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Young America was built for the PACT 95 racing syndicate, based in Maine and led by John Marshall, for the 1995 Citizen Cup. [1] The Team Dennis Conner syndicate, sailing Stars & Stripes (USA-34) , won the Citizen Cup and the right to defend the America's Cup against the challenge of Team New Zealand , sailing the yacht Black Magic (NZL 32) .
Young America was dismasted three times. The first dismasting took place in 1859, on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, and repairs were made in Rio de Janeiro. A tornado in in 1862 carried away the masts a second time, and forced her to put in at Plymouth, England.
Gary Jobson, sailing author and America's Cup tactician, Sailing Hall of Fame member [7] Pamela Healy , pioneering female sailor and Olympian, Sailing Hall of Fame member [ 8 ] Stan Honey , renowned navigator, founder of Etak and SportVision, Sailing Hall of Fame member, 2010 Yachtsman of the Year, two time Emmy Award winner [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
St. Francis Yacht Club 18 September 1994 Larry Klein (USA), 42 San Francisco Twin Flyer, 38 foot sloop [23] Commodore Perry Race North Cape Yacht Club 3 June 2007 Bruce Goldsmith (USA), 71 Lake Erie: J/29 Boom head injury America's Cup Testing Golden Gate Yacht Club 9 May 2013 Andrew Simpson (GBR) San Francisco Artemis Racing, AC72, Boat 1
Conner has won the America's Cup three times, successfully defending the Cup in 1980 and 1988, and winning as the challenger in 1987.His 4–3 loss in 1983 to Australian Alan Bond's wing-keeled challenger Australia II was the first Cup defender to be defeated in the 132-year history of the race, simultaneously ending a run by the New York Yacht Club that began with the first contest.
The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht Young America for the competition, and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, with the yacht Black Magic. New Zealand swept all five races to take the cup away from the US for only the second ...
On Display at the Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame in Bristol, Rhode Island SWE–19 Tre kronor: Swedish America's Cup Challenge Finished 7th 1992 LVC: Charter in Sweden. She can be spotted on Google maps. NZL–20 New Zealand: NZ Challenge: Lost 1992 LVC Final to ITA–25 4–7 Restored in 2000 and sailed (privately) in ...
The rigid wing sail of USA 17 provided a decisive advantage and Golden Gate Yacht Club won the 2010 America's Cup by a considerable margin. [citation needed] They successfully defended the America's Cup at the 34th America's Cup in San Francisco in 2013, but finally lost the trophy in the 35th edition against the Royal New Zealand Yacht ...
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