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America's Cup

Index America's Cup

The America's Cup, affectionately known as the "Auld Mug", is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two sailing yachts. [1]

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AC50

The AC50 (defined in the America's Cup rules as AC Class yacht, or ACC) is a wing sail catamaran box rule, governing the construction and operation of the yachts to be used for inshore racing in the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2017 America's Cup.

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AC72

The AC72 (America's Cup 72 class) is a wingsail catamaran box rule, governing the construction and operation of the yachts to be used in the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2013 America's Cup.

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AC75

The AC75 (America's Cup 75 class) is a 75-ft monohull sailboat class, governing the construction and operation of the yachts to be used in the 2021 America's Cup.

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Alan Bond

Alan Bond (22 April 1938 – 5 June 2015) was an Australian businessman noted for his high-profile business dealings, including his central role in the WA Inc scandals of the 1980s, and what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history; for his bankrolling the successful challenge for the 1983 America's Cup, the first time the New York Yacht Club had ever lost it in its 132-year history; and also for a criminal conviction that saw him serve four years in prison.

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Alexander Robertson & Sons

Alexander Robertson started repairing boats in a small workshop at Sandbank, Argyll in 1876, and went on to become one of the foremost wooden boat-builders on Scotland's River Clyde.

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Alinghi

Alinghi is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as other competitions.

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Alinghi 5

Alinghi 5 is a (LWL), beam sloop-rigged catamaran built by Alinghi for the 33rd America's Cup.

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America (yacht)

America was a 19th-century racing yacht and first winner of the America's Cup international sailing trophy.

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America's Cup Hall of Fame

The America's Cup Hall of Fame, located at the Herreshoff Marine Museum of Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, honors individuals for outstanding achievement in the America's Cup sailing competition.

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America's Cup World Series

The America's Cup World Series are match races and fleet regattas used as heats for the 2013 America's Cup and the 2017 America's Cup.

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America³

America (pronounced "America Cubed") is the name of both a syndicate that vied for the America's Cup in 1992 and 1995 and its boats.

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America³ (1992 yacht)

America³ (USA–23) was an American International America's Cup Class yacht that successfully defended the 1992 America's Cup challenge from the Il Moro Challenge racing syndicate.

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American Heritage (magazine)

American Heritage is a magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States of America for a mainstream readership.

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Aotearoa (yacht)

Aotearoa is an AC72 class catamaran of Emirates Team New Zealand that unsuccessfully challenged for the 2013 America's Cup.

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Archibald Cary Smith

Archibald Cary Smith (September 4, 1837 – December 8, 1911), professionally known as A. Cary Smith, was a naval architect and marine engineer.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Australia (yacht)

Australia (KA–5) is an Australian 12-metre-class America's Cup racing yacht that twice challenged unsuccessfully for the America's Cup in 1977 and 1980.

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Australia II

Australia II (KA 6) is an Australian 12-metre-class America's Cup challenge racing yacht that was launched in 1982 and won the 1983 America's Cup for the Royal Perth Yacht Club.

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Australia IV

Australia IV is a 12-metre class yacht that competed in the 1987 Defender Selection Series.

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Bay of Quinte Yacht Club

Bay of Quinte Yacht Club is a boating club based in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of the Bay of Quinte.

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Ben Lexcen

Benjamin Lexcen AM (born Robert Clyde Miller, 19 March 1936 – 1 May 1988) was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect.

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Bermuda

Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.

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Bill Koch (businessman)

William Ingraham Koch (born May 3, 1940) is an American businessman, sailor, and collector.

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Bowdoin B. Crowninshield

Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield (October 13, 1867 – August 12, 1948) was an American naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts.

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Boxing kangaroo

The boxing kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia, frequently seen in popular culture.

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Briggs Cunningham

Briggs Swift Cunningham II (January 19, 1907 – July 2, 2003) was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts.

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Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol is a town in the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Buddy Melges

Harry C. "Buddy" Melges, Jr. is a competitive sailor.

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Cambria (yacht)

Cambria was the first, though unsuccessful, challenger attempting to lift the America's Cup from the New York Yacht Club.

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Catamaran

A catamaran (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size.

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Centreboard

A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable keel which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a centreboard trunk (UK) or centerboard case (US).

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Charles Ernest Nicholson

Charles Ernest Nicholson (1868 – 26 February 1954) was a British yacht designer.

