"hide”. The America's Cup was transferred from the New York Yacht Club to the Royal Perth Yacht Club located in Perth, Western Australia, which subsequently hosted its first, but unsuccessful, defense in the 1987 America's Cup. After losing the Cup the U.S. had been determined to bring it back. Conner went to work on the next US America’s Cup Campaign. With the help of designers Britton Chance, Jr., Bruce Nelson and David Pedrick, the boat ""Stars and Stripes 87"" was created which, after progressively gaining speed in a grueling challenger series, became the 1987 challenger. Stars and Stripes sailed against"
"the Admiral's Cup. The Britannia Cup was first won in 1951 by Taisser IV and Group Captain R J S Barton. The Britannia Cup is awarded to the winner of the class nominated by the Royal Yacht Squadron on the Tuesday of the event, this is usually IRC Class 0 or IRC Class 1. The ""New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup"" was presented by the New York Yacht Club in 1951 on 100th Anniversary of America's victory which led to the commencement of the America's Cup. It was presented to the Royal Yacht Squadron for races during Cowes Week Class"
"on his second and final expedition to Antarctica in 1910. In August 2013, the members of Royal Yacht Squadron voted to allow full membership to women, which had been restricted since its foundation. In 1851, the club's commodore, visiting the Great Exhibition, issued a challenge for the squadron's £100 Cup for a race around the island. The New York City–based ""America"", representing the New York Yacht Club, triumphed in this race, giving its name to one of the oldest and best-known trophies: the America's Cup. The victory was witnessed by Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales, later commodore of"
"1897, her Diamond Jubilee year. Eleven boats entered the first Queen's Cup race on 9 August 1897. It was won by Latana, a 165-ton yawl owned by Mr W M Johnstone, by far the biggest boat in the race. The Cup was subsequently raced for on the opening day of Cowes Week but, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, it was mysteriously lost. Re-discovered in 1937 in a second-hand shop in Cardiff by a club member, Captain ""Jonah"" Jones, the Cup was bought back for the princely sum of £35. The Queen's Cup has traditionally been awarded by"
"Royal Yacht Squadron The Royal Yacht Squadron is one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the world. Its clubhouse is Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Member yachts are given the Suffix RYS to their names, and permitted to fly the White Ensign of the Royal Navy rather than the merchant Red Ensign flown by the majority of other UK registered vessels. The club's patron is Queen Elizabeth II and the club's admiral is Prince Philip who is also a former club commodore. Founded on 1 June 1815 in the Thatched House Tavern in"
"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. It held the America's Cup from 1995 until 2003, becoming in 2000 the first non-American holder to successfully defend the trophy. After Team New Zealand's victory in the 2017 event, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are the current holders of the America's Cup. The club was established in 1871 in Auckland with the name of the ""Auckland Yacht Club"". Its name was"
"Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron is a Squadron not a club which is reflected in its support for all things sailing.] in Brisbane, Australia. It was founded in 1885, received royal charter in 1902, and added ""Royal"" to its title in 1961. Its members have competed at the Olympic Games since 1956. In 1970 the club made the news for preventing its female sailors from attending a function hosted by the club and attended by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In 2006, the club's registration with Yachting Queensland was controversially suspended for a short period after"
"designed by Sir Thomas Croft, was opened in 2000. This elegant creation provides on shore facilities for yachtsmen and their families while allowing the castle to retain its 'country house' ambiance. The Pavilion also enabled the squadron to cross burgees with the New York Yacht Club in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the schooner ""America""’s famous victory of 1851. Royal Yacht Squadron The Royal Yacht Squadron is one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the world. Its clubhouse is Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Member yachts are given the Suffix RYS to"
