The Louis Vuitton Acts were a series of International America's Cup Class regattas leading up to the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and 2007 America's Cup. Thirteen regattas or acts were held in total. These regattas involved all eleven challengers plus the holder of the America's Cup, Alinghi, and allowed the challengers to earn bonus points that went towards the Louis Vuitton Cup. The 2004-2007 period was the first time this format had been used in America's Cup racing.
2004 ACC Championship The 2004 ACC Championship was won by Team New Zealand. Country Team name Yacht Club Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Points Ranking Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 1 2 6 1 BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 3 3 7 2 Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 2 4 1 7 3 Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano DNC* 2 4 13 4 Le Défi Union Nationale Pour La Course au Large 4 5 6 15 5 K Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 5 6 5 16 6 Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 6 8 7 21 7 +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano DNC* 7 8 22 8 * The two teams that DNC in Act 1 received 7 points.
Act 1 Act One was sailed in Marseille, France. The Act was scheduled to consist of six fleet races and a round robin of match races, however two fleet races were canceled due to poor weather. BMW Oracle Racing won Act 1. Act 1 saw the debut of FRA 57 and RSA 48, the rebadged NZL 57 and ITA 48 from the 2000 America's Cup. Team NameFleet Race 1Fleet Race 3Fleet Race 5Fleet Race 6Fleet Racing PtsMatch Racing PtsTotal PtsRanking BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)3rd1st1st1st2224461 Alinghi (SUI 64)1st2nd3rd2nd2024442 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)2nd3rd2nd3rd1824423 Le Defi (FRA 69)6th6th6th5th512174 K Challenge (FRA 57)4th4th5th4th116175 Team Shosholoza (RSA 48)5th5th4th6th8086KCHLDFTNZTSHALIBMW KCHLLWLL LDFWLWLL TNZWWWWL TSHLLLLL ALIWWLWW BMWWWWWL
Act 2 Act Two was sailed in Valencia, Spain. This was the first regatta in the port that was to host the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup. Three rounds of racing were lost to poor weather. The Act consisted of a double round robin of match races. Emirates Team New Zealand won Act 2. Act 2 saw the debut of FRA 60 and ITA 59, a rebadged NZL 60 and SUI 59 from the 2000 America's Cup and 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup respectively. Team New Zealand used NZL 81 after NZL 82 was damaged in a storm after the Marseille leg, BMW Oracle Racing used USA 71 for the same reason.2004: Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 2 America's Cup Official Website, 02.11.2004 Team NameWonLostPostponedTotal PtsRanking Team New Zealand (NZL 81)101311.51 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)92310.52 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 71)8339.53 Alinghi (SUI 64)8339.54 Le Defi (FRA 69)4735.55 K Challenge (FRA 60)3834.56 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)2933.57 Team Shosholoza (RSA 48)01131.58KCHLDF+39LRSTNZTSHALIBMW KCHW/LW/PL/PL/LW/PL/LL/L LDFL/WW/LL/LL/PW/WL/PL/P +39L/PL/WL/PL/LW/PL/LL/L LRSW/PW/WW/PW/LW/PL/WW/W TNZW/WW/PW/WL/WW/WW/PW/P TSHL/PL/LL/PL/PL/LL/LL/L ALIW/WW/PW/WW/LL/PW/WL/P BMWW/WW/PW/WL/LL/PW/WW/P
Act 3 Act Three was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act was scheduled to consist of seven fleet races, however one fleet race was canceled due to poor weather. Alinghi won Act 3. Team NameRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6PointsRanking Alinghi (SUI 64)4th1st3rd1st3rd2nd401 Team New Zealand (NZL 81)1st2nd1st6th5th1st382 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 71)5th6th2nd3rd1st3rd343 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)3rd4th7th2nd4th4th304 K Challenge (FRA 60)8th3rd4th4th2nd5th285 Le Defi (FRA 69)2nd7th8th5th7th8th176 Team Shosholoza (RSA 48)7th5th5th7th8th7th157 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)6th8th6thDNF6th6th138
2005 ACC Championship The 2005 ACC Championship was won by Alinghi. Country Team name Yacht Club Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 Act 8 Act 9 Points Ranking Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 1 2 1 1 1 1 71 1 Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 2 3 3 4 2 3 61 2 BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 3 4 2 2 4 2 61 3 Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 4 1 4 3 3 6 57 4 Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 6 8 5 5 8 4 42 5 Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 5 6 8 11 6 8 34 6 K Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 7 7 9 6 5 12 32 7 +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 9 6 8 7 7 32 8 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 8 5 7 9 9 10 30 9 United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 10 10 10 7 11 9 21 10 Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 12 12 11 10 10 5 18 11 China Team Qingdao International Yacht Club 11 11 12 12 12 11 9 12
