2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup

1st PUIG Women's Americas Cup

Event information
Dates	October 5 to October 13, 2024
Sponsor	Puig (company)
Host city	Barcelona, Spain
Boats	NYYC American Magic Athena Pathway Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Alinghi Red Bull Racing Orient Express Racing Team Emirates Team New Zealand Sail Team Barcelona Jajo Team DutchSail Concord Pacific Racing AC Team Germany Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies Andoo Team Australia
Website	www.americascup.com
Results
Winner	Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team

The 2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup is the inaugural Women's Americas Cup and will be held in Barcelona, 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	Royal Yacht Squadron	Hannah Mills	Hannah Mills Tasha Bryant Ellie Aldridge[1]
Emirates Team New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron		Jo Aleh Liz Mackay Erica Dawson[2]
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	Circolo della Vela Sicilia	Guila Conti[3]	Guila Conti Maria Vittoria Marchesini Margherita Porro[4]
NYYC American Magic	New York Yacht Club		Francesca Clapich Erika Reineke Helena Scutt[5]
Alinghi Red Bull Racing	Société Nautique de Genève	Nathalie Brugger	Nathalie Brugger Alexandra Stalder Marie Mazuay[6]
Orient Express Racing Team	Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez	Manon Audinet	Audrey Ogereau Pauline Coutois[7]

Group B

Team	Yacht Club	Skipper	Helmswomen
Sail Team Barcelona	Real Club Náutico de Barcelona	Silvia Mas	Silvia Mas Neus Ballester[8]
Jajo Team DutchSail	Koninklijke Roei- en Zeilvereniging De Maas Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- en Roeivereeniging		Willemijn Offerman Odiele van Aanholt Ismene Usman[9]
Concord Pacific Racing	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club	Isabella Bertold	Isabella Bertold Ali Ten Hove Maggie Drinkwater[10]
AC Team Germany	Kieler Yacht-Club Norddeutscher Regatta Verein	Carolina Werner	Tina Lutz Maru Scheel Victoria Jurczok[11]
Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies	Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet		Julia Gross Vilma Bobeck Lovisa Karlsson[12]
Andoo Team Australia	Cruising Yacht Club of Australia	Olivia Price	Laura Harding Olivia Price[13]

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

Pos	Team
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points
1	Athena Pathway	1	3	2	2	2	1	46
2	Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	4	1	1	1	4	4	39
3	Emirates Team New Zealand	2	4	3	4	5	2	27
4	Alinghi Red Bull Racing	3	2	6	5	1	5	27
5	NYYC American Magic	5	6	5	6	3	3	16
6	Orient Express Racing Team	6	5	4	3	6	INR^††	16
Citation:[14]

Group B

Pos	Team
		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Points
1	Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies	1	INR	5	3	1	1	1	1	61
2	Jajo Team DutchSail	5	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	51
3	Sail Team Barcelona	2	2	2	4	4	2	3	3	44
4	Andoo Team Australia	3	1	6	2	2	4	4	4	39
5	Concord Pacific Racing	4	4	3	6	6 (DNF)^*	5 (DNS)^**	5	6 (DNS)	13
6	AC Team Germany	6	DSQ ^†	4	5	5	6 (DNS)	6	5	10
Citation:[14]

^† 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

Pos	Team
		R1	R2	R3	R4	Points
1	Athena Pathway	3	2	1	3	27
2	Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	2	1	2	4	27
3	Sail Team Barcelona	1	6	4	1	24
4	Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies	6	3	5	2	15
5	Emirates Team New Zealand	4	5	3	5	12
6	Jajo Team DutchSail	5	4	6	6	7
Citation:[14]

The Final

Team	1
Athena Pathway
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	●
Citation:[14]

References

1. "OFFICIAL COMPETITORS IN THE UNICREDIT YOUTH AND PUIG WOMEN'S AMERICA'S CUP". Athena Pathway. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
2. "PUIG WOMEN'S AMERICA'S CUP TEAM". Emirates Team New Zealand. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
3. "AMERICA'S CUP TEAMS SPARKLE ON OPENING DAY OF PUIG WOMEN'S AMERICA'S CUP". America's Cup. Americas Cup. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
4. "TEAM". Luna Rossa Challenge. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
5. "NYYC American Magic Women". American Magic. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
6. "Youth and Women's America's Cup Team". Alinghi Red Bull Racing. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
7. "Women America's Cup". Orient Express Racing Team. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
8. "Sail Team BCN Puig Woman's America's Cup Team". Sail Team BCN (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
9. "Women's Team". DutchSail. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
10. "YOUTH & PUIG WOMEN'S AMERICA'S CUP TEAM CANADA 2024". Concord Pacific Racing. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
11. "Women's AC Team Germany". AC Team Germany. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
12. "Women's Team". Swedish Challenge. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
13. "Team Australia Challenge Squad". Team Australia Challenge. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
14. "Puig Women's America's Cup Results". America's Cup. Americas Cup. Retrieved 7 October 2024.

External links

• Americascup.com, the official website of the competition