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Charles Jackson Paine

Charles Jackson Paine (August 26, 1833 – August 12, 1916) was an American railroad executive, soldier, and yachtsman who was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Charles Oliver Iselin

Charles Oliver Iselin (June 8, 1854 – January 1, 1932) was an American banker and yachtsman who was captain of racing yachts that won the America's Cup three times.

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Charlie Barr

Charlie Barr (born Charles Barr), 11 July 186424 January 1911, was an accomplished sailing skipper who three times captained winning America's Cup yachts.

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Chris Dickson (sailor)

Christopher Stuart "Chris" Dickson, (born 3 November 1961 in Auckland), is a sailor from New Zealand.

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Circolo della Vela Sicilia

Circolo della Vela Sicilia is a yacht club in Mondello, a northern borough of Palermo, Sicily.

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Citizen Cup

The Citizen Cup is a trophy which was awarded to the winner of a regatta held in 1992 and again in 1995 to decide on a defender of the America's Cup.

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Club Nautico di Roma

Club Nautico di Roma is a private yacht club located in Rome, Italy.

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Columbia (1871 yacht)

Columbia was one of the two yachts to successfully defend the second America's Cup race in 1871 against English challenger ''Livonia''.

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Columbia (1899 yacht)

Columbia was an American racing yacht built in 1899 for the America's Cup races.

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Columbia (1958 yacht)

Columbia (US-16) was the successful defender of the 1958 America's Cup for the New York Yacht Club, besting the British challenger ''Sceptre''.

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Constellation (1964 yacht)

Constellation is an American racing yacht in the 12-metre class that successfully defended the 1964 America's Cup.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt III

Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman.

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Courageous (yacht)

Courageous is a 12-metre class yacht.

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Cunningham (sailing)

In sailing, a cunningham or cunningham's eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail.

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Cutter (boat)

A cutter is typically a small, but in some cases a medium-sized, watercraft designed for speed rather than for capacity.

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Dame Pattie

Dame Pattie is an International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America's Cup challenge series in 1967.

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Deed of Gift of the America's Cup

The Deed of Gift of the America's Cup is the primary instrument that governs the rules to make a valid challenge for the America's Cup and the rules of conduct of the races.

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Defender (1895 yacht)

Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III.

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Defiance (yacht)

Defiance was a yacht built by George Owen for a syndicate of New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston sportsmen headed by George M. Pynchon to compete in the trials to select the defender for the 1914 America's Cup.

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Dennis Conner

Dennis Walter Conner (born September 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman.

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Dodd, Mead & Co.

Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City.

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Duralumin

Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys.

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Edward Burgess (yacht designer)

Edward Burgess (1848–1891) was an American yacht designer, born June 30, 1848 in West Sandwich, Massachusetts.

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Electrolysis

In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a technique that uses a direct electric current (DC) to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.

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Endeavour (yacht)

Endeavour is a J-class yacht built for the 1934 America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England.

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Endeavour II (yacht)

Endeavour II was a 1936 yacht of the J Class and unsuccessful challenger of the 1937 America's Cup.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Enterprise (yacht)

Enterprise was a 1930 yacht of the J Class and successful defender of the 1930 America's Cup.

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Eric Ridder

Eric Ridder (July 1, 1918 – July 23, 1996) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

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Erie Canal

The Erie Canal is a canal in New York, United States that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal).

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Ernesto Bertarelli

Ernesto Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist.

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Fay Richwhite

Fay, Richwhite & Company is the investment vehicle of Switzerland-based New Zealand merchant bankers Sir Michael Fay and David Richwhite.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (US) or fibreglass (UK) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fleet racing

Fleet racing is a form of competitive sailing that involves sailboats racing one another over a set course.

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Frank Packer

Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE, OStJ (3 December 19061 May 1974), was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network.

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Freedom (yacht)

Freedom (12 meter US-30) is a 12-metre class racing yacht and winner of the 1980 America's Cup, defeating the challenging yacht ''Australia''.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Gaff rig

Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff.

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Galatea (yacht)

Galatea was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the sixth America's Cup race in 1886 against American defender ''Mayflower''.

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Garrard & Co

Garrard & Co.

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Genesta

Genesta was the unsuccessful English challenger in the fifth America's Cup in 1885 against the American defender Puritan.

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George Lennox Watson

George Lennox Watson (30 October 1851 – 12 November 1904) was a Scottish naval architect.

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George Steers

George Steers (August 15, 1819 – September 25, 1856New York Times:, September 29, 1856: "The coffin was inscribed George Steers, Died Sept. 25, 1856, Aged 37 years, 1 month, 10 days". URL last accessed 2015-01-03.) was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht ''America''.

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Golden Gate Yacht Club

The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) is a San Francisco, California, USA based yacht club founded in 1939.

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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

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Great Sound

The Great Sound is large ocean inlet (a sound) located in Bermuda.

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Gretel (yacht)

Gretel is an Australian racing yacht in the 12-metre class that unsuccessfully challenged for the 1962 America's Cup.

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Gretel II

Gretel II (KA-3) is an Australian International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America's Cup challenge series in 1970.

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Guinea (coin)

The guinea was a coin of approximately one quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814.

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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family.

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Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, (17 May 1768 – 29 April 1854), styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as the Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British Army officer and politician.

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Henry Sears

Henry Sears (1913–1982) was an American commander and a commodore of the New York Yacht Club who competed in the America's Cup and discovered multiple species of marine fish.

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Henry Walters

Henry Walters (September 26, 1848–November 30, 1931) was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery (now the Walters Art Museum) in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public.

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Iain Murray (sailor)

Iain Murray (born 14 April 1958 in Sydney) is an Australian sailor.

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Il Moro Challenge

Il Moro Challenge was a 1992 Italian America's Cup team headed by industrialist Raul Gardini.

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International

International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country.

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International America's Cup Class

The International Americas Cup Class was a class of racing yacht that was developed for the America's Cup between 1992 and 2007.

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International Catamaran Challenge Trophy

The International Catamaran Challenge Trophy is the formal name for the match racing series between two catamarans familiarly known the Little Americas Cup.

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Intrepid (yacht)

Intrepid is a 12-metre class yacht which won the America's Cup in 1967 and again in 1970.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.

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J-class yacht

A J-Class yacht is a single-masted racing sailboat built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule.

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J. P. Morgan

John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the United States of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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James Lloyd Ashbury

James Lloyd Ashbury (1834 – 3 September 1895) was a British yachtsman and Conservative Party politician.

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John Beavor-Webb

John Beavor-Webb (1849 - March 11, 1927) was an Irish-American naval architect.

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John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946)

John Edwin Bertrand AO (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy.

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John Cox Stevens

John Cox Stevens (September 24, 1785 – June 13, 1857) is best known for founding and serving as the first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club as well as being a member of the America syndicate which, in 1851, won the trophy that would become the America's Cup.

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John Malcolm Forbes

John Malcolm Forbes (1847–February 19, 1904) was a businessman and sportsman.

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John Rousmaniere

John Rousmaniere is an American writer, sailor and author of 30 historical.

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Kevin Parry

Kevin John Parry (1933 – 26 November 2010) was a businessman from Western Australia, most noted for his backing of the Taskforce '87 syndicate which unsuccessfully defended the 1987 America's Cup in Fremantle, Western Australia.

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Kiwi Magic

New Zealand (KZ 7) "Kiwi Magic" was the America's Cup challenge boat sailed by Chris Dickson in the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger series held in Gage Roads off Fremantle, Australia during the summer months of 1986 through 1987.

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Kookaburra III

Kookaburra III (KA 15) was the Australian 12 Metre yacht sailed by Iain Murray in the 1987 America's Cup held off of Fremantle, Australia.

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KZ1 (yacht)

KZ 1 was a one off sailing yacht used to challenge for the 1988 America's Cup.

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L. Francis Herreshoff

L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor and author of books and magazine articles.

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Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States.

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Liberty (yacht)

Liberty (US-40) was an American racing yacht in the 12-metre class that unsuccessfully defended the 1983 America's Cup.

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Lipton

Lipton is a British brand of tea, owned by the company Unilever and led by CEO Dylan Wong.

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List of IACC yachts

Sail numbers for the 'new generation' International America's Cup Class (IACC) yachts are issued on a sequential numerical basis.

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Livonia (yacht)

Livonia was the second, unsuccessful, challenger attempting to lift the America's Cup from the New York Yacht Club.

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Lloyd's Register

Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a technical and business services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering.

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Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton, or shortened to LV, is a French fashion house and luxury retail company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton.

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Louis Vuitton Cup

The Louis Vuitton Cup is a yachting competition connected with the America's Cup.

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Luna Rossa Challenge

Luna Rossa Challenge (Italian: literally, Red Moon Challenge), originally named Prada Challenge, is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate first created to compete for the 2000 America's Cup.

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Mascalzone Latino

Mascalzone Latino is a yacht racing team that competes in America's Cup style sailing out of the yacht club Club Nautico di Roma.

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Match racing

A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.

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Mayflower (yacht)

Mayflower was the victorious U.S. defender of the sixth America's Cup in 1886 against Scottish challenger Galatea.

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Michael Fay (banker)

Sir Michael Fay (born 1949) is a New Zealand merchant banker and partner in the merchant bank Fay Richwhite.

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Mischief (yacht)

The yacht Mischief was the victorious American defender of the fourth America's Cup race in 1881 against Canadian challenger Atalanta.

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Multihull

A multihull is a ship, vessel, craft or boat with more than one hull.

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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Court of Appeals

The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York.

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New York Yacht Club

The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Newshub

Newshub (stylized as Newshub.) is a New Zealand news service that airs on Three and radio stations run by MediaWorks.

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NZL 32

NZL 32, or Black Magic, is an International Americas Cup Class yacht which won the 1995 America's Cup by defeating the American defender Young America in a 5–0 victory off San Diego, California.

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NZL 82

NZL 82 was a 2003-generation International America's Cup Class racing yacht.

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NZL 92

NZL 92 is an International America's Cup Class racing boat sailed by Emirates Team New Zealand that won the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 but was beaten in the 2007 America's Cup by the defender Alinghi team sailing SUI 100.

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Olin Stephens

Olin James Stephens II (April 13, 1908 – September 13, 2008) was an American yacht designer of the 20th century.

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OneAustralia

oneAustralia was a racing yacht owned by a syndicate of the same name and headed by John Bertrand, the former skipper of the America's Cup-winning Australia II.

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Oracle Team USA

Oracle Team USA is an American yacht racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup.

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Oracle Team USA 17

Oracle Team USA 17 is an AC72 class catamaran of Oracle Team USA that successfully defended the 2013 America's Cup.

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Outing (magazine)

Outing was a late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American magazine covering a variety of sporting activities.

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Peter Blake (sailor)

Sir Peter James Blake, KBE (1 October 1948 – 5 December 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race, held the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997 by setting the fastest time around the world as co-skipper of ENZA New Zealand, and led his country to successive victories in the ''America'''s Cup.

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Philip Rhodes

Philip Leonard Rhodes (1895–1974) was a naval architect known for his diverse yacht designs.

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Pitcher (container)

In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring contents which are liquid in form.

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Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics is a classic magazine of popular science and technology.

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Popular Science

Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is an American quarterly magazine carrying popular science content, which refers to articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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Puritan (yacht)

Puritan was the 1885 America's Cup defender.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Rainbow (yacht)

Rainbow was a 1930 yacht of the J Class and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup.

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Ranger (yacht)

Ranger was a J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup, defeating the British challenger Endeavour II 4-0 at Newport, Rhode Island.

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Raul Gardini

Raul Gardini (1933 - 1993) was an Italian businessman.

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Regatta

A regatta is a series of boat races.

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Reliance (yacht)

Reliance was the 1903 America's Cup defender, the fourth defender from the famous designer Nat Herreshoff, and reportedly the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built.

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Resolute (yacht)

Resolute was a yacht designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Henry Walters to contend the 1914 America's Cup. The mast of the Resolute currently resides at Camp Resolute, a Boy Scout camp located in Bolton,MA.

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Royal Canadian Yacht Club

The Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC), founded in 1852, is one of the world’s older and larger yacht clubs.

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Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of New Zealand's more prestigious yacht clubs, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guises of New Zealand Challenge and Team New Zealand.

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Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club

The Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club is a yacht club founded in Scotland in 1978, by merger of the Royal Northern Yacht Club (founded in 1824) and the Royal Clyde Yacht Club (founded in 1856).

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Royal Perth Yacht Club

The Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is an Australian yacht club in Perth, Western Australia.

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Royal Swedish Yacht Club

Royal Swedish Yacht Club (Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet, KSSS), is the largest and oldest yacht club in Sweden and one of the five oldest in the world, formed 15 May 1830.

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Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a yacht club located in North Sydney, Australia in the suburb of Kirribilli.

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Royal Thames Yacht Club

The Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC) is the oldest continuously operating yacht club in the United Kingdom.

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Royal Ulster Yacht Club

The Royal Ulster Yacht Club is located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, on the south shore of Belfast Lough.

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Royal Yacht Squadron

The Royal Yacht Squadron is one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the world.

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Royal Yachting Association

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the British national governing body for all forms of boating sport, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, powerboat racing, windsurfing, and personal watercraft.

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Running rigging

Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit.

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Russell Coutts

Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a World Champion New Zealand yachtsman.

