The final Louis Vuitton Trophy event is scheduled to start in Dubai on November 12th, featuring six
of the top international sailing teams in the world.
The match racing regatta will consist of a double round robin, followed by semi final elimination
rounds, before a new champion is crowned in the final, a ‘best-of-five’ clash between the two top
teams, scheduled for the 26-27 November.
This is the last of four Louis Vuitton Trophy events before many of the teams shift their focus to
multihull racing ahead of the next America’s Cup.
“We’re really looking forward to bringing top level sailing to Dubai and enjoying the great racing
conditions on offer there at this time of year,” said Paul Cayard, the Chairman of the World Sailing
Team Association, co-organiser of the event, as well as the skipper of the Swedish Artemis team.
“These teams comprise many of the best sailors in the world, so the competitive spirit is always
high, and the racing is among the best we do. It’s close, it’s hard-fought, and we all want to win.”
The five other competitors include BMW Oracle Racing, which won the America’s Cup earlier this
year, as well as Mascalzone Latino, the current challenger of record.
The Russian Synergy team, a finalist in the previous event in La Maddalena, Italy will be hoping to
improve on that result while the French-German team, All4One, will look to continue its steady
improvement over the course of the four regattas.
