Many of the young sailors racing at the ISAF Youth Worlds aspire to race at an America's Cup. Many of them have but only a few have gone from ISAF Youth Worlds glory all the way through to America's Cup stardom. Check out the list of the big hitters below:

Sailor	Youth Worlds Success	Louis Vuitton Cup	America's Cup
Ben Ainslie (GBR)	1994 - silver, Laser 1995 - gold, Laser	OneWorld Challenge 2003	Emirates Team New Zealand 2007 ORACLE TEAM USA (winner)
Dean Barker (NZL)	1990 - gold, Laser 1991 - silver Laser		Emirates Team New Zealand 2000 (winner) Emirates Team New Zealand 2003 & 2007 & 2013
Adam Beashel (AUS)	1986 -bronze, Laser		Emirates Team New Zealand 2007
Jordi Calafat (ESP)	1985 - silver 420 1986 - silver 470		Alinghi 2007 (winner)
Russell Coutts	1979 - silver, Laser 1981 - gold, Laser		Black Magic 1995 (winner) Team New Zealand 2000 (winner) Alinghi 2003 (winner) BMW ORACLE Racing 2010 (winner)
Chris Dickson (NZL)	1978 - gold, 420 1979 - gold, 420 1980 - gold, Laser II	KZ-7 - 1987 Nippon - 1992 Tag Heuer - 1995 BMW Oracle Racing 2003 & 2007
Luis Doreste (ESP)	1979 - gold, Europe	Desafio Español 2007
Kevin Hall (USA)	1986 - gold, Laser		Emirates Team New Zealand 2007
Andy Hemmings (GBR)	1983 - gold, 470		Emirates Team New Zealand 2007
Murray Jones (NZL)	1975 - bronze, 420		Black Magic 1995 (winner) Team New Zealand 2000 (winner) Alinghi 2003, 2007 (winner) Alinghi 2010
Santiago Lange (ARG)	1982 - silver, Europe	Victory Challenge 2007
Nathan Outteridge (AUS)	2002 - gold, Boy's 29er 2003 - gold, Boy's 29er 2004 - gold Boy's 420	Artemis Racing 2013
Iain Percy (GBR)	1993 - bronze, Laser	+39 Challenge 2007 Artemis Racing 2013
Vasco Vascotto (ITA)	1986 - bronze, 470	Mascalzone Latino 2007