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The American Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Rye, New York distinguished by a long history of competitive racing [1] ...
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).
America was a 19th-century racing yacht and first winner of the America's Cup international sailing trophy. On August 22, 1851, America won the Royal Yacht Squadron 's 53-mile (85 km) regatta around the Isle of Wight by 18 minutes. [ 3 ]
Yacht club City Country First challenge AC Wins AC Losses LVC Appearances Bay of Quinte Yacht Club Belleville: Canada: 1881: 0: 1 (1881) 0 Cercle de la Voile de Paris: Paris: France
A view of St. Petersburg by Alexey Zubov, 1716, shows yachts and war ships on the Neva River.. There is a long historical tradition behind yacht clubs. According to the date of establishment, the Neva Yacht Club, founded in 1718 in Russia, is the oldest yacht club. [1]
The Deed of Gift of the America's Cup is the primary document that governs the rules to make a valid challenge for the America's Cup and the rules of conduct of the races. The current version of the deed of gift is the third revision of the original deed. [1] The original deed was written in 1852 and forwarded to the New York Yacht Club on July ...
Mar-a-Lago, a pink-tinged 1927 estate whose palm-fringed grounds sprawl across Palm Beach, Florida, is arguably the most talked-about building in America, since Donald Trump took office in 2017.
The 1934 America's Cup was the 15th challenge for the Cup. It took place in Newport and consisted of a series of races between the defender Rainbow, entered by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Harold S. Vanderbilt, and Endeavour, owned by Sir Thomas Sopwith. [1]