New Zealand Chris Dickson
USA-76
Italy Yacht Club Punta AlaPrada ChallengeItaly Francesco de AngelisITA-74
United States New York Yacht ClubTeam Dennis ConnerUnited States Dennis ConnerUSA-66 & USA-77
Sweden Gamla Stans Yacht SallskapVictory ChallengeSweden Mats JohanssonSWE-63 & SWE-73

Alinghi

Founded by Swiss businessman Ernesto Bertarelli, Alinghi featured Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth who had both joined from Team New Zealand. Jochen Schuemann was also involved in the team.[1]

GBR Challenge

Put together by Peter Harrison and New Zealander David Barnes, the team was skippered by Ian Walker.[2] GBR 70 was known as Wight Lightning while GBR 78 was called Wight Magic.

Le Defi Areva

Despite 2000 skipper Bertrand Pace joining Team New Zealand, Le Defi returned in 2003 with Luc Pillot skippering FRA 79.[3]

Mascalzone Latino

Headed by shipping magnate Vincenzo Onorato, Mascalzone Latino featured an all-Italian crew. The syndicate was only established in 2001 and Paolo Ciann served as helmsman.[4]

OneWorld

Part-financed by Microsoft mogul Paul Allen, OneWorld was based in Seattle. Skippered by Peter Gilmour, the team was docked one Louis Vuitton point by an arbitration panel for being in possession of design secrets from another team.[5]

Oracle BMW Racing

Founded by Larry Ellison who bought the assets of 2000 syndicate AmericaOne. The team was skippered by Peter Holmberg and also featured Paul Cayard and Chris Dickson. USA 71 and USA 76 were designed by Bruce Farr.[6]

Prada Challenge

Prada's crew included members of the 2000 Young America syndicate. They were again skippered by Francesco de Angelis and Rod Davis was in the afterguard.[7]

Team Dennis Conner

Team Dennis Conner's USA 77 suffered a massive blow when it sunk off the Californian coast in July before the Cup began.[8]

Victory Challenge

Principal backer Jan Stenbeck died of a heart attack in August 2002.[9] This was Sweden's first America's Cup bid since 1992.

Round robin

Team name Races Won RR1 Pts. RR2 Pts. Total Pts. Ranking
Switzerland Alinghi 16 13 7 6 13 1
United States BMWOracle 16 12 5 7 12 2
United States OneWorld 16 13 8 5 12* 3
Italy Prada Challenge 16 11 4 7 11 4
Sweden Victory Challenge 16 7 3 4 7 5
United Kingdom GBR Challenge 16 7 4 3 7 6
United States Stars & Stripes 16 6 5 1 6 7
France Le Defi Areva 16 2 1 1 2 8
Italy Mascalzone Latino 16 1 0 1 1 9

* OneWorld was docked one race win.

Finals

Quarter finals

Quarter Finals Repecharge
      
4 Italy Prada Challenge 0
1 Switzerland Alinghi 4
Italy Prada Challenge 4
Sweden Victory Challenge 0
5 Sweden Victory Challenge 4
8 France Le Defi Areva 1
Quarter Finals Repecharge
      
7 United States Stars & Stripes 4
6 United Kingdom GBR Challenge 1
United States Stars & Stripes 0
United States OneWorld 0
3 United States OneWorld 4
2 United States BMW Oracle 0

Finals

  Semi Finals Repecharge Final
                           
 United States BMW Oracle 0  
 Switzerland Alinghi 4          Switzerland Alinghi 5
       United States BMW Oracle 4    United States BMW Oracle 1
   United States OneWorld 0  
 United States OneWorld 4
 Italy Prada Challenge 2  

References

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