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The first of two selection series for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup drew to a close today with the teams from New Zealand, Full Metal Jacket Racing, and Germany, STG/NRV Youth Team, standing
atop the fleet.
That doesn’t ensure the two teams will qualify for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup final in September because a second selection series for another six teams will be held next week. At least four teams will advance to the final, so it does give the two crews a leg up.
“We have the ranking and the top two teams from this series, but we won’t announce the four teams that advance to the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Final until after the second selection series,” said Hans Peter Steinacher, one of Red Bull’s sailing directors. “We need to evaluate the second session before selecting the four teams.”
Each team sailed nine races in the 18-race round robin, and there were only 5 points separating the six teams. Full Metal Jacket and STG/NRV Youth Team both finished with 16 points. Team Austria and Danish Youth Vikings finished with 18 points each, followed by Objective Australia with 19 points and South Africa’s i’KaziKati with 21 points.
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