2000 Louis Vuitton Cup
Club Team Skipper Yachts
Yacht Club Punta Ala Prada Challenge Francesco de Angelis ITA-45 & ITA 48
St. Francis Yacht Club America One Paul Cayard USA-49
Waikiki Yacht Club Aloha Racing John Kolius USA-50 & USA-54
San Francisco Yacht Club America True Dawn Riley USA-51
Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona Desafio Español Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo ESP-47 & ESP-56
Club Nautique de Morges Fast 2000 Marc Pajot SUI-59
Union Nationale Pour La Course au Large Le Defi BTT Bertrand Pacé FRA-46
Nippon Yacht Club Nippon Challenge Peter Gilmour JPN-44 & JPN-52
San Diego Yacht Club Team Dennis Conner Dennis Conner USA-55
New York Yacht Club Young America Ed Baird USA-53 & USA-58
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Young Australia James Spithill AUS-31
The teams
The New York Yacht Club was the challenger of record . [ 1 ] By 31 January 1998 16 teams from 10 nations had made the $ US 250,000 deposit to officially challenge for the America 's Cup . [ 2 ] In the end only 11 challenges from seven nations competed for the Louis Vuitton Cup . Hong Kong , British and Russian challenges withdrew while an American team and a French team merged into existing challenges .
The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000. The winner, Prada Challenge, went on to challenge for the 2000 America's Cup. It was the first time in the competition's history that there would not be an American challenger or defender.