{"id":30866,"date":"2021-10-04T17:10:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-story-of-the-americas-cup\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:10:36","slug":"the-story-of-the-americas-cup","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-story-of-the-americas-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of the America’s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Story of the America’s Cup 1851-2021<\/em><\/strong> tells the chronological history of 150 years of the most exciting and exhilarating yacht race, open the pages and you can almost feel the wind in the sails and the salt spray.<\/p>\n

Full page color illustrations bring the yachts alive, set as they are in their natural element, at sea, on the waves; detailed descriptions give an amazing insider’s view of the construction of individual boats, the routes sailed, the crews, the highs and lows of what was undoubtedly, extremely tough and competitive sailing, the victories and the defeats.<\/p>\n

Paintings by Tim Thompson, a leading marine artist are an integral part of the book’s appeal; he has captured the pure essence, the spirit of the race and its place in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Awe-inspiring and breathtaking, this volume takes sailing beyond its competitive limits; an illustrated history and tribute to the world’s most famous ocean-based battle.
Introduction 4
\nThe Artist 5
\nThe Paintings 6
\nThe Research 7
\nRogues’ Gallery 10
\nThe Courses 19
\nThe International America’s Cup Class 26
\nThe Paintings
\n1851 America defeats the British Fleet in a single race 30
\n1870 Magic defeats Cambria (Great Britain) 1–0 32
\n1871 Columbia & Sappho defeat Livonia (Great Britain) 4–1 34
\n1876 Madeleine defeats Countess of Dufferin (Canada) 2–0 36
\n1881 Mischief defeats Atalanta (Canada) 2–0 38
\n1885 Puritan defeats Genesta (Great Britain) 2–0 40
\n1886 Mayflower defeats Galatea (Great Britain) 2–0 42
\n1887 Volunteer defeats Thistle (Great Britain) 2–0 44
\n1893 Vigilant defeats Valkyrie II (Great Britain) 3–0 46
\n1895 Defender defeats Valkyrie III (Great Britain) 3–0 48
\n1899 Columbia defeats Shamrock (Northern Ireland) 3–0 50
\n1901 Columbia defeats Shamrock II (Northern Ireland) 3–0 52
\n1903 Reliance defeats Shamrock III (Northern Ireland) 3–0 54
\n1920 Resolute defeats Shamrock IV (Northern Ireland) 3–2 56
\n1930 Enterprise defeats Shamrock V (Northern Ireland) 4–0 58
\n1934 Rainbow defeats Endeavour (Great Britain) 4–2 60
\n1937 Ranger defeats Endeavour II (Great Britain) 4–0 62
\n1958 Columbia defeats Sceptre (Great Britain) 4–0 64
\n1962 Weatherly defeats Gretel (Australia) 4–1 66
\n1964 Constellation defeats Sovereign (Great Britain) 4–0 68
\n1967 Intrepid defeats Dame Pattie (Australia) 4–0 70
\n1970 Intrepid defeats Gretel II (Australia) 4–1 72
\n1974 Courageous defeats Southern Cross (Australia) 4–0 74
\n1977 Courageous defeats Australia (Australia) 4–0 76
\n1980 Freedom defeats Australia (Australia) 4–0 78
\n1983 Australia II (Australia) defeats Liberty 4–3 80
\n1987 Stars & Stripes defeats Kookaburra III (Australia) 4–0 82
\n1988 Stars & Stripes defeats New Zealand (New Zealand) 3–0 84
\n1992 America3 defeats Il Moro di Venezia (Italy) 4–1 86
\n1995 Black Magic (New Zealand) defeats Young America 5–0 88
\n2000 Black Magic (New Zealand) defeats Luna Rossa (Italy) 5–0 90
\n2003 Alinghi (Switzerland) defeats NZL 82 (New Zealand) 5–0 92
\n2007 Alinghi (Switzerland) defeats NZL 92 (New Zealand) 5–2 94
\n2010 BMW Oracle defeats Alinghi (Switzerland) 2–0 96
\n2013 Oracle Team USA defeats Aotearoa (New Zealand) 9–8 98
\n2017 Aotearoa (New Zealand) defeats Oracle Team USA 7–1 100
\n2021 Te Rehutai (New Zealand) defeats Luna Rossa (Italy) 7–3 102<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21584],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30866","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sport-recreation","7":"author-by-author-ranulf-rayner","8":"author-by-author-tim-thompson","9":"publisher-acc-art-books","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Story of the America's Cup - 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