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USA-17 [a] (formerly known as BMW Oracle Racing 90 or BOR90) is a sloop rigged racing trimaran built by the American sailing team BMW Oracle Racing to challenge for the 2010 America's Cup.
BMW Oracle's USA-17 training off Valencia, Spain in late January, 2010. The BMW Oracle/Oracle USA team has owned a number of boats, including: 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 ...
The 33rd America's Cup between Société Nautique de Genève defending with team Alinghi against Golden Gate Yacht Club, and their racing team BMW Oracle Racing was the subject of extensive court action and litigation, surpassing in acrimony even the controversial 1988 America's Cup.
Oracle Team USA 17 is an AC72 class catamaran of Oracle Team USA that successfully defended the 2013 America's Cup. The yacht was donated to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia , where as of 2017 it is on display.
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BMW Oracle Racing 'BOR 90, sailed as USA 17' the American challenger, representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, won the 33rd America's Cup Match in Valencia, sweeping past the Swiss defender, Alinghi, to a 2–0 victory. Race one, a windward - leeward course with 20-mile (32 km) legs, saw BMW Oracle Racing's trimaran winning by 15.28 minutes.
James Spithill (born 28 June 1979) is an Australian yachtsman. [1]In 2010, as skipper and helmsman for BMW Oracle Racing, Spithill won the America's Cup.He defended the cup twice, both times against Emirates Team New Zealand, first successfully in 2013, when Oracle Team USA came back from a −2 penalty score at the start to win 9–8 on the final race; and unsuccessfully in the 2017 America's ...
IDEC SPORT [1] (formerly Groupama 3, Banque Populaire VII, Lending Club 2, IDEC 3) is a racing sailing trimaran designed for transoceanic record-setting. She is one of the world's fastest ocean-going sailing vessels and the current holder of the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation of the world.