"the club failed to forward affiliation fees to the state governing body. Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron is a Squadron not a club which is reflected in its support for all things sailing.] in Brisbane, Australia. It was founded in 1885, received royal charter in 1902, and added ""Royal"" to its title in 1961. Its members have competed at the Olympic Games since 1956. In 1970 the club made the news for preventing its female sailors from attending a function hosted by the club and attended by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In 2006, the club's"
"is an old monetary unit of one pound and one shilling, now £1.05). Today, the trophy is officially known as the ""America's Cup"" after the 1851 winning yacht, and is affectionately called the ""Auld Mug"" by the sailing community. It is inscribed with names of the yachts that competed for it, and has been modified twice by adding matching bases to accommodate more names. In 1851 Commodore John Cox Stevens, a charter member of the fledgling New York Yacht Club (NYYC), formed a six-person syndicate to build a yacht with intention of taking her to England and making some money"
"Cup as a prize for the winner of the challenger selection series. Early matches for the cup were raced between yachts on the waterline owned by wealthy sportsmen. This culminated with the J-Class regattas of the 1930s. After World War II and almost twenty years without a challenge, the NYYC made changes to the deed of gift to allow smaller, less expensive 12-metre class yachts to compete; this class was used from 1958 until 1987. It was replaced in 1990 by the International America’s Cup Class which was used until 2007. After a long legal battle, the 2010 America's Cup"
"regatta to determine which the NYYC would name as defender, ""Columbia"" (US-16), a new Olin Stephens boat, ""Weatherly"" (US-17), ""Easterner"" (US-18), and the Olin Stephens designed ""Vim"" (US-15) from 1939. ""Columbia"" was chosen after a very close set of races resulted in only beating the 19-year-old ""Vim"" by 12 seconds in the final competition. 1958 America's Cup The 1958 America's Cup marked the first Cup match sailed in 12-metre class yachts. Twenty years had passed since the last Cup match, held between immense Universal Rule J-class yachts in 1937, and the New York Yacht Club sought a more affordable alternative"
"1. In 1957, with the advent of the Admiral's Cup, points won in this race counted towards the Admiral's Cup. In some ways the Admiral's Cup was an extension of the N.Y.Y.C. Cup in that Miles Wyatt and four friends presented this overall trophy to encourage overseas yachts to race at Cowes. Latifa, owned by Michael Mason, first won the Cup in 1951. The New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup is awarded to the winner of the class nominated by the Royal Yacht Squadron on the Wednesday of the event, this is usually IRC Class 0 or IRC Class 1."
"the R.S.Y.C. to the IRC Class 0 winner racing on the first Saturday of the event. In 1950, Sir Peter Scott suggested to King George VI that larger yachts should compete for a new trophy as it was felt that the America's Cup could not be restarted after the war. It was time for another competition of international significance to be introduced. King George was in favour and presented a trophy to the Royal Yachting Association, naming it ""The Britannia Cup"". It certainly acted as a stimulus to big boat racing after the war. This competition also gave points towards"
"organize an International regatta at Subic in 1997. Thus the Easter Regatta was renamed ""The President's Cup Regatta"". A perpetual trophy was specially designed for the President's Cup. The first President's Cup Regatta also drew participation from one-design sportsboats, to dinghies to beach catamarans. All in all 81 boats participated in the event with participants and crew from all over the world including North America, Europe, New Zealand and of course Hong Kong. Local participants included ""Vida"", ""Triple V Centennial"" a Bashford 36 skippered by Thomas Hovenshiold. Triple V Centennial became the first yacht name to be engraved on the"
"metres 1930–1978 was a Principal Race<br> 1984 onwards Group 3 1930 - 1948 the race was known as the ""SAJC King's Cup""<br> 1954 onwards the race has been called the ""SAJC Queen's Cup"". SAJC Queen's Cup The SAJC Queen's Cup is a Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three-years-old and upwards, over a distance of 2000 metres. The race was first held in 1930 and has been run every six years. Originally known as the ""Kings Cup"" before the Coronation of Elizabeth II as Queen in 1952, the first winner was Phar Lap. It is held at"
"Centenary Quaich The Centenary Quaich (; Scottish Gaelic: ""Cuach nan Ceud Bliadhna"" Irish: ""Corn na Céad Bliain"" ) is an international rugby union award contested annually by Ireland and Scotland as part of the Six Nations Championship. A ""Quaich"" is a Celtic drinking vessel and has been presented to the winners of the fixture since 1989. Since the introduction of the cup, Ireland have won it fifteen times while Scotland have won it fourteen times, with one drawn fixture. The Quaich is one of a number of similar cups contested for between individual teams as part of their international fixture"
"renamed, the 'Dragon Gold Cup'. Members of the Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association created specific rules for this competition and donated a perpetual trophy made of pure gold for an annual international race. From the beginning, the Gold Cup was considered a family event for the Dragon Sailors and could be raced by yachts of the International Dragon Class belonging to any country, and for this reason was a very well attended event. Until 1965, the year of the first Official World Championship, the Gold Cup was considered the unofficial World Cup. The first rules created by the Clyde Yacht Clubs'"
"Kaiser's Cup Kaiser's Cup was a yachting race across the Atlantic between Sandy Hook, New Jersey (USA) and The Lizard (Cornwall, England). This was a famous sailing race of the day, and was won by the yacht ""Atlantic"" which held the record for nearly a century In 1905 out of eleven contenders, it was won by the yacht ""Atlantic"", which set a time record for the crossing the Atlantic ocean. The race was the subject of the 1905 silent film ""Start of Ocean Race for Kaiser's Cup"", and the book, ""Atlantic: The Last Great Race of Princes"". Second place was"
"for the use of Queen Elizabeth I sowed the seed for Cowes to grow into a world-renowned centre of boat-building. However, seafaring for recreation and sport remained the exception rather than the rule until much later. It was not until the reign of keen sailor George IV that the stage was set for the heyday of Cowes as 'The Yachting Capital of the World.' In 1826 the Royal Yacht Squadron organised a three-day regatta for the first time and the next year the king signified his approval of the event by presenting a cup to mark the occasion. This became"
"the sailing regattas, for all classes, of the games of the IVth Olympiad. However, when there were only two British entries for the 12 Metre matches, and both yacht were located at the Firth of Clyde, the decision was made to use Hunters Quay as a second venue The RVYC was founded on 24 May 1845 by Prince Albert to give Queen Victoria a Yacht Club which she was entitled to enter as a mere female! For the Olympic matches the race committee used the available shipping buoys as marks for the courses. for the classes the following course lengths"
"the feat of winning all three is rarely attempted. The 1000 Guineas was first run on 28 April 1814, five years after the inaugural running of the equivalent race for both colts and fillies, the 2000 Guineas. The two races were established by the Jockey Club under the direction of Sir Charles Bunbury, who had earlier co-founded the Derby. They were named according to their original prize funds (a guinea amounted to 21 shillings, or £1.05). By the mid-1860s, the 1000 Guineas had become one of Britain's most prestigious races for three-year-olds. The five leading events for this age group,"
"As of April 2008 there was no planned date or format for a next event and the Admiral's Cup's future is uncertain. However the RORC was looking into reviving the event for 2011. Admiral's Cup The Admiral's Cup was an international yachting regatta. For many years it was known as the unofficial world championship of offshore racing. The Admiral's Cup regatta was started in 1957 and was normally a biennial event (occurring in odd-numbered years) which was competed for between national teams. However the event was not staged in 2001 and was last held in 2003. It was cancelled at"
"Gloucester Cup The Gloucester Cup is the common name for three awards of the Australian Defence Force. Formally referred to as the Duke of Gloucester Cup, the three awards are presented to the most efficient infantry battalion of the Australian Army, ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the previous year. The awards were created by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester in 1946, while he was serving as the Governor-General of Australia, and were first presented in 1947. The regular infantry battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment compete against each"
"for yachts accepted for the Admiral's Cup. The first One Ton Cup with that rule was contested by 24 yachts in 1984. Philippe Briand, architect and skipper of ""Passion 2"" won in La Rochelle11, France. In 1999 the world championship of the Corel 45 series (IC 45, Farr 45) was attributed to the One Ton Cup. The first Cup was won by Bertrand Pacé. One Ton Cup The One Ton Cup is a trophy presented to the winner of a sailing competition created in 1899 by the Cercle de la voile de Paris (CVP). The One Ton Cup regattas were"
