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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. ''America³'' was one of four yachts built for the America3 Foundation racing syndicate, headed by American businessman Bill Koch, for the 1992 Citizen Cup. It was launched in 1992. ''America³'' won the Citizen Cup, then successfully defended the America's Cup against the challenge of the Italian yacht ''Il Moro di Venezia V'' (ITA-25), winner of the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. The America3 Foundation racing syndicate entered the 1995 Citizen Cup with an all women's programme. The team sailed ''America³'' (USA–23) in the first three stages of the Round Robin, then switched to their newly delivered yacht ''Mighty Mary'' (USA–43) for the remainder of the event. ''America³'' is on display at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island. Another exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. These yachts, while not identical, were all designed to the same formula to offer designers the freedom to experiment whilst keeping the boats sufficiently comparable to race in real time. The class was established for the 1992 America's Cup because of perceived shortcomings of the 12-metre class, which had been used in the America's Cup since 1958. In addition to the America's Cup, IACC yachts raced in List of IACC regattas, other regattas, including the IACC worlds. IACC Sail numbers IACC sail numbers were issued according to the date when the ACM measurement committee decided that the hull had reached a certain stage of completion. The number came in two parts: the flag state (represented by a three letter prefix) and the hull number. The country code changed as the hull was transferred between flag state to flag state. Only one boat had a sail numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America 3
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
