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Louis Vuitton Trophy
Auckland
Date 7–21 March 2010
Winner Team New Zealand
Location Auckland, New Zealand

The Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland was the second in a scheduled series of regattas that compete for the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta was held in Auckland between 7–21 March 2010.[1] The Louis Vuitton Trophy format uses existing International America's Cup Class yachts loaned to the regatta by various America's Cup racing syndicates, keeping costs low for the competing teams.

The Louis Vuitton Trophy was organised after the success of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series and the continued legal battle surrounding the America's Cup yachting competition at the time. Because of the long delays from the legal action, and the fact that the 2010 America's Cup became a Deed of Gift match without a defender or challenger selection series, the Louis Vuitton Trophy series was established as a competition for other America's Cup racing syndicates.

The Auckland event was hosted by Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

The Yachts

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The event used two International America's Cup Class yachts loaned specifically for the event; Team New Zealand's NZL-92 and NZL-84. One of BMW Oracle Racing's old boats, USA-87, was on standby to be used as a backup in case of damage, but was not required.[2][3]

Teams

Eight teams competed in the Auckland event. BMW Oracle Racing did not compete due to the pressures of the 2010 America's Cup.[2]

Ranking Country Team Club Skipper/Helmsman Notes
1 Script error: No such module "flag". Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Dean Barker Host
2 Script error: No such module "flag". Mascalzone Latino Club Nautico di Roma Gavin Brady
3 Script error: No such module "flag". Azzurra Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Francesco Bruni
4 Script error: No such module "flag". Team Artemis Royal Swedish Yacht Club Paul Cayard
5 Script error: No such module "flag". Team Origin Royal Thames Yacht Club Ben Ainslie
6 Script error: No such module "flag". ALL4ONE Cercle de la Voile de Paris Jochen Schümann/Sébastien Col
7 Script error: No such module "flag". Aleph Bertrand Pacé
8 Script error: No such module "flag". Team Synergy Karol Jabłoński

The Races

Round Robin

7–16 March

Team Name Races W L
Template:Flagicon Team New Zealand 7 6 1
Template:Flagicon Mascalzone Latino Audi 7 5 2
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon ALL4ONE Challenge 7 4 3
Template:Flagicon Azzurra 7 4 3
Template:Flagicon Team Artemis 7 4 3
Template:Flagicon Team Origin 7 3 4
Template:Flagicon Aleph 7 2* 5
Template:Flagicon Synergy Russian Sailing 7 0 7
A4O ART APH AZZ TNZ MAS SYN ORG Total
A4O 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4
ART 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4
APH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
AZZ 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4
TNZ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
MAS 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5
SYN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ORG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3

*deducted a point for damaging the boats[4]

Elimination Finals

17–20 March
The final series used the McIntyre final eight system, with all teams competing in the first elimination round. Team New Zealand and Mascalzone Latino Audi Team both earned a bye during the second elimination round. The second elimination round was scheduled for a best of three but was reduced to just one race due to low winds in the morning of the 18 March. As top seed after the first elimination round, Team New Zealand decided to face Azzurra in the Semifinals.[5]

Seed Team Name 1
4 Azzurra 0
5 Artemis 1
Seed Team Name 1
3 ALL4ONE 0
6 Team Origin 1
Seed Team Name 1
2 Mascalzone Latino 1
7 Aleph 0
Seed Team Name 1
1 Team New Zealand 1
8 Synergy 0

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The Final

Team Name 1 2 3 4 5 T
Mascalzone Latino Audi Team L L X X X 0
Team New Zealand W (00:12) W X X X 2

Due to light wind the Final series was reduced to a best of three series.

2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland
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Team New Zealand
First Title

Broadcasting

Television

Large TV screens were set up in the Viaduct Harbour for spectators to watch. Coverage was also streamed online.

TVNZ featured the early round robin results in there One News sports coverage, as did TV3's 3 News. From the elimination stage TV One had a nightly half-hour report and the two final days featured live broadcasts on TV One.

Radio

The event was broadcast on a special radio station set up for the event, LiveSport Sailing 103.0 FM.

Junior Series

A Junior series for under-15's was again run at the same time as the main regatta. The competition used O'pen BIC yachts around a short course in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. The winner received the opportunity to be 18th man on one of the boats boat during the Cup Final races and an O'pen Bic yacht. The event was sponsored by the New Zealand Herald.

Auckland Festival of Sail

The Louis Vuitton Trophy is part of an "Auckland Festival of Sail", as the event was preceded by the Omega Auckland match-race regatta and followed by the BMW World Sailing Cup final.[6] The Auckland International Boat Show also took place from the 11–14 March.[7]

A one-day superyacht regatta was also planned to be held alongside the Louis Vuitton event.[8]

The New Zealand Government committed NZ$1.5 million to help fund the Festival and the Auckland City Council contributed $650,000.[2]

Match Racing Regatta

The Auckland Match Racing Regatta was held from the 3 March until the 6 March and included ten well known skippers. The teams of five sailed in identical Bruce Farr designed MRX's. The regatta was won by Dean Barker who defeated Ben Ainslie in the final.[9] The winning crew consisted of Barker, Ray Davies, Jeremy Lomas, Don Cowie, James Dagg and Tony Rae.[10]

Skipper Pts
Ben Ainslie (GBR) 8
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) 5
Adam Minoprio (NZL) 5
Dean Barker (NZL) 5
Karol Jablonski (POL) 5
Bertrand Pace (FRA) 4
Magnus Holmberg (SWE) 3.5
Francesco Bruni (ITA) 3.5
Chris Dickson (NZL) 3
Sébastian Col (FRA) 3 
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BMW Sailing Cup world final

The BMW Sailing Cup world final was held from the 22 March until the 25 March and included seven amateur national teams sailing in Farr MRX's.[11] The regatta was won by New Zealand, who became the first country to win back to back titles.[12]

Rank Team
1 New Zealand
2 Portugal
3 Italy
4 Malta
5 Spain
6 Hong Kong
7 Germany 
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References

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  1. ↑ Auckland to stage Louis Vuitton World Series infonews.co.nz, 9 September 2009
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  3. ↑ Ready and raring to race!Script error: No such module "Unsubst". WSTA, 4 March 2010
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  7. ↑ Auckland Festival of Sailing Script error: No such module "webarchive". Auckland City Council
  8. ↑ Superyacht event for Auckland Louis Vuitton World Series Yachting World, 5 November 2009
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Accessed 8 March 2010
  11. ↑ Regatta Information.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". BMW Yachtsport
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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External links

  • www.louisvuittontrophy.com/home/ - Official Website


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