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The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. [1] [2] [3] America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging for the cup (the challenger).
Oracle Team USA is an American yacht racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 – representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club. The team also won the 34th America's Cup in 2013.
This went against the American Yacht Clubs' and the British Yacht Racing Association's general desire to promote speed at all costs for cup boats, but the NYYC adopted Herreshoff's proposal. Lipton long pleaded for a smaller size of yachts in the new rule, and the NYYC conceded to seventy-five footers in 1914.
US Sailing is responsible for selection and training of the US Sailing Team representing the United States in the Olympic Games. Sailors who eventually compete in the Olympics are coming from a well developed racing community in the U.S. Sailboat racing can be found in colleges and universities, [4] [5] yacht clubs, sailing clubs and sailing ...
The Team name, "American Magic" refers to the first Cup winner, the yacht America of 1851, and the first defender, the yacht Magic, who won in 1870. [3] The America's Cup trophy was held by the NYYC for 132 years until 1983. The NYYC's reign was the longest winning streak as measured by years in the history of all sports. [4]
President and Mrs. Kennedy watching the races off Newport The 1962 America's Cup, the second to be sailed in 12-metre yachts, marked the first challenge for the Cup from a country other than Great Britain or Canada, and was the first challenge from a country in the southern hemisphere.
Alinghi design team Decision S.A. Ernesto Bertarelli: Alinghi 5 Société Nautique de Genève Switzerland: 0–2 USA 17 Golden Gate Yacht Club United States: BMW Oracle Racing Team VPLP Core Builders Composites Anacortes James Spithill: 34 2013 San Francisco: Oracle Team USA Oracle Team USA design team Oracle Team USA build team James Spithill ...
USA 76 is an American International America's Cup Class yacht. It, and USA 71, were used by the Oracle BMW Racing team in their preparations to challenge for the 2003 America's Cup held in Auckland, New Zealand. Both boats were designed by Bruce Farr. [1]