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Updated February, 2012: Typical racecourse layout. The main
windward/leeward legs on the long course are three miles in
length. There will be a short dog-leg from the line to the
first mark, and from the last mark to the finish. The
finish is intended to remain as close to Piers 27-29 as possible.
There are also course variations that are shorter, and with the
start and finish located mid-leg instead of at each end.
Location of the course above would suit prevailing winds in the
Bay, but orientation will vary depending on weather conditions
and may not always run as shown.
Read more at americascup.com
Image:©2012 ACEA
Design as of July, 2011, showing Piers 27-29, which will be the
main onshore public space for the 2013 America's Cup and Louis
Vuitton Cup. The building at right would be completed in
January 2013, in time for the event, and later become a cruise
ship terminal. The new terminal project has been in the
works since 2007. For more views of the terminal building,
see
SF Department of Public Works website, and
still more detail at the SF Port site.
Image:©2011 americascup.com
Piers 27-29 will also host superyacht
berthing, as shown above. The media center and other
support functions will be housed in Piers 19 and 23, slightly
visible at left of the picture. Just out of view to the
right of this image are
Fisherman's Wharf and
Pier 39,
ranked by
Forbes magazine as one of the ten most popular tourist
destinations in the US, and at the top center of this image is
local landmark
Coit Tower. Originally, in exchange for the outlay to
repair the piers and other infrastructure, this was one of the
properties on which the city was going to offer a 66-year lease
to race organizers following the America's Cup, but negotiations
as of February, 2012, now appear to have moved the long-term
development rights away from Piers 27-29.
Image:©2011 americascup.com
Piers 30-32, south of the Bay Bridge, was
the proposed location for the main team bases and the AC72
multihulls competing in the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America's
Cup. This is the early plan, which was later updated
slightly, before Piers 30-32 were removed from the 2013 event,
see below.
Image:©2011
americascup.com
Updated image of Piers 30-32, south
of the Bay Bridge. This was the intended location for the
main team bases and the AC72 multihulls competing in the Louis
Vuitton Cup and the America's Cup, though with some large yacht
mooring relocated from north of the bridge to this location as
well. Note, too, the tower cranes, more boats on the bay,
and more sunlight among other changes. On February 27,
2012, however, the city and the America's Cup Event Authority
modified their plans to eliminate the use of Piers 30-32 for the
2013 event. Team bases will instead be located further
south at Pier 80.
Image:©2012 ACEA
Depicted above, Marina Green will have a
prime view of the race area. To the left is the beginning
of West Harbor Marina, which is also the location of the St.
Francis YC as well as the Golden Gate YC, the current trustee of
the America's Cup. For the two ACWS events expected in
August 2012, Marina Green will be the main America's Cup Village
while construction work hopefully proceeds on the Piers in
preparation for the 2013. At times the AC45 yachts could be
moored in front of the Village, but the main team bases for 2012
will probably be located on Piers 30-32 or Pier 80 depending on
progress with Pier 30-32 improvements. Independent of the
America's Cup, West Harbor is scheduled for improvements to be
completed in 2012. Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Crissy Field,
Alcatraz Island, and Cavallo Point are other proposed onshore
viewing areas.
Image:©2011 americascup.com
Marina Green America's Cup Village Plan for
the 2012 World Series events, from Draft EIR.
Image:©2011
americascup.com/AECOM
Overall preliminary event plan,
initial configuration from January, 2011. Click image to read
more about the northern waterfront plan. Image: ©2011 Americascup.com
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