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197 relations: AC50, AC72, AC75, Alan Bond, Alinghi, Alinghi 5, America (yacht), America's Cup Hall of Fame, America³ (1992 yacht), Aotearoa (yacht), Auckland, Australia (yacht), Australia II, Barcelona, Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, Bermuda, Bill Koch (businessman), Cambria (yacht), Challenge (competition), Challenger (America's Cup), Charles Jackson Paine, Charlie Barr, Circolo della Vela Sicilia, Citizen Cup, Columbia (1871 yacht), Columbia (1899 yacht), Columbia (1958 yacht), Compagnia della Vela, Constellation (1964 yacht), Cornelius Vanderbilt III, Courageous (yacht), Cutter (boat), Dame Pattie, David Ellison, Deed of Gift of the America's Cup, Defender (1895 yacht), Defender (America's Cup), Dennis Conner, Edward VII, Endeavour (yacht), Endeavour II (yacht), England, Enterprise (yacht), Eric Ridder, Fay Richwhite, Fleet racing, Frank Packer, Freedom (yacht), Fremantle, Galatea (yacht), ... Expand index (147 more) »
- Match racing competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 1851
- Yachting in New York City
AC50
The AC50 (defined in the America's Cup rules as AC Class yacht, or ACC) was a wingsail catamaran development rule that governed the construction of the yachts used in the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2017 America's Cup.
AC72
The AC72 (America's Cup 72 class) is a class of wingsail catamarans built to a box rule, which governs the construction and operation of yachts competing in the 2013 Louis Vuitton and the America's Cup races.
AC75
The AC75 (America's Cup 75) is a racing yacht used in the 2021 America's Cup match and planned to be used for the 37th America's Cup and 38th America's Cup matches.
Alan Bond
Alan Bond (22 April 1938 – 5 June 2015) was an Australian businessman noted for his high-profile and often corrupt business dealings.
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Alinghi
Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, 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.
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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America³ (1992 yacht)
America³ (USA–23) (pronounced "America cubed") 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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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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Auckland
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.
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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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Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
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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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Bermuda
Bermuda (historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Bill Koch (businessman)
William Ingraham Koch (born May 3, 1940) is an American billionaire businessman, sailor, and collector.
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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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Challenge (competition)
A challenge is a request made to the holder of a competitive title for a match between champion and challenger, the winner of which will acquire or retain the title.
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Challenger (America's Cup)
The Challenger in the America's Cup sailing competition is the team that challenges the defender to win the prestigious trophy.
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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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Charlie Barr
Charles Barr (11 July 1864 – 24 January 1911), was an accomplished sailing skipper who three times captained winning America's Cup yachts.
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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. America's Cup and Citizen Cup are match racing competitions.
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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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Compagnia della Vela
Compagnia della Vela is a yacht club in Venice, in northern Italy.
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Constellation (1964 yacht)
Constellation is an American 12-metre class racing yacht 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 racing yacht.
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Cutter (boat)
A cutter is a name for various types of watercraft.
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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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David Ellison
David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer, son of multibillionaire Larry Ellison, and founder and CEO of Skydance Media.
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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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Defender (America's Cup)
The Defender in the America's Cup sailing competition is the team that holds the trophy and has been challenged by another union for the title return.
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Dennis Conner
Dennis Walter Conner (born September 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
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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.
Enterprise (yacht)
Enterprise was a 1930 yacht of the J Class and successful defender of the 1930 America's Cup for the New York Yacht Club.
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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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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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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 (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'' under skipper Dennis Conner.
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Fremantle
Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital.
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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.
Golden Gate Yacht Club
The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) is a San Francisco, California, U.S. 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 manufacturer headquartered in Akron, Ohio.
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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
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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 International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America's Cup challenge series in 1970.
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Guinea (coin)
The guinea (commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold.
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Hampshire
Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.
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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
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 – March 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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Herbert Pell Cup
The Herbert Claiborne Pell Cup, established in 1958, is presented by the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, of Newport, Rhode Island, to the winner of the Challenger Selection Series for the America's Cup.
