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Watch Rambo: First Blood Part II on Pluto TV and Philo. Rambo III (1988) Snap/Shutterstock. Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo in 'Rambo III' Rambo III arrived in theaters on May 25, 1988, and it ...
Australia II was designed by Ben Lexcen, built by Steve Ward, owned by Alan Bond and skippered by John Bertrand. [2] Lexcen's Australia II design featured a reduced waterline length and a short chord winged keel which gave the boat a significant advantage in manoeuvrability and heeling moment (lower ballast centre of gravity) but it was a significant disadvantage in choppy seas.
Australia II held on until both boats reached the starboard layline in amongst the spectator fleet and tacked several boat lengths ahead of Liberty and sailed to the finish to take the race. Australia II crossed the finish line with a winning margin of 41 seconds, becoming the first successful challenger in the 132 years "since the schooner ...
Sydney and Melbourne University are Australia’s oldest universities, and their rowing clubs - the Sydney University Boat Club and Melbourne University Boat Club - were founded in 1860 and 1859 respectively. [1] [2] An informal race was held between the two clubs in 1860 on the Yarra River in Melbourne. With the addition of the University of ...
John Edwin Bertrand AO (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy, and the only time Australia has won. [1] Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [2]
Benjamin Lexcen AM (born Robert Clyde Miller, 19 March 1936 – 1 May 1988) was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect.He is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American yacht to win the prestigious America's Cup in 132 years.
A sequel that’s been in the making for over two decades, Gladiator II finally arrived in theaters on Nov. 22, to a thumbs up (not the dreaded thumbs down) from audiences.The story picks up 20 ...
oneAustralia was an International America's Cup Class racing yacht owned by a syndicate of the same name and headed by John Bertrand, [1] the former skipper of the America's Cup-winning Australia II.