Australia II

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

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

...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

...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

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