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May 17, 2012
Union Square, San Francisco
Today the America's Cup announced their collaboration with Red Bull and youth sailing. The "Red Bull Youth America's Cup" is a feeder program for young sailors aged 19-23 yrs to represent their country and compete in the AC45's currently used in the America's Cup World Series. There will be 10 national teams selected through resume, as well as a boat designated to a San Francisco Bay Youth Team. Red Bull Youth America's Cup racing will happen just prior to the America's Cup Finals next summer.
America's Cup At Union Square
Photo: Gauger + Associates (Facebook Page)
Ceremonies for the unveiling of the Red Bull Youth America's Cup happened in Venice, Italy and San Francisco, California. It was quite a feat getting the newly logo-ed AC45 into the middle of Union Square. With the wing up it proved a challenge for the shore crew to keep the boat head-to-wind, with the wind swirling down between all of the buildings unpredictably. They did an awesome job and we were all able to cheer on the crowd and take lots of photos on the boat. This is exciting news for the city of San Francisco, the America's Cup, and youth all over the world. As a young sailor, to be able to see a realistic pathway to the America's Cup, this is an opportunity waiting to be taken.  
Left: Molly being interviewed by Tom Ehman, Golden Gate YC Vice Commodore and 32-year America's Cup Veteran
Right: Celebs and Young Sailors all wanting to have a go!
Photos: from Facebook
Anna, Debbie and I are heading to Europe on Monday to begin training for our next World Cup event, Sail For Gold in Weymouth, England. We would very much like to thank our Title Sponsor, Maclaren, our Gold Level Sponsors 11th Hour Racingand Laser Performance, and our Bronze Level Sponsors Carmeuse, Trinity Yachts, Chicago Match Race Center, and Sperry Top-Siderfor their continued support of our campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. We would also like to thank St Francis Sailing Foundation, and US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider and its sponsors for their continued support. Also, thank you to our private donors. Please remember that any and all donations/contributions to our campaign should be made payable to Sailing Foundation of New York, in the memo write 'Anna Tunnicliffe' and send to Sailing Foundation of New York (this one is tax deductible); or to Anna Tunnicliffe (via PayPal). (Please follow the links for more information. Thank you.) Sail Hard, And as usual, don't forget, email us your questions and comments. We love getting them and sharing our love of sailing and women's match racing.
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Representing the USA, Anna Tunnicliffe won the Gold Medal in the Women's Laser Radial dinghy at the 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China. Anna was the ISAF world's Number One-ranked women's Radial sailor from April 9, 2008 to May 2010. She was voted 2009 & 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year. Now Anna, skipper of Team Maclaren, has teamed up with Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi to take on the world and go for Gold in 2012 London Olympic Games in Women's Match Racing and the team is currently ranked #1 in the ISAF WMR rankings.
