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America3 built four boats: Jayhawk USA-9, Defiant USA-18, America3 USA-23 and Kanza USA-28.
Defender selection trials (from January to April): Stars & Stripes USA-11, Defiant USA-18 & America3.
In the defender finals, 11 races were sailed. America3 won 7 races and Stars & Stripes was eliminated.
On 30 April 1992, America3 was selected as official defender of the 1992 America's Cup.
The 1992 America's Cup races: 9 to 16 May 1992 at San Diego, California -
Best four out of seven races.
America3 raced against the challenger Il Moro Di Venzia V ITA-25
Races: five sailed.
Race Course: 22.6 miles off San Diego.
Leg one: windward
Leg two: back downwind
Leg three: windward
Leg four, five and six: broad reach, reaching and broad reach
Leg seven: windward
Leg eight: downwind
Results:
America3 beat Il Moro Di Venzia V by four wins to one!
- 9 May 1st race: America3 beat Il Moro Di Venzia V by 30 seconds.
- 10 May 2nd race: Il Moro Di Venzia V beat America3 by 03 seconds.
- 12 May 3rd race: America3 beat Il Moro Di Venzia V by 1 minute 58 seconds.
- 14 May 4th race: America3 beat Il Moro Di Venzia V by 1 minute 04 seconds.
- 16 May 5th race: America3 beat Il Moro Di Venzia V by 44 seconds.
J.T.
Crédit Photo: Gilles Martin Raget
AMERICA3
1992
Sail number: USA-23
USA
Yacht club: San Diego Yacht Club, San Diego, California, USA
Successful challenger of the 28th 1992 America's Cup Challenge
Owner: America3 Foundation, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. William Ingraham Koch, President. Chairman: Louis W. Cabot. Executive Vice President: Vincent Moyersoms.
International America's Cup Class IACC
Sloop
Technical Operations: Vincent Moyersoms
Design team director: Jerry Milgram
Design team members: Buddy Duncan, Penn Edmonds, Fernando Frimm, Phil Kaiko, Daniel LaMere, Doug Peterson, Jim Pugh, John Reichel, Jim Taylor
Design and testing facilities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Responsibilities: Hull shape, tank testing of hulls, appendages CFD, sail CFD
Technology: Heiner Meldner, technical director.
Standford University: Composite material development for yacht and sails, structure FEA, wind tunnel testing of appendages.
Construction: Peter Wilson, construction manager and Dirk Kramers, chief engineer. Responsibilities: supervision and coordination of the engineering and construction of the hulls, spars and appendages.
Hull builder: Goetz Custom Sailboats, Inc., at Bristol, Rhode Island
Mast: Offshore Spars, Inc., at Warren, Michigan (construction)
Tube: Hercules Aerospace, at Magna, Utah
Rigging: Navtec, Inc. (Littleton, MA) & Aramid Rigging, Inc. (Portsmouth, RI)
Boom & spinnaker pole: Hall composites, Bristol, RI
Winches: Lewmar Marine, Havant, UK
Hydraulics: Navtec, Inc., Littleton, MA
Running rigging: New England Ropes, Fall River, MA
Keel blade & trim tab: Allied Engineering, Alameda, CA
Keel bulb: Douglas Brouwer, Santa Cruz, CA
Rudder: Lindsay Boatbuilders, Gloucester, MA
Deck hardware: Harken Yacht Equipment (Pewaukee, WI) & C.A.M. Machine Corp. (Bristol, RI)
Steering system: C.A.M. Machine Corporation
Instrumentation: Bill Unkel, instrumentation team leader
Electronics: Brookes & Gatehouse, Lymington, UK
Sail program: Bill Shore, sail program director
Sail designers: Per Anderson, David Hirsch, and Peter Wheeler
Sailmakers: Halsey Sails (Mystic, CT), North Sails, Inc. (Milford, CT) and Sobstad, Inc. (Annapolis, MD)
Shore Team: Peter Grubb, shore team manager
Year of building: 1991 - 1992
Launched: 1992
Homeport: San Diego.
Skipper: William "Bill" Ingraham Koch.
Afterguard: Dave Dellenbaugh (tactician), Buddy Melges (helmsman), By Baldridge or Bill (navigator)
Crew: 16.
Data:
Construction -
Carbon fiber
Dimensions -
L.O.A.: 23.77 m
L.W.L.: 18.31 m
Beam: 5.45 m
Draft: 3.96 m
Sail area: 295.60 m2
Displacement: 21.970 tons
Mast: 33.50 m
Rating: IACC
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Year of building
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1992 |
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Launched
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1992 |
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Edition 28(1992)
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Crew
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16 |
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Hull
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Carbon Fiber |
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Mast
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Carbon Fiber |
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L.O.A
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23.77 |
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L.W.L
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18.31 |
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Mast
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33.50 |
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Beam
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5.45 |
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Boom
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Sail Area
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Displacament
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22.97 |
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Draft
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3.96 |
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Rating
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IACC |
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Ballast
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