User talk:David Finn/1903 America's Cup draft

The 2013 America's Cup will be the 34th America's Cup competition to be held and will take place from 7-22 September 2013, in San Francisco, California, California, the home of the winners of the 2010 America's Cup, the Golden Gate Yacht Club. The challenger of record will be chosen during the Louis Vuitton Cup which will be held from 04 July – 1 September 2013.

Racing will take place in a new class of yacht designed for the America's Cup, the AC72. In addition there is an America's Cup World Series which is intended to promote the America's Cup, attract sponsorship, and give competing teams the opportunity to practice, albeit in a slightly smaller version of the AC72, the AC45.

Links/teams

Defender

• Oracle Racing, Golden Gate Yacht Club, United States of America

Challengers

• Aleph, Aleph Yacht Club, France
• Artemis Racing, Royal Swedish Yacht Club, Sweden
• China Team, Mei Fan Yacht Club, China
• Emirates Team New Zealand, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, New Zealand (official blog)
• Energy Team, Yacht Club de France, France
• Green Comm Racing, Real Club Nautico de Valencia, Spain
• Luna Rossa Challenge 2013, Circolo della Vela Sicilia, Italy
• Team Korea, Sail Korea Yacht Club, South Korea