Louis Vuitton Acts

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
 New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 1 2 6 1
 United States BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 3 3 7 2
  Switzerland Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 2 4 1 7 3
 Italy Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano DNC* 2 4 13 4
 France Le Défi Union Nationale Pour La Course au Large 4 5 6 15 5
 France K Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 5 6 5 16 6
 South Africa Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 6 8 7 21 7
 Italy +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 Name Fleet Race 1 Fleet Race 3 Fleet Race 5 Fleet Race 6 Fleet Racing Pts Match Racing Pts Total Pts Ranking
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) 5th5th4th6th8086
KCH LDF TNZ TSH ALI BMW
KCH L L W L L
LDF W L W L L
TNZ W W W W L
TSH L L L L L
ALI W W L W W
BMW W W W W L

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.[1]
Team Name Won Lost Postponed Total Pts Ranking
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) 01131.58
KCH LDF +39 LRS TNZ TSH ALI BMW
KCH W/L W/P L/P L/L W/P L/L L/L
LDF L/W W/L L/L L/P W/W L/P L/P
+39 L/P L/W L/P L/L W/P L/L L/L
LRS W/P W/W W/P W/L W/P L/W W/W
TNZ W/W W/P W/W L/W W/W W/P W/P
TSH L/P L/L L/P L/P L/L L/L L/L
ALI W/W W/P W/W W/L L/P W/W L/P
BMW W/W W/P W/W L/L L/P W/W W/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 Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Points Ranking
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
  Switzerland Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 1 2 1 1 1 1 71 1
 New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 2 3 3 4 2 3 61 2
 United States BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 3 4 2 2 4 2 61 3
 Italy Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 4 1 4 3 3 6 57 4
 Spain Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 6 8 5 5 8 4 42 5
 Sweden Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 5 6 8 11 6 8 34 6
 France K Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 7 7 9 6 5 12 32 7
 Italy +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 9 6 8 7 7 32 8
 Italy Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 8 5 7 9 9 10 30 9
 Germany United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 10 10 10 7 11 9 21 10
 South Africa Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 12 12 11 10 10 5 18 11
 China 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 Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
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) 11011012
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS KCH VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI W W W W W W W W W W W
BMW L W W L W W W W W W W
+39 L L W L L W L L L W W
TSH L L L L L L L L L L L
ETNZ L W W W W W W W W W W
LRS L L W W L W W W W W W
KCH L L L W L L W L W L W
VCH L L W W L L L W W W W
DESP L L W W L L W L W W W
MLCT L L W W L L L L L W W
UITG L L L W L L W L L L W
CHN L L L W L L L L L L L

Act 5

Act Five was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Luna Rossa won Act 5.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking
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 Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
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) 11110112
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS KCH VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI W W W W W W W W W W W
BMW L W W W W W W W W W W
+39 L L W W L L W L W W W
TSH L L L L L L W L L L W
ETNZ L L L W W W W W W W W
LRS L L W W L W W W W W W
KCH L L W W L L L L L W L
VCH L L L L L L W W L W W
DESP L L W W L L W L W W W
MLCT L L L W L L W W L W W
UITG L L L W L L L L L L W
CHN L L L L L L W L L L L

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 Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Points Ranking
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 Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
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) 11110112
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS KCH VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI L W W W W L W W W W W
BMW L W W L L W W W W W W
+39 L L W L L L L W W W L
TSH DNS L L L L W L L L W W
ETNZ L W W W W L W W W W W
LRS DNF W W W L W W W W W W
KCH W L W DNF W DNF L W W W W
VCH L L W W L L W W L W W
DESP L L L W L L L L W W W
MLCT L L L W DNF L L W L L W
UITG L L L L L L L L DNF W W
CHN L L W L L L L DNS DNF L L

Act 9

Act Nine was held in Trapani,Italy. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 9.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking
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
 New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 3 1 32 1
  Switzerland Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 4 1 2 32 2
 United States BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 4 3 31 3
 Italy Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 2 2 4 31 4
 Italy Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 7 5 6 21 5
 Spain Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 5 9 5 20 6
 South Africa Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 8 6 8 17 7
 Sweden Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 7 10 7 16 8
 France Areva Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 10 7 9 13 9
 Italy +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 8 10 12 10
 Germany United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 11 11 11 6 11
 China 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.

Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
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) 11011012
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS ARV VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI W W W L L W W W W W W
BMW L W W W W W W W W W W
+39 L L L L L W L L L W W
TSH L L W L L W L W L L W
ETNZ W L W W L W W W W W W
LRS W L W W W W W L W W W
ARV L L L L L L L W L W W
VCH L L W W L L W L W W W
DESP L L W L L W L W W W W
MLCT L L W W L L W L L W W
UITG L L L W L L L L L L W
CHN L L L L L L L L L L L

Act 11

Act Eleven was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 11.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 6th1st1st3rd1st531
Luna Rossa (ITA 86) 10th2nd3rd1st4th452
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 4th7th2nd5th2nd453
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 9th6th4th2nd3rd414
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 2nd10th5th4th5th395
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 5th5th6th8th8th336
Areva Challenge (FRA 60) 7th4th8th7th7th327
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 3rd12th7th6th6th318
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 65) 8th3rd10th9th9th269
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 1st8th11th10th11th2410
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11th11th9th11th10th1311
China Team (CHN 79) 12th9th12thDNFDNS612

Act 12

Act Twelve was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races plus three divisions of knock out finals. Emirates Team New Zealand won Act 12.