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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 America's Cup Class
The International Americas Cup Class is 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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International sport
The concept of international sport refers to sport when the participants represent at least two countries.
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Intrepid (yacht)
Intrepid is a 12-metre class racing yacht which won the America's Cup in 1967 and again in 1970.
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Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.
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Italy at the America's Cup
Since the 1980s, Italy has been a serious challenge contender for the America's Cup.
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J Class (yacht)
The J Class of racing yachts (sometimes called "J-boats") were built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule.
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J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
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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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Jimmy Spithill
James Spithill (born 28 June 1979) is an Australian yachtsman.
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John Cox Stevens
John Cox Stevens (September 24, 1785 – June 10, 1857) was the founding Commodore of the New York Yacht Club.
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John Malcolm Forbes
John Malcolm Forbes (1845 – February 19, 1904) was an American businessman and sportsman.
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John Rousmaniere
John Pierce Rousmaniere is an American writer and author of 30 historical.
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Julian Guthrie
Julian Guthrie is an American journalist and author based in San Francisco, California, USA.
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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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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, Western Australia.
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KZ1 (yacht)
KZ 1, formally called New Zealand, is a one-off sailing yacht built to challenge for the 1988 America's Cup.
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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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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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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Louis Vuitton Cup
The Louis Vuitton Cup was the name of the Challenger Selection Series sailing competition from 1983, named after its sponsor, Louis Vuitton. America's Cup and Louis Vuitton Cup are match racing competitions.
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Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, originally named Prada Challenge, then Luna Rossa Challenge, is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate first created to compete for the 2000 America's Cup.
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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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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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Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, 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 Unified Court System of the State of New York.
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New York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the judiciary of New York.
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New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. America's Cup and New York Yacht Club are yachting in New York City.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.
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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.
NZL 82
NZL 82 was a 2003-generation International America's Cup Class racing yacht.
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.
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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Pitcher (container)
In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids.
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Pond (Australian band)
Pond is an Australian psychedelic rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 2008.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.
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Prada Cup
The Prada Cup is the name of the Challenger Selection Series - a sailing competition to determine the Challenger that will earn the right to challenge the Defender for the conquest of the America's Cup. America's Cup and Prada Cup are match racing competitions.
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Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
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Puritan (yacht)
The Puritan was a 19th-century racing yacht and the 1885 America's Cup defender of the international sailing trophy.
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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 in 1901.
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Rainbow (yacht)
Rainbow was a J-class yacht built in 1934 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 (June 7, 1933 – July 23, 1993) was an Italian agri-business and chemicals tycoon.
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Reliance (yacht)
Reliance was the 1903 America's Cup defender designed by Nat Herreshoff.
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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.
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Return of the Killer Tomatoes
Return of the Killer Tomatoes! is a 1988 American parody film directed by John De Bello.
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) is a private yacht club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is a New Zealand yacht club, 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 a yacht club in Perth, Western Australia.
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Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) 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 world, and the oldest 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 (RYS) is a British yacht club.
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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)
The sport of sailing 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 prefixes 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 is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
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San Diego Yacht Club
San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) is a yacht club in San Diego, California.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in 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 defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.
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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 is a British J-class yacht.
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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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Southampton
Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.
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Southern Cross (yacht)
Southern Cross is a 12-metre class racing yacht, constructed in Terry Hills by Halvorsen Morson and Gowland of Mona Vale.
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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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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, which are among the most famous in the world.
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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 composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper.
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Te Rehutai
Te Rehutai is the AC75 foiling monohull yacht that Emirates Team New Zealand used to successfully defend the America's Cup for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in March 2021.
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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 Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, 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. America's Cup and Thames Sailing Barge Match are match racing competitions.
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The Billionaire and the Mechanic
The Billionaire and the Mechanic is a non-fiction book by Julian Guthrie about Oracle Team USA's quest to win the America's Cup, the oldest trophy in sport.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The Wind Gods
The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup is a 2011 documentary sailing yacht racing sports film about the 2010 America's Cup (the 33rd Cup) revised in 2013.
