The Youth America's Cup is the "little brother" of the America's Cup, the most prestigious regatta and oldest sporting trophy in the world. The sporting event was created to enable young sailors to make the leap into the elite league of sailing.
16 teams take part in the Youth America's Cup and the America's Cup under the flag of their home country. The athletes must be between 19 and 24 years old. They sail on extreme high-performance AC45F-class catamarans, which reach speeds of up to 40 knots thanks to foiling technology.
The junior teams of the six America's Cup syndicates are automatically seeded, all other teams, like SVB Team Germany, had to qualify first.
The young and dynamic team will use the six weeks until the first races off Bermuda mainly for training. The team is made up of nine sailors: Paul Kohlhoff (helmsman), Max Kohlhoff (tactician), Philip Kasüske (foreship), Fritz Wassner (foreship), Tim Fischer (trimmer), Fabian Graf (trimmer), Moritz Burmester (trimmer), Magnus Simon (trimmer) and Johann Kohlhoff (trimmer).
The athletes have set themselves big goals and not only want to represent Germany in the U24 version of the America's Cup, but also compete in other major regattas on the international sailing scene in the future.
More information about the SVB Team Germany:
https://www.facebook.com/NEXTGENERATIONTeamGermany/?fref=ts
http://svb-team-germany.de/#team
