See the detailed Race Schedule here. There is only match racing on Wednesday; only fleet racing on Sunday (one 30 minute race, broadcast live on NBC in the US).
America’s Cup Village is on Marina Green (SF Map)(Village Map)
TUESDAY OCTOBER 2
10:00America’s Cup Village on Marina Green opens
11:00 America’s Cup Morning Show (repeats at 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00)
16:00Practice Racing (until 18:00)
18:15 Meet the Skippers
19:00 America’s Cup Village closes
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 America’s Cup Morning Show (repeats at 13:00)
15:00 Team introductions / commentary
16:00 Match Racing Qualifiers (matchups and detailed schedule here)
18:15 America’s Cup Dock-in Show
19:00 America’s Cup Village closes
THURSDAY OCTOBER 4
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 America’s Cup Morning Show
11:30 Pre-Race Fly-by of teams and introduction
12:20Match Race Quarterfinals (matchups and detailed schedule here)
13:00Blue Angels arrive and circle
15:00 Blue Angels practice air show16:45 Team introductions / commentary
17:10Fleet Racing (2 fleet races, at 17:10 and 17:50)
18:40 America’s Cup Dock-in Show
19:00 America’s Cup Village closes
FRIDAY OCTOBER 5
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 America’s Cup Morning Show
11:25Healthy Ocean Project Show12:30 Fleet Week air show practice (Blue Angels at 15:00)
16:00 Team introductions / commentary
16:00Match Race Quarterfinals (until 16:35)
16:50Fleet Racing (2 fleet races, at 16:50 and 17:30)
18:15 America’s Cup Dock-in Show
19:00 America’s Cup Village closes
SATURDAY OCTOBER 6
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 Fleet Week Parade of Ships12:30 Fleet Week Air Show (Blue Angels at 15:00)
16:00 Team introductions / commentary
16:05Match Race Semifinals (until 16:35)
16:50Fleet Racing (2 fleet races, at 16:50 and 17:30)
18:10Match Race Final(until 18:25)
18:45 America’s Cup Dock-in Show and Prizegiving (after racing)
19:00 America’s Cup Village closes
SUNDAY OCTOBER 7
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 America’s Cup Morning Show
12:10 Fleet Week Air Show
13:45 Team introductions / commentary
13:50 Super Sunday Fleet Race (1 fleet race, 30 minutes)
14:30 Fleet Week Air Show (Blue Angels at 15:00)
16:30 America’s Cup World Series Prizegiving (after racing)
19:00 America’s Cup Village closes
Match Racing: Three teams are seeded into the quarterfinals: Coutts, Spithill (both Oracle boats) and Hutchinson (Artemis White). The other eight teams fight for the remaining five quarterfinal slots in qualifying races on Wednesday. Two quarterfinals on Thursday, two on Friday. Both semi-finals and finals on Saturday. All quarterfinals, semifinals and finals are one race, single elimination. Note that on Saturday, the semifinals are before the two fleet races and the finals are after the fleet racing. See this in a clear graphic form at CupInfo.
Fleet Racing: Two 25 minute races on each of Thursday, Friday and Saturday; one 30 minute race on Sunday. Sunday’s race counts extra points.
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America’s Cup World Series racing in San Francisco, Aug, 2012. More racing: Oct 4-7, 2012.