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Detailed list of the finalists of the America's Cup. [1] Edit Year Defender Owner Designer Builder Skipper Defender-Club-Nation Score Challenger-Club-Nation Owner
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).
The 1983 America's Cup was a 12-metre class yacht racing series which pitted the defending New York Yacht Club's Liberty against the Royal Perth Yacht Club's challenger, Australia II. The September 1983 series of match races was won by Australia II , with four race wins to three, in the first successful challenge of the New York Yacht Club 's ...
In 1995, Bill Koch revamped the program to begin the first nearly all-female, America's Cup boat. America 3 's successor, Mighty Mary, was on her way to a race-off with Young America, the boat of the third syndicate that year, to determine who went through to the 1995 America's Cup, in the lead of what ended up being the last race of the ...
Sailing with a rigid wing sail, she won the 2010 America's Cup, in a Deed of Gift match against SNG/Alinghi Valencia. 17, an AC72 catamaran for the 2013 America's Cup defence. Extensively damaged in a 16 October 2012 capsize. Oracle Team USA 17, an AC72 catamaran. Successfully defended in the 2013 America's Cup. 17, [17] AC50 wing sail catamaran.
Emirates Team New Zealand clinched match point in the 37th America’s Cup on Saturday, beating INEOS Britannia 7-2 in the best-of-13 final off Barcelona’s beachfront. The team led by Grant ...
Emirates Team New Zealand built a 6-2 lead over INEOS Britannia in the America’s Cup finals on Friday to move just one point away from successfully defending the oldest trophy in international ...
Courageous is a 12-metre class racing yacht. It was the third boat to win the America's Cup twice, in 1974 and 1977, after Columbia in 1899 and 1901, and Intrepid in 1967 and 1970.