Act 4 Act Four was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 4. Act 4 saw the debut of RSA 83, the first IACC boat constructed in Africa, and SUI 75. Desafío Español 2007 sailed ESP 67, a rebadged USA 67 from OneWorld's 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup campaign while Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team sailed ITA 77, a rebadged USA 77 from Team Dennis Conner's 2003 campaign. Team Germany sailed GER 72, which was a rebadged ITA 72 from Mascalzone Latino, while China Team sailed CHN 69 as they had merged with Le Defi and acquired FRA 69. Team NameRacedWonLostPointsRanking Alinghi (SUI 75)11110111 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)11101102 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)119293 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)118384 Victory Challenge (SWE 63)116565 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67)116566 K Challenge (FRA 60)114747 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)114748 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)114749 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)1138310 China Team (CHN 69)11110111 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)11011012ALIBMW+39TSHETNZLRSKCHVCHDESPMLCTUITGCHN ALIWWWWWWWWWWW BMWLWWLWWWWWWW +39LLWLLWLLLWW TSHLLLLLLLLLLL ETNZLWWWWWWWWWW LRSLLWWLWWWWWW KCHLLLWLLWLWLW VCHLLWWLLLWWWW DESPLLWWLLWLWWW MLCTLLWWLLLLLWW UITGLLLWLLWLLLW CHNLLLWLLLLLLL
Act 5 Act Five was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Luna Rossa won Act 5. Team NameRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5PointsRanking Luna Rossa (ITA 74)2nd6th6th1st4th461 Alinghi (SUI 75)3rd7th2nd2nd5th462 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)1st9th1st5th6th433 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)5th5th3rd3rd10th394 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)12th1st5th7th2nd385 Victory Challenge (SWE 63)4th2nd7thDSQ3rd366 K Challenge (FRA 60)7th4th4th6th9th357 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 69)8th8th9th8th1st318 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)10th3rd10th9th7th269 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)6th11th8th4th11th2510 China Team (CHN 69)11th12th12th10th8th1211 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)9th10th11th11th12th1212
Act 6 Act Six was held in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The Act consisted of a single round robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 6. Victory Challenge switched from SWE 63 to SWE 73, deciding it was better suited to the Swedish conditions
Team NameRacedWonLostPointsRanking Alinghi (SUI 75)11110111 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)11101102 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)118383 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)118384 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67)116565 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)116566 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)115657 Victory Challenge (SWE 73)114748 K Challenge (FRA 60)113839 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)1129210 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)1129211 China Team (CHN 69)11110112ALIBMW+39TSHETNZLRSKCHVCHDESPMLCTUITGCHN ALIWWWWWWWWWWW BMWLWWWWWWWWWW +39LLWWLLWLWWW TSHLLLLLLWLLLW ETNZLLLWWWWWWWW LRSLLWWLWWWWWW KCHLLWWLLLLLWL VCHLLLLLLWWLWW DESPLLWWLLWLWWW MLCTLLLWLLWWLWW UITGLLLWLLLLLLW CHNLLLLLLWLLLL
Act 7 Act Seven was held in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The Act was to consist of five fleet races, however poor weather meant that the Act was reduced to three races. Alinghi won Act 7. Team NameRace 1Race 2Race 3PointsRanking Alinghi (SUI 75)2nd4th1st321 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)1st2nd4th322 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)6th3rd2nd283 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)4th6th3rd264 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67)3rd5th5th265 K Challenge (FRA 60)10th1st9th196 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)5th10th7th177 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)9th7th6th178 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)8th8th11th129 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)7th11th10th1110 Victory Challenge (SWE 73)12th9th8th1011 China Team (CHN 69)11th12th12th412
Act 8 Act Eight was held in Trapani, Italy. The Act consisted of a single round robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 8.
