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2024 Unicredit Youth America's Cup
The 2024 Unicredit Youth America's Cup is the 3rd Youth Americas Cup and will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 17 to 26 September. Both the Youth and Women's America's Cup will use the America's Cup 40 AC40 class, a one-design 12 m (40 ft) foiling monohull class. The yachts have 4 crew onboard (two helms and two trimmers) and teams can have mixed crews with many female athletes competing in the youth and 2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup. All athletes must be aged between 18 and 25. Teams Twelve teams are split into two pools of six for an initial fleet racing series, Group A contains clubs which entered into the America's Cup challenger series of that year and Group B contain clubs which have been invited to take part. The top three of each division then progress to the final series of 3–4 fleet races which decide the top two teams, who subsequently compete in a single match-race final to determine the overall winners of the event. Group A Group B Results Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleet Racing
Fleet racing is a form of competitive Sailing (sport), sailing that involves sailboats racing one another over a set course. It is the most common form of sailboat racing and contrasts with match race, match racing and team racing. Fleet racing can take place in two main formats. In the one-design, "One-Design" basis, all boats in the fleet are of the same class (i.e., the same design, length, and sail area). Alternatively, different classes of boats can race on a Handicapping, handicap basis, where faster classes give time to slower classes either by starting the race later or having their finishing times adjusted after the race's completion. Racing can occur around or between buoys or geographical features such as islands, and take place over short inshore courses or long distances offshore (such as the Volvo Ocean Race). The Racing Rules of Sailing, rules for fleet racing are set by World Sailing and can be supplemented by race-specific rules set by the organisers of a particu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |