What Became of the Original Schooner America?
May 9, 2025
Days after she won the prize that became the America’s Cup, she was sold, but that was not the end.
Days after she won the prize that became the America’s Cup, she was sold, but that was not the end.
Big money, the best sailors and new technologies continue to be a part of the America’s Cup, but this year’s event also includes a contest that could set the stage for a big change
A stirring America’s Cup Even the Cup traditionalists who turned up their noses at the 72-foot catamarans racing for sailing’s most prestigious trophy came away
First, I should say that having raced in eight America’s Cup campaigns and having qualified to race in five America’s Cup finals from 1980 to
The 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco was certainly exciting to watch. The two high-tech catamarans competing at speeds often in excess of 40 knots
Oracle Team USA sailed “low and fast” in eight consecutive races to foil New Zealand’s America’s Cup dream The 34th America’s Cup was supposed to
Oracle Team USA truly did accomplish one of sport’s greatest comebacks. Keeping the Cup when they were down 8-1 was like a winning touchdown pass
I was in San Francisco for the first week of the America’s Cup doing a fair amount of corporate entertainment. Running back and forth from
In 1901, the Sept. 25 cover of the satirical magazine Puck featured this cartoon of “The Wizard of Bristol” Nathanael Herreshoff and Boston yachtsman Thomas
In the summer of 1983, as a young journalist at the Newport (R.I.) Daily News, I was assigned to cover the America’s Cup races. I
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