Team NameRacedWonLostPointsRanking Alinghi (SUI 75)119291 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)119292 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)119293 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)119294 K Challenge (FRA 60)117475 Victory Challenge (SWE 63)116566 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)114747 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67)114748 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)113839 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)1138310 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)1129211 China Team (CHN 69)11110112ALIBMW+39TSHETNZLRSKCHVCHDESPMLCTUITGCHN ALILWWWWLWWWWW BMWLWWLLWWWWWW +39LLWLLLLWWWL TSHDNSLLLLWLLLWW ETNZLWWWWLWWWWW LRSDNFWWWLWWWWWW KCHWLWDNFWDNFLWWWW VCHLLWWLLWWLWW DESPLLLWLLLLWWW MLCTLLLWDNFLLWLLW UITGLLLLLLLLDNFWW CHNLLWLLLLDNSDNFLL
Act 9 Act Nine was held in Trapani, Italy. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 9. Team NameRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5PointsRanking Alinghi (SUI 75)3rd1st1st1st3rd561 BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76)1st2nd2nd2nd2nd562 Team New Zealand (NZL 82)2nd3rd5th3rd6th462 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67)6th6th4th8th1st404 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)5th5th3rd7th8th375 Luna Rossa (ITA 74)11th4th6th6th4th346 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)8th8th7th11th5th267 Victory Challenge (SWE 63)10th11th8th5th7th248 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)4th7th11th12th9th229 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)12th10th9th4th11th1910 China Team (CHN 69)9th9th12th9th10th1611 K Challenge (FRA 60)7thDNF10th10thDNS1212
2006 ACC Championship The 2006 ACC Championship was won by Team New Zealand. Country Team name Yacht Club Act 10 Act 11 Act 12 Points Ranking Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 3 1 32 1 Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 4 1 2 32 2 BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 4 3 31 3 Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 2 2 4 31 4 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 7 5 6 21 5 Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 5 9 5 20 6 Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 8 6 8 17 7 Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 7 10 7 16 8 Areva Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 10 7 9 13 9 +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 8 10 12 10 United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 11 11 11 6 11 China Team Qingdao International Yacht Club 12 12 12 3 12
Act 10 Act Ten was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races. BMW Oracle Racing won Act 10. Act 10 saw the debut of USA 87, ITA 86 and NZL 84. Act 10 saw the introduction of CHN 79, a rebadged FRA 79 from Le Defi's 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup campaign, and ESP 65, formerly USA 65 from OneWorld's 2003 campaign.
Team NameRacedWonLostPointsRanking BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87)11101101 Luna Rossa (ITA 86)119292 Team New Zealand (NZL 84)119293 Alinghi (SUI 75)119294 Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 65)116565 Victory Challenge (SWE 63)116566 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77)115657 Team Shosholoza (RSA 83)114748 +39 Challenge (ITA 59)113839 Areva Challenge (FRA 60)1138310 United Internet Team Germany (GER 72)1129211 China Team (CHN 79)11011012ALIBMW+39TSHETNZLRSARVVCHDESPMLCTUITGCHN ALIWWWLLWWWWWW BMWLWWWWWWWWWW +39LLLLLWLLLWW TSHLLWLLWLWLLW ETNZWLWWLWWWWWW LRSWLWWWWWLWWW ARVLLLLLLLWLWW VCHLLWWLLWLWWW DESPLLWLLWLWWWW MLCTLLWWLLWLLWW UITGLLLWLLLLLLW CHNLLLLLLLLLLL
Act 11 Act Eleven was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 11.