Friday 15 February 2013

Red Bull Youth America's Cup update, selection series underway

from the following Sail-World article submitted by Irene Corusu

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Red-Bull-Youth-Americas-Cup---History-in-the-making/106561

Red Bull Youth America’s Cup 2013 gave the participating youth sailors in the first selection series a chance to meet and learn from a line-up of multi-awarded sailors, including America’s Cup legend Russell Coutts, Olympic great Ben Ainslie, and Jimmy Spithill, at a special media function.

The stars – Russell Coutts, Jimmy Spithill, Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy and Nathan Outteridge – together have a collected resume beyond excellence: five America’s Cup victories, 14 Olympic medals and countless other titles.

Coutts might be the most experienced of the group with four America’s Cup victories to his credit, but it was Spithill who put the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup into perspective.

'My pathway to the America’s Cup was one of good luck,' said Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, who at age 30 in 2010 became the youngest skipper to ever win the America’s Cup.


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