The 2024 Puig Women's America's Cup is the inaugural Women's Americas Cup and will be held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 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 many athletes also competed in the youth America's Cup. There are no age restrictions for athletes.
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. After six fleet races the top three of each division then progress to the final series of 4 fleet races which decide the top two teams, who subsequently compete in a single match-race final to determine the overall winner of the event.
Nationality requirements stipulated in the protocol mean that 100% of the crew sailing each yacht in each race must be nationals of the country of the yacht club the team represents.
Group A Team Yacht Club Skipper Helmswomen Athena Pathway Hannah Mills Hannah Mills Tasha Bryant Ellie Aldridge Emirates Team New Zealand Jo Aleh Liz Mackay Erica Dawson Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Giulia Conti Giulia Conti Maria Vittoria Marchesini Margherita Porro NYYC American Magic Francesca Clapcich Erika Reineke Helena Scutt Alinghi Red Bull Racing Nathalie Brugger Nathalie Brugger Alexandra Stalder Marie Mazuay Orient Express Racing Team Manon Audinet Audrey Ogereau Pauline Coutois
Group B Team Yacht Club Skipper Helmswomen Sail Team Barcelona Silvia Mas Silvia Mas Neus Ballester Jajo Team DutchSail Willemijn Offerman Odile van Aanholt Ismene Usman Concord Pacific Racing Isabella Bertold Isabella Bertold Ali ten Hove Maggie Drinkwater AC Team Germany Carolina Werner Tina Lutz Maru Scheel Victoria Jurczok Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies Julia Gross Vilma Bobeck Lovisa Karlsson Andoo Team Australia Olivia Price Laura Harding Olivia Price
Results Points are awarded to each of the finishing boats with 1st place awarded 10 pts, 2nd awarded 7, 3rd 5, 4th 3, 5th 2 and 6th 1. To progress to the semi-final series, teams must rank in the top three of their qualification series group. Likewise to qualify for the final, teams must rank in the top two of the semi-final series.
Qualification Series Group A Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Points1 Athena Pathway 1 3 2 2 2 1 462 Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 4 1 1 1 4 4 393 Emirates Team New Zealand 2 4 3 4 5 2 274 Alinghi Red Bull Racing 3 2 6 5 1 5 275 NYYC American Magic 5 6 5 6 3 3 166 Orient Express Racing Team 6 5 4 3 6 INR†† 16 Citation:
Group B Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Points1 Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies1INR531111612 Jajo Team DutchSail53113322513 Sail Team Barcelona22244233444 Andoo Team Australia 3 1 6 2 2 4 4 4 395 Concord Pacific Racing 4 4 3 6 6 (DNF)* 5 (DNS)** 5 6 (DNS) 136 AC Team Germany 6 DSQ † 4 5 5 6 (DNS) 6 5 10 Citation:
† AC Team Germany were disqualified from the race and awarded 0 pts.
†† Instructed Not to Race (INR) – Teams that are instructed not to race by the racing committee are awarded 4 points.
* Did Not Finish (DNF) – Teams are still awarded points for the place they would come in the race.
** Did Not Start (DNS) – Teams are awarded no points.
Final series Team R1 R2 R3 R4 Points1 Athena Pathway 3 2 1 3 272 Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 2 1 2 4 273 Sail Team Barcelona 1 6 4 1 244 Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies 6 3 5 2 155 Emirates Team New Zealand 4 5 3 5 126 Jajo Team DutchSail 5 4 6 6 7 Citation:
Final Team1 Athena Pathway Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team ● Citation:
References
External links Americascup.com, the official website of the competition