Australia II
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America's Cup skip tells teens to go dry...Robert de Castella will launch a campaign on Wednesday to encourage teenagers to abstain from alcohol. Bertrand, who was at the helm of Australia II in 1983, will front the Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix campaign at Parliament House in... In this article: America's Cup, John Bertrand, Robert de Castella, Australia II, University of Sydney, Nicola Roxon, and Canberra |
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The Australian | November 06, 2009
America's Cup tack for Australia
...New York Supreme Court agrees, Australia could play host to a three-race contest from February 8. Bertrand, 62, who skippered Australia II to victory over Liberty in 1983 to end the New York Yacht Club's 132-year grip on the trophy,...
In this article: America's Cup, Australia, John Bertrand, Ras al-Khaimah, Valencia, New York, and Australian Taxation Office
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San Diego Union-Tribune | November 05, 2009
Alinghi offers Australia as America's Cup venue
...regatta in Auckland, New Zealand. The Aussie skipper then, James Spithill, is now BMW Oracle Racing's helmsman. In 1983, the wing-keeled Australia II ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year winning streak, the longest in sports, by beating...
In this article: America's Cup, Australia, BMW Oracle Racing, Valencia, Dennis Conner, New York, and Larry Ellison
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Stuff | November 05, 2009
Alinghi suggests Australia for America's cup
...the New York Supreme Court agrees, Australia could play host to a three-race, week-long duel from February 8. John Bertrand, who skippered Australia II to victory over the New York Yacht Club in 1983, predicted the Swiss offer would be...
In this article: America's Cup, Australia, John Bertrand, Valencia, Stars and Stripes, Ras al-Khaimah, Gold Coast, and Fremantle
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | October 27, 2009
No hands on deck: race is on to be Australia's next top model
...in the winter.'' They included top sailors such as the late Ben Lexcen, whose role in the design of the winged keel that enabled Australia II to win the America's Cup in 1983, has recently been re-examined. This month, about a century...
In this article: America's Cup, Ben Lexcen, Peter Pan, and Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 23, 2009
The name's Bond - and it's about time we gave him the credit he deserves
...1983 bid: "We'll have the budget and the boat and we're going to win the America's Cup!" The final challenge in 1983 started badly, with Australia II down 3-1, but three races later, on September 25, Australians woke to the collective...
In this article: Alan Bond, Australia, America's Cup, Recession, Perth, Western Australia, Natural gas, Bankruptcy, and Sydney to Hobart race
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | October 14, 2009
Dutch team 'designed Australia's Americas Cup winning winged keel'
...7:00AM BST 15 Oct 2009 Peter van Oossanen said a Dutch team crafted the revolutionary upside-down keel for Australia II, whose defeat of the American Dennis Conner-skippered Liberty 4-3 ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year grip on...
In this article: Ben Lexcen, Australia, America's Cup, John Bertrand, Dennis Conner, and Netherlands
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 14, 2009
Doubt raised about sporting legend needs to be resolved
WHEN Alan Bond entered his yacht Australia II in the 1983 America's Cup, the cup's American defenders lodged a protest with the America's Cup Committee. Their central objection was that under the rules of the race contesting yachts had to...
In this article: Ben Lexcen, Alan Bond, John Bertrand, Allegation, America's Cup, and Australia
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Times Online | October 13, 2009
Historic Australian America's Cup win was based on 'a lie'
...chief scientist at the Netherlands Ship Model Basin in Wageningen,where much of the development work on Australia II was done, said he believed that Australia II deserved its victory, particularly when weighed against the Cup's murky history of...
In this article: Ben Lexcen, America's Cup, Australia, and Sydney Morning Herald
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | October 13, 2009
Lexcen 'lead winged keel design team'
...leader of the design team and the man who pulled the whole package together. "There is no doubt that Ben was the principal designer for Australia II, and as to the winged keel, he worked with others, including van Oossanen, throughout the...
In this article: Ben Lexcen, John Bertrand, America's Cup, Alan Bond, National Maritime Museum, and Sydney
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | October 13, 2009
Lexcen 'didn't invent winged keel'
Yacht designer Ben Lexcen did not invent the famous winged keel that guided Australia II to America's Cup victory in 1983, a Dutch naval architect says. Peter van Oossanen, who worked with Lexcen, said he and his Dutch team, and Dutch...
In this article: Ben Lexcen, America's Cup, John Bertrand, Order of Australia, Alan Bond, Eureka, and Australia
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The Australia II is a 12-metre class yacht, and the first successful challenger for the America's Cup after 132 years.
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