  • Act 12 saw the introduction of ESP 88.
Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 11110111
Luna Rossa (ITA 86) 11101102
Alinghi (SUI 75) 118383
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 118384
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 88) 117475
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 116566
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 116567
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 113838
Areva Challenge (FRA 60) 113839
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 1138310
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11110111
China Team (CHN 79) 11011012
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS ARV VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI W W W L L W L W W W W
BMW L W W L L W W W W W W
+39 L L W L L L L L L W W
TSH L L L L L W L L L W W
ETNZ W W W W W W W W W W W
LRS W W W W L W W W W W W
ARV L L W L L L L L L W W
VCH W L W W L L W L L W W
DESP L L W W L L W W W W W
MLCT L L W W L L W W L W W
UITG L L L L L L L L L L W
CHN L L L L L L L L L L L

Division 1
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Team New Zealand2
 
1st and 2nd place
 
 BMW Oracle Racing1
 
 Team New Zealand2
 
 
 
 Alinghi1
 
 Luna Rossa0
 
 
 Alinghi2
 
Third place
 
 
3rd and 4th place
 
 
 BMW Oracle Racing2
 
 
 Luna Rossa0

Division 2
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Desafío Español 20072
 
5th and 6th place
 
 Team Shosholoza1
 
 Desafío Español 20072
 
 
 
 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team0
 
 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team2
 
 
 Victory Challenge0
 
Third place
 
 
7th and 8th place
 
 
 Team Shosholoza1
 
 
 Victory Challenge2

Division 3
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Areva Challenge2
 
9th and 10th place
 
 China Team0
 
 Areva Challenge2
 
 
 
 +39 Challenge0
 
 +39 Challenge2
 
 
 United Internet Team Germany0
 
Third place
 
 
11th and 12th place
 
 
 China Team0
 
 
 United Internet Team Germany2

2007 season

No ACC Championship was awarded in 2007, instead the focus was on the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2007 America's Cup.

Act 13

Act Thirteen was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of seven fleet races. Alinghi won Act 13.

  • Act 13 was originally to be titled Act 14 due to the desire to avoid having a "thirteenth race" however the Act was later retitled Act 13 for simplicities sake.[2]
  • Act 13 saw the introduction of SUI 91, ITA 94, FRA 93, ITA 85, ESP 97, ITA 99, GER 89, CHN 95 and SWE 96.
Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 91) 4th1st1st1st3rd2nd1st781
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 5th3rd4th5th1st3rd6th642
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 99) 3rd6th5th2nd4th5th3rd633
Luna Rossa (ITA 94) 7th5th2nd3rd2nd8th4th604
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 1st4th7th4th10th6th2nd575
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 97) 8th2nd3rd9th6th1st7th556
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 2nd8th10th7th5th7th9th437
Victory Challenge (SWE 96) 12th11th6th8th7th4th8th358
Areva Challenge (FRA 93) 9th10th8th10th8th10th5th319
United Internet Team Germany (GER 89) 6th9thDSQ6th9th9th10th2910
+39 Challenge (ITA 85) 10th7th5th*DNSDNSDNSDNS1711
China Team (CHN 95) 11th12th9th11th11th11th11th1512

*+39 Challenge awarded redress after collision.[3]

Bonus Points
See also: 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup

Each challenger was awarded between 1-4 bonus points to take into the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup based on their performances in the last Ten Acts. Between 11-1 points were awarded to each team per Act based on the final position the syndicate when Alinghi was excluded. For 2006 Acts the points were doubled and the points were tripled for 2007 Acts. The 2004 Acts were not worth any points. Emirates Team New Zealand topped the table and took the maximum four bonus points into the Louis Vuitton Cup.

Team Name Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 Act 8 Act 9 Act 10 Act 11 Act 12 Act 13 Points Ranking Bonus Pts
Team New Zealand 111010911102022223315814
BMW Oracle Racing 109111111112218202414723
Luna Rossa 91110101172022182714533
Desafío Español 2007 858969168162110643
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 6864431216143010352
Victory Challenge 87527516612158362
Team Shosholoza 123348101410187372
Areva Challenge 6647818128127281
+39 Challenge 64866681066*6692*
United Internet Team Germany 333624444942101
China Team 221112222318111

*+39 Challenge awarded redress after collision in Act 13.[3]

References
  1. 2004: Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 2 America's Cup Official Website, 02.11.2004
  2. Louis Vuitton Act 13 Archived 2007-05-04 at the Wayback Machine Yachting World, 31 January 2006
  3. +39 Challenge wins protest, is awarded redress America's Cup Official Website, 05.04.2007
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