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The cup itself was manufactured in 1848 and first called the "RYS £100 Cup". It was first raced for on 22 August 1851 around the Isle of Wight off Southampton and Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, in a fleet race between the New York Yacht Club 's America and 15 yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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Feb 7, 2024 · America’s Cup, one of the oldest and best-known trophies in international sailing yacht competition. It was first offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup in 1851 for a race around the Isle of Wight. The cup was won by the America, a schooner from New York, and subsequently became known as the America’s Cup.
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On August 22, the New York Yacht Club’s schooner Americawins a 53-mile race around England’s Isle of Wight organized by the Royal Yacht Squadron. It is awarded a “100 Guinea Cup” or “Queen’s Cup,” as it was variously known. Later the trophy comes to be known as the “America’s Cup,” in honor of the schooner that won it.
The America’s Cup trophy is officially donated to the New York YC through a “deed of gift” to be held in trust as a challenge trophy to promote friendly competition among nations. The deed of gift also serves to govern the rules by which other yacht clubs can challenge for the trophy.
The first defense of the America’s Cup against the topsail schooner Cambria. Two yachts represent the New York YC—the schooner Columbia, which wins the first two races, and then Sappho, after Columbiais dismasted in race three. Racing is held off Sandy Hook at the entrance to New York Harbor, site of many historic races in the early days of America...
After a series of successful defenses, the New York YC adopts the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club rating rule, under which Nathanael Herreshoff designs such iconic yachts asDefender, Columbia and Reliance—the latter the largest racing sloop ever built with a length of 201ft and 16,000ft2of sail.
In his second challenge for the Cup, Lord Dunraven’s 90ft Valkyrie III is defeated by Defender. Dunraven, who feels he was not treated fairly by the race committee following a pre-start collision in the second race, calls foul. His honorary membership in the New York YC is subsequently revoked as part of what comes to be known as the “Dunraven affa...
Sir Thomas Lipton, of tea fame, embarks on the first of a series of challenges with the William Fife III-designed Shamrock. Although Lipton would fail to ever “lift that auld mug,” as he put it, he very much won in the eyes of the popular press as both a gentlemen and sportsman.
In reaction to the extreme size and dimensions of Reliance—what was called a “racing freak” in the parlance of the day—Herreshoff derives a new “Universal” rating rule intended to result in a new “healthier” generation of boats. Among the resulting classes is the iconic “J” class, which will be used for Cup racing until 1937.
America’s Cup competition moves to Newport, Rhode Island. It’s also the first of the J Class regattas (following an interruption of racing during World War I), with Enterprise defeating Lipton’s Shamrock V. Eight years later, Sir Thomas Sopwith’s Endeavour is defeated by Rangerin the final regatta of the J-class era.
In the wake of World War II, the 12-Metre class is adopted as the official class of the America’s Cup, as the J-class becomes far too expensive. The first 12-Metre America’s Cup takes place in 1958, with the New York YC’s Columbia defeating the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Sceptre.
The first Australian challenge joins the fray. The New York YC’s Weatherly defeats Australia’s Gretelfour races to one in the first challenge from a country other than Canada (which had been among the earliest challengers for the Cup) or Great Britain.
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Apr 20, 2022 · Daniel Forster - Alinghi Spinnaker. February 15th, 2003 was the first race of the Team New Zealand America’s Cup defense. I decided to cover it from the air and went to the heliport after booking a Robinson 22 helicopter, cheap and small.
The U.S. completely dominated the competition until 1983, when it was defeated by Australia. New Zealand won the Cup in 1995 and retained it in 2000 by defeating a challenger from Italy in the first competition without a U.S. participant. Ted Turner Summary. America’s Cup, Most prestigious trophy in international yachting competition.