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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).
In June 2016, for the first time in history, an America's Cup race included fresh water sailing, when preliminary races were held on Lake Michigan and based in Chicago, Illinois. [63] [64] Emirates Team New Zealand won the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup and then challenged the defender, Oracle Team USA. New Zealand won the America's Cup with a score of ...
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 ...
A total of 12 races were contested during the double round-robin seeding round. [6] [7] All races were 6 legs (3 upwind and 3 downwind), except for Race 7 which was 8 legs (Excess wind), Race 9 which was 4 legs (Course Shorten mid race [8]), Race 10 which was 5 legs (Light winds) and Race 12 which was 4 legs (Light winds).
New Zealand is trying to win the America’s Cup for a third straight time and fifth overall. The British have never won it in its 173-year history and are in their first final in six decades .
Emirates Team New Zealand avoided a crash and nailed INEOS Britannia with a penalty as it opened up a 3-0 lead in the first-to-seven wins finals of the America’s Cup on Sunday. Britain was hit ...
1974 Herbert Pell Cup: 1977 Newport Alan Bond, Australia: Sun City Yacht Club 1977 Herbert Pell Cup: 1980: Newport Alan Bond, Australia: Royal Perth Yacht Club 1980 Herbert Pell Cup: 1983: Newport Alan Bond, Australia II: Royal Perth Yacht Club 1983 Louis Vuitton Cup: 1987: Fremantle: Sail America, Stars & Stripes 87: San Diego Yacht Club: 1987 ...