Updated: 2-April-2012. Important detail about the race schedule. Diagrams of ACWS Village in Naples.
Even if you don’t come to Naples, even if you experience ACWS via YouTube, this info should be helpful…
Here’s my marked up diagram of the ACWS Village.
The thin blue line shows the “restricted access area.” I’ve highlighted in orange the best place to watch the shore crews assembling the wings and boats. The public areas are marked in red, including the Via Francesco Caracciolo, closed to vehicles. This should be the best place to watch the racing from shore, assuming the wind allows John Craig and Harold Bennett to set the course here.
Naples ACWS Village jjga
Race Schedule & Scoring – ACWS Naples – 11-15 April 2012
Naples Courses
It’s not just the race schedule and scoring that change from the ACWS events in Cascais, Plymouth and San Diego – the course layouts have an important change, too – no more windward gate. The windward mark with port roundings will make for interesting tactics, especially in the match races. Match racing usually has starboard roundings. With the “first boat to the zone has rights” rule used in the ACWS it will be interesting to see how the teams deal with these courses.
Notice that the “2” and “3” in the course labels can be interpreted as the number of laps.
From the Sailing Instructions:
Courses L2 & L3
Course L2 is: Start, Mid Course Mark to port, Leeward Gate, Windward Mark to port, Leeward Gate,
Windward Mark to port, Leeward Mark to starboard, Finish.
Course L3 is: Start, Mid Course Mark to port, Leeward Gate, Windward Mark to port, Leeward Gate,
Windward Mark to port, Leeward Gate, Windward Mark to port, Leeward Mark to starboard, Finish.
Naples course L2 L3
Courses M2 & M3
Course M2 is: Start, Mid Course Mark to port, Leeward Gate, Windward Mark to port, Leeward Gate,
Windward Mark to port, Mid Course Mark to port, Finish.
Course M3 is: Start, Mid Course Mark to port, Leeward Gate, Windward Mark to port, Leeward Gate,
Windward Mark to port, Leeward Gate, Windward Mark to port, Mid Course Mark to port, Finish.
Naples courses M2 M3
Eleven(!) AC45s are scheduled to race in Naples in the America’s Cup World Series from 11-15 April 2012.
Two new AC45s will join the fleet: Luna Rossa “Swordfish” and Luna Rossa “Piranha.”
Luna Rossa AC45 in Auckland
Luna Rossa AC45 in Auckland
Click + / – to zoom in and out to see exactly where in Naples we will be…
Please add your comments and questions!