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Sailing (sport)

Sailing as a sport involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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Sailing yacht

A sailing yacht (US ship prefix SY or S/Y) is a leisure craft that uses sails as its primary means of propulsion.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Diego Yacht Club

San Diego Yacht Club is a yacht club located in San Diego Bay.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sappho (yacht)

Sappho was one of two defender yachts at the second America's Cup challenge, stepping in when defender ''Columbia'' was damaged in the third race.

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Sceptre (yacht)

Sceptre (K-17) was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1958 America's Cup for the Royal Yacht Squadron.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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Shamrock (yacht)

Shamrock was a racing yacht built in 1898 that was the unsuccessful Irish challenger for the 1899 America's Cup against the United States defender, ''Columbia''.

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Shamrock IV

Shamrock IV was a yacht owned by Sir Thomas Lipton and designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson.

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Shamrock V

Shamrock V was the first British yacht to be built to the new J-Class rule.

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Sloop

A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.

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Société Nautique de Genève

The Société Nautique de Genève is a yacht club based in Geneva (Switzerland).

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Southern Cross (yacht)

Southern Cross is a 12-metre class racing yacht, constructed in Western Australia by Perth entrepreneur Alan Bond and designed by Australian designer Ben Lexcen.

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Sovereign (yacht)

Sovereign (sail number K-12) was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1964 America's Cup for the Royal Thames Yacht Club.

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St David's Battery

St.

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Stars & Stripes (America's Cup syndicate)

Stars & Stripes (Team Dennis Conner) is the name of an America's Cup syndicate operated by Dennis Conner and its racing yachts.

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Stars & Stripes 87

Stars & Stripes 87 (US 55) was the 12 Meter challenge boat sailed by Dennis Conner in his bid to reclaim the America’s Cup from the Royal Perth Yacht Club of Australia in 1987.

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Sterling silver

Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper.

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Team New Zealand

Team New Zealand or TNZ is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

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Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American media mogul and philanthropist.

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Thames Sailing Barge Match

The Thames Sailing Barge Match is the second oldest sailing race in the world, beaten only by the America's Cup.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Thistle (yacht)

Thistle was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer.

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Thomas Lipton

Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet, KCVO (10 May 1848 – 2 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Irish parentage who was a self-made man, merchant, and yachtsman.

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Thomas Sopwith

Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer, business executive and yachtsman.

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Thomas W. Lawson (businessman)

Thomas William Lawson (February 26, 1857 – February 8, 1925) was an American businessman and author.

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Thomas Werner Laurie

Thomas Werner Laurie (1866–1944) was a London publisher of books that were avant-garde in some cases, racy in others.

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Tonnage

Tonnage is a measure of the cargo-carrying capacity of a ship.

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Transom (nautical)

In naval architecture, a transom is either the surface that forms the stern of a vessel or one of the many horizontal beams that make up that surface (e.g., the "wing transom", etc.). Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward, also known as a retroussé or reverse transom, angling forward (toward the bow) from the waterline to the deck, or raked aft, often simply called "raked", angling in the other direction.

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Trimaran

A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams.

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Trophy

A trophy is a tangible, durable reminder of a specific achievement, and serves as recognition or evidence of merit.

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Ultrasonic testing

Ultrasonic testing (UT) is a family of non-destructive testing techniques based on the propagation of ultrasonic waves in the object or material tested.

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Universal rule

The Universal Rule (Universal Rule for Yachts) determined a yacht's eligibility to race in the America's Cup from 1914 to 1937 and for this the J-class was chosen.

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USA 17

USA-17 (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.

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Valencia

Valencia, officially València, on the east coast of Spain, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre.

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Valkyrie II

Valkyrie II, officially named Valkyrie, was a British racing yacht that was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1893 America's Cup race against American defender ''Vigilant''.

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Valkyrie III

Valkyrie III, officially named Valkyrie, was the unsuccessful British challenger of the ninth America's Cup race in 1895 against American defender ''Defender''.

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Vanitie

Vanitie was a yacht owned by Alexander Smith Cochran that was selected to take part in selection trials for the America's Cup in 1914 against Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock IV.

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Vigilant (yacht)

Vigilant was the victorious United States defender of the eighth America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger ''Valkyrie II''.

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Volunteer (yacht)

Volunteer was an American racing yacht built in 1887 for the America's Cup races.

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Wall Street Crash of 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday (October 29), the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday"), and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its after effects.

