Louis Vuitton Cup

The Louis Vuitton Cup since 1983, the qualifying event, the challenger team for the America 's Cup, a prestigious international sailing regatta, which has been conducted since 1851.

The sponsor, the fashion brand Louis Vuitton, was from 1983 to 2007 the namesake of qualification regatta. In 2007, Louis Vuitton sponsoring the championship because of discrepancies temporarily. With regard to the 34th America 's Cup in San Francisco in September 2013 Louis Vuitton announced in November 2010, as the official qualification regatta include the sponsorship activities at the Louis Vuitton Cup again.

History

By the year 1970 only British teams challenged the U.S. sailors to defend the America's Cup. In 1983, the sponsor " Louis Vuitton " offered for the first time, bring together the international challenger for the America 's Cup in the same year in an elimination race and reward the winners with the trophy " Louis Vuitton Cup". The Cup was based on an idea by the French sailor Bruno Troublé.

As the America's Cup is the race of the challenger against the defending champion in the true sense, in the context of qualification based on the number of applicants, the actual challenger is determined. Since there is a match race event in the America's Cup, find the Louis Vuitton Cup three series " FFA " (Round Robin ) - the so-called Acts - instead, which are weighted differently. The point is best then the current challenger.

The first " Louis Vuitton Cup" was conducted in 1983. The Australian yacht Australia II won the Cup and thus the law against the U.S. defender ( defender ) from the New York Yacht Club, which to fight Liberty the America 's Cup. Again Australia II won and was able to win for the first time the America 's Cup trophy as a non-American yacht.

Winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup 1983

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