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Meet New Zealand’s Youth America’s Cup Team
The NZL Sailing Team are the defending Red Bull Youth America’s Cup champions, having won the inaugural regatta in San Francisco, USA in 2013. The team’s lineup for 2017 is a well-rounded mix of sailors from Olympic classes, keelboats and catamarans who have won world and national titles. The youth team is racing with guidance from America’s Cup... Read more of this article
TeamBDA To Make History In Youth AC Regatta
TeamBDA will make history in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup when it takes to the Great Sound in next week’s competition. “In August 2015, a call went out for the best young athletes in Bermuda to try out for TeamBDA, whether they had sailing experience or not. The final team of nine emerged from a series of grueling mental and physical... Read more of this article
Sailing’s Next Superstars Fly In First Training
After months of anticipation, the next generation of sailing superstars hit the waves on Bermuda’s Great Sound this week for the first Official Training session ahead of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. On the same waters sailed by the senior teams, the six national teams aged 18-24 who form Pool A are training on AC45F catamarans from May 28 through... Read more of this article
Meet Japan’s Youth America’s Cup Team
The only Asian team in the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, Kaijin Team Japan was formed in late November 2015 with the support of America’s Cup contender SoftBank Team Japan. Members of the team traveled to Italy, Spain, France, and Bermuda to sail the GC32 before having the opportunity to become the first Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team... Read more of this article
Video: Preview Of Red Bull Youth America’s Cup
The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup [RBYAC] will bring the best national youth teams to Bermuda for racing in 2017 during the 35th America’s Cup series. Twelve youth teams will take part in this unique series, six youth crews will compete in Bermuda through their affiliation with current America’s Cup teams and six more teams have been selected by... Read more of this article
Photos: Youth America’s Cup Practice Session
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams from countries including Sweden, Spain, Japan, Denmark, France, and Germany took part in a practice session in Bermuda, with the teams set to race in AC45F – the same boat used by the senior teams during the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series 2015/16. They hit the waters of Bermuda in preparation... Read more of this article
Youth AC A Pathway To Professional Sailing
What impact does the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup have on a young sailor’s future? Just ask the athletes who participated in the 2013 edition. “One of the best experiences that I have had so far in my career.” That’s how Sweden’s Andreas Axelsson, a “graduate” of the inaugural Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, describes the opportunity. When... Read more of this article
Meet Switzerland’s Youth America’s Cup Team
Team Tilt was originally founded by Swiss sailor Alex Schneiter in 1987. At the end of 2012, he put together a team for the 2013 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, and with Lucian Cujean at the helm Team Tilt finished fourth in the regatta, just one point off the podium. In 2014 Team Tilt continued an ongoing process of sailing the Decision 35 on Lake... Read more of this article
Meet Austria’s Youth America’s Cup Team
The first sailors ever to compete under the Austrian flag in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, the Candidate Sailing Team was founded in April 2016, when Max Stelzl [now the boat captain] and Roland Regnemer [team manager] met at a training session in Izola. Just three months later, sailor and entrepreneur Dieter Schneider came on board as name-giving... Read more of this article
Meet Sweden’s Youth America’s Cup Team
Sweden’s Artemis Racing recruited a mix of sailors with extensive technical knowledge of high-performance sailing, together with young athletes who have the physical strength to crew boats like the AC45F, to create the Artemis Youth Racing team for the Youth America’s Cup this summer in Bermuda. The trials for the Swedish youth team took place... Read more of this article
Youth AC Skippers On ‘Invaluable Experience’
With the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup 2017 rapidly approaching, the next-generation skippers aged 18 to 24 are opening up about their training, the 45-foot foiling boats, and what they think it will be like to sail on Bermuda’s Great Sound this June. “Participating in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup will be an invaluable experience. Whether... Read more of this article
RUBiS Energy Bermuda Partners With TeamBDA
RUBiS Energy Bermuda Ltd, in partnership with TeamBDA, has launched its ‘Fuelling Pride’ campaign, set to coincide with the upcoming America’s Cup. A spokesperson said, “During the 35th America’s Cup, there will be a number of additional competitions, including the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. “TeamBDA is Bermuda’s entry... Read more of this article