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Waterline length

The waterline length (originally Load Waterline Length, abbreviated to LWL) is the length of a ship or boat at the point where it sits in the water.

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Weatherly (yacht)

Weatherly (US 17) was an unsuccessful defence candidate for the 1958 America's Cup and victorious defender in the 1962 America's Cup.

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Wikisource

Wikisource is an online digital library of free content textual sources on a wiki, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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William Fife

William Fife Jr. (15 June 1857 – 11 August 1944), also known as William Fife III, was the third generation of a family of Scottish yacht designers and builders.

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William Kissam Vanderbilt

William Kissam Vanderbilt I (December 12, 1849 – July 22, 1920) was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder.

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William Starling Burgess

William Starling Burgess (December 25, 1878 – March 19, 1947) was an American yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect.

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Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, KP PC (12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926), styled Viscount Adare between 1850 and 1871, was an Anglo-Irish journalist, landowner, entrepreneur, sportsman and Conservative politician.

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Wing

A wing is a type of fin that produces lift, while moving through air or some other fluid.

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Winged keel

The winged keel is a sailboat keel originally adopted by Ben Lexcen.

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Wingsail

A wingsail is a variable-camber aerodynamic structure that is fitted to a marine vessel in place of conventional sails.

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World Sailing

World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

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Yacht club

A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.

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Yacht Club Punta Ala

Yacht Club Punta Ala is a yacht club in Punta Ala, Italy.

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Young America (1994 yacht)

Young America (USA-36) is an American International America's Cup Class yacht that unsuccessfully defended the 1995 America's Cup.

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12 Metre

The 12 Metre class is a rating class for racing sailboats that are designed to the International rule.

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1851 America's Cup

The 100 Guineas Cup or Hundred Guinea Cup (£100 Cup) regatta of 1851 was the first competition for the America's Cup trophy.

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1870 America's Cup

The 1870 America's Cup was the first America's Cup to be hosted in the United States, and the first "America's Cup" due to the trophy being renamed from the 100 Guineas Cup of 1851.

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1920 America's Cup

The 1920 America's Cup was the 13th challenge for the Cup and the first since 1903.

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1958 America's Cup

The 1958 America's Cup marked the first Cup match sailed in 12-metre class yachts.

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1962 America's Cup

The 1962 America's Cup, the second to be sailed in 12-meter yachts, marked the first challenge for the Cup from a country other than Great Britain or Canada, and was the first challenge from a country in the southern hemisphere.

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1970 America's Cup

The 1970 America's Cup was held in September 1970 at Newport, Rhode Island.

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1980 America's Cup

The 1980 America's Cup was held in September 1980 at Newport, Rhode Island.

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1983 America's Cup

The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first winning challenge to the New York Yacht Club, which had successfully defended the cup over a period of 132 years.

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1987 America's Cup

The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club.

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1987 Louis Vuitton Cup

The 2nd Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Fremantle, Australia in 1987.

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1988 America's Cup

The 1988 America's Cup was the 27th America's Cup regatta, and was contested between the defender, San Diego Yacht Club represented by ''Stars & Stripes H3'', and the challenger, the Mercury Bay Boating Club represented by New Zealand Challenge's KZ-1.

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1992 America's Cup

The 28th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1992 Citizen Cup defender selection series, America³, and the winner of the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup challenger selection series, Il Moro di Venezia.

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1995 America's Cup

The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Dennis Conner, with the yacht Young America (USA–36), and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, with the yacht ''Black Magic'' (NZL 32).

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1995 Louis Vuitton Cup

The 4th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in San Diego, United States in 1995.

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2000 America's Cup

The 30th America's Cup was contested between the holder, Team New Zealand, and the winner of the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, Prada Challenge.

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2003 America's Cup

The 31st America's Cup was contested between the holder, Team New Zealand, and the winner of the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, Alinghi.

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2003 Louis Vuitton Cup

The 6th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland, New Zealand in 2003.

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2007 America's Cup

The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race.

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2007 Louis Vuitton Cup

The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup.

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2010 America's Cup

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.

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2013 America's Cup

The 34th America's Cup was a series of boat races held on San Francisco Bay between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

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2015–16 America's Cup World Series

The second America's Cup World Series were held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup.

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2017 America's Cup

The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race.

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2021 America's Cup

The 2021 America's Cup is the upcoming edition of the America's Cup yacht race.

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America Cup, America's Cup Race, America's cup, Americas Cup, America’s Cup, Auld Mug, International Cup Race, RYS £100 Cup, The America's Cup, £100 Cup.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America's_Cup

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