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1988