"changed to ""Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron"" when it was granted royal patronage in 1902. The patron of the Squadron is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It is located in Westhaven Marina, Auckland, close to the Auckland Harbour Bridge facing on to the Waitematā Harbour and Hauraki Gulf. The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of the main members of the International Council of Yacht Clubs. 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"
"the NYYC for 132 years until 1983. The NYYC successfully defended the trophy twenty-four times in a row before being defeated by the Royal Perth Yacht Club, represented by the yacht ""Australia II"". The NYYC's reign was the longest winning streak (in terms of date) in the history of all sports. At the close of the late entry notice period, November 30th, 2018, eight notices of challenge were submitted to the defender, including one from the Royal Malta Yacht Club and one from the Long Beach Yacht Club, both of which were subsequently accepted. The Cup will be sailed in"
"of Gift was the document drawn up by the owners of the 100 Guineas Cup, won by the yacht America, to offer the cup for international competition. The deed did not specify a time delay between challenges, nor were competitors limited to compete in a particular class of boat, nor did boats have to be the same size or class. Fay financed the creation of ""KZ 1"", a large single-hull yacht which complied with the original Deed of Gift but was much larger and hence faster than the 12-metre class boats which had been used for America's Cup competition for"
"very diverse range of interests. Key shoreside events of Cowes Week include the festivities within Cowes Yacht Haven, on Cowes Parade and at Shepards Wharf Marina. Each of these venues offer entertainment for the general public as well as those racing. Traditionally at the end of the Cowes Week event, a fireworks display is held. This has occurred for more than 150 years. In recent years contributions to the funding of the display have been requested by the community who enjoy and benefit from them. ""The Queen's Cup"" was presented to the Royal Southampton Yacht Club by Queen Victoria in"
"Australian Jockey Club initiated an autumn race meet which coincided with the Easter holiday period and created several races which exist even today. Of these races was the Queen's Plate in honour of Queen Victoria which was first run in 1851 over a distance of about 3 miles. Through the early 20th century the race continued to hold it prestige, but with the decline in long distance racing, the AJC focused on the Sydney Cup as the premier long distance event of the AJC Autumn Carnival. By the mid 1950s the race had changed its name and had its distance"
"Carl Buchan, Cam Lewis, John Barnitt, Bill Trenkle, Duncan MacLane, Louis Banks, John Grant, John Wake, Randy Smyth and tactician Tom Whidden. After the completion of the races the battle returned to the courts and on 28 March 1989 the cup was awarded to New Zealand on the basis that the competition between a monohull and a catamaran was a gross mismatch and not in the spirit of friendly competition between countries. However the Appellate Division reversed that ruling, saying the Deed of Gift does not limit design or say anything about the number of hulls a yacht may have,"
"rules which included the 'Flying Start' used today. Bringing yacht racing to the forefront of public life, the America's Cup was first raced in 1851 between the New York Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron. Not ruled or regulated by measurement criteria as today, it is the second-place finisher was Aurora, ""and but for the fact that time allowance had been waived for the race she would have been the winner by a handsome margin."" Subsequently, the Cup races were conducted, usually every 3–4 years, based on a challenge issued by one club to the current Cup holder, which"
"or One Ton Cup. ""Onkel Adolf"" for Germany won the first Cup on 6 Metre in 1907. In 1913, the 6 Metre ""Cremona"" of the Royal Thames Yacht Club won the last Cup before the First World War. After an interlude of four Cups contested in 6.5m SI, the CVP decided in 1923 to come back to international 6 Metre, at the British challengers’ request5. From 1920 to 1923 four cups were contested in 6.5m SI at the CVP’s request. The 6.50m of the French rule known as « Chemin de fer » rule, adopted in Continental Europe since the"