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An Alinghi IACC boat, in 2007. The International Americas Cup Class is a class of racing yacht that was developed for the America's Cup between 1992 and 2007. These yachts, while not identical, were all designed to the same formula to offer designers the freedom to experiment whilst keeping the boats sufficiently comparable to race in real time.
The 28th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1992 Citizen Cup defender selection series, America³, and the winner of the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger selection series, Il Moro di Venezia. It was the first edition of the America's Cup that was sailed on International America's Cup Class yachts.
America³ was one of four yachts built for the America 3 Foundation racing syndicate, headed by American businessman Bill Koch, for the 1992 Citizen Cup. It was launched in 1992. [1] America³ won the Citizen Cup, then successfully defended the America's Cup against the challenge of the Italian yacht Il Moro di Venezia V, winner of the 1992 ...
On Display at the Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame in Bristol, Rhode Island SWE–19 Tre kronor: Swedish America's Cup Challenge Finished 7th 1992 LVC: Charter in Sweden. She can be spotted on Google maps. NZL–20 New Zealand: NZ Challenge: Lost 1992 LVC Final to ITA–25 4–7 Restored in 2000 and sailed (privately) in ...
America was designed by George Steers, a self-taught innovator of yacht design, to challenge the best in the United Kingdom. When the yacht made it to the Isle of Wight, the Royal Yacht Squadron ...
1994 One Design America’s Cup Racer/Cruiser If you have a little more to spend, you can get on the water in a 39-foot America’s Cup model racer/cruiser made by One Design.
International America's Cup Class boats (IACC) were a completely new design in 1992, replacing the 12 Meter boats that had competed for the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987. [2] Gardini brought together an international group of designers, managers and sailors in his attempt to win the America's Cup.
Paralleling the "Acts" of the 32nd America's Cup—a series of preliminary events in different venues leading-up to the actual event—a new series, the America's Cup World Series was to be run using AC45 class boats (smaller one-design versions of the AC72s), in various world venues in 2011 and 2012.