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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 (10 May 18482 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Ulster-Scots parentage who was a self-made man, as company founder of Lipton Tea, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman who lost 5 straight America's Cup races.
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Thomas Sopwith
Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman.
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To be announced
To be announced (TBA) is a placeholder term used very broadly in event planning to indicate that although something is scheduled or expected to happen, a particular aspect of it remains to be fixed or set.
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Trophy
A trophy is a tangible, durable reminder of a specific achievement, serving as recognition or evidence of merit.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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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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Untold (Netflix)
Untold is a series of sports documentary films distributed on Netflix.
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Untold: The Race of the Century
Untold: The Race of the Century is a 2022 American Netflix original documentary film directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way.
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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.
Valencia
Valencia (officially in Valencian: València) is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.
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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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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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Waterline length
A vessel's length at the waterline (abbreviated to L.W.L) is the length of a ship or boat at the level where it sits in the water (the waterline).
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Weatherly (yacht)
Weatherly (US 17) is a 12-metre racing yacht that was an unsuccessful defense candidate for the 1958 America's Cup and victorious defender in the 1962 America's Cup.
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Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.
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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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Wind (1992 film)
Wind is a 1992 film directed by Carroll Ballard and starring Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey and Cliff Robertson.
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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, (12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926), styled Viscount Adare between 1850 and 1871, was an Anglo-Irish journalist, landowner, soldier, sportsman and Conservative politician.
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Winning streak
A winning streak, also known as a win streak or hot streak, is an uninterrupted sequence of success in games or competitions, commonly measured by at least three wins that are uninterrupted by losses or ties.
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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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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yacht club
A yacht club is a boat club specifically related to yachting.
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Yacht Club Punta Ala
Yacht Club Punta Ala is a yacht club in Punta Ala, Tuscany, 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, also known as the Hundred Guinea Cup (£100 Cup), or the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns, was a regatta in 1851 which was the first competition for the trophy later named America's Cup.
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1870 America's Cup
The 1870 America's Cup was the first America's Cup competition 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-metre 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 a 12-metre class yacht racing series which pitted the defending New York Yacht Club's ''Liberty'' against the Royal Perth Yacht Club's challenger, Australia II.
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1987 America's Cup
The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup.
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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 Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht ''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competition, and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, with the yacht ''Black Magic'' (NZL 32).
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2000 America's Cup
The 30th America's Cup was won by Team New Zealand, who swept the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup winner Prada Challenge in all five races.
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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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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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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 annual America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay in September 2013.
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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 36th America's Cup in March 2021 was the latest staging of the America's Cup yacht race.
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2024 America's Cup
The America's Cup is the oldest continuous competition in international sport, and among the world's most prestigious sporting trophies.
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38th America's Cup
The 38th America's Cup will be raced between two yachts, one representing the defending yacht club and the other representing the challenging yacht club.
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See also
Match racing competitions
- America's Cup
- Canada's Cup
- Citizen Cup
- Congressional Cup
- Energa Sopot Match Race
- ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship
- International C-Class Catamaran Championship
- King Edward VII Gold Cup
- Louis Vuitton Cup
- Lysekil Women's Match
- Match Race Germany
- Monsoon Cup
- Nations Cup (sailing)
- Prada Cup
- Sailing at the 2015 SEA Games – Men's match racing
- Sailing at the 2015 SEA Games – Women's match racing
- Stena Match Cup Sweden
- Thames Sailing Barge Match
- Women's International Match Racing Series
- Women's Match Racing World Championship
- World Match Racing Tour
Recurring sporting events established in 1851
- America's Cup
- City and Suburban Handicap
- Railway Stakes (Ireland)
Yachting in New York City
- America's Cup
- American Yacht Club (New York)
- Consolidated Yachts
- New York Harbor
- New York Yacht Club
References
Also known as America Cup, America's Cup Race, Americas Cup, Auld Mug, International Cup Race, RYS £100 Cup, The America's Cup, £100 Cup.