Only 108 days to the 37th
Americas Cup!
https://www.americascup.com/37th-americascup-barcelona
Taking place in Barcelona
this time.
The competition was
initiated by the British in 1851 with a race between the British and the
Americans around the Isle of Wight (53 miles), with the prize being a silver
cup. The race was won by the Americans, the winning boat being named the
America, and thus the name of the cup for all the races since then. The
Americans successfully defended the cup 24 times in a row, for 132 years, until
1983 when Australia took it away. The cup, originally provided by the
British, has been held by the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and
Switzerland. The Brits, of course, want the cup back, but in all these
years, have not managed to get it. They created the cup itself but have
never won it.
New Zealand
defending. Britain, Switzerland, Italy, USA, and France battling for the
honor to challenge New Zealand for the cup. The America’s Cup itself
begins October 7th. The Louis Vuitton Cup, where the
challengers all race each other to determine who gets to race New Zealand,
starts August 29th.
The boats will be about 20
meters long, with masts almost 37 meters high, and will fly above the water on
foils, achieving up to 10 times the wind speed. Expect 40-50 knots out of
sailboats!
The charge for attending
to watch the races? Nothing. No ticketing. It is open to
all. Some of us might watch it on television.
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