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The eastern states team headed by Syd Fischer purchased Australia I (KA 5) as a trial boat while a new boat designed by Peter Cole was built. Steak 'n Kidney (KA-14, named after steak and kidney pie , popular in Australia and to the rhyming slang for the City of Sydney ) was launched relatively late in the campaign at a ceremony at the Sydney ...
The Little Harbor 44 was produced from 1983-1987 by Little Harbor Custom Yachts in Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States. [2] Little Harbor was owned by the boat's designer, Ted Hood. [3] Fifteen Little Harbor 44s were built. The boats were built for Little Harbor by Alexander Marine Co., Ltd., in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [4]
Cooper Enterprises Inc. (sometimes referred to as Cooper Yachts Limited) was a Canadian boat builder based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibreglass sailboats and powerboats. [1] [2] The company was founded by Forbes Cooper in 1970 and closed in 1990. [1] [2]
The process of determining the PHRF for an individual boat begins with the regional PHRF rating, then adjustments are made for the individual attributes of the boat such as: modifications to the rig, the size of the largest foresail (jib or genoa), the size of the spinnakers, type of keel (full, fin, wing etc.), the number of blades on the propeller, and the style of the propeller (fixed ...
International Rating Certificate (IRC) is a system of handicapping sailboats and yachts for the purpose of racing. It is managed by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in the United Kingdom through their dedicated Rating Office, [1] and the Union Nationale pour la Course au Large (UNCL) in France.
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda of Porto Cervo, Sardinia was appointed the challenger of record and hence the organiser of the challenger series. [3] [4] This was the last time that 12-metre class yachts were used in the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club.
These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have ...
The decision was reversed on appeal, and San Diego Yacht Club retained the cup. After the 1988 America's Cup, the wing masted catamaran was bought by Mexican yachtsman Victor Tapia and currently sails in Mexico. The soft sail yacht was bought by Steve Fossett and used to set speed records in various yacht races. The soft sail yacht suffered a ...