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After the April 2009 ruling GGYC said it would "immediately seek to negotiate with the Defender for a conventional, multi-challenger America's Cup in monohulls."However SNG indicated that they would not negotiate for a multi-challenger regatta and would fall back to a default Deed of Gift match, that is three races over a 40- (first and third race) or 39-nautical mile (second race) course ...
Alinghi 5 is a 90 ft (27 m) , 90 ft (27 m) beam [3] sloop-rigged catamaran built by Alinghi for the 33rd America's Cup. [ 4 ] The boat was launched on 8 July 2009 [ 5 ] when the hull was lifted from the construction shed in Villeneuve, Vaud by a Mil Mi-26 helicopter and carried to Lake Geneva .
The wing is more efficient than a traditional soft-sail rig setup. On November 10, BMW reported that they hit 32 miles per hour (28 kn) boat speed in a 10-knot (19 km/h; 12 mph) reported wind speed. [12] During the first race of the 2010 America's Cup, USA 17 was able to sail upwind faster than Alinghi 5 even without a jib.
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 ...
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USA 71, trial boat for the 2003 America’s Cup. USA 76, race boat for the 2003 America’s Cup. USA 87, used in preparations for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. USA 98, raced in the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 campaign. USA 17, trimaran. Sailing with a rigid wing sail, she won the 2010 America's Cup, in a Deed of Gift match against SNG/Alinghi Valencia.
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.
Cookson Boats: 3 February 2013: Winner of the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup Lost the 2013 America's Cup to Oracle Team USA (9-8) Oracle Team USA: Oracle Team USA 17: Oracle Racing: 23 April 2013: Winner of the 2013 America's Cup: On exhibit at the Mariners' Museum in Virginia. Artemis Racing: Big Blue: King Marine: 22 July 2013: Raced in the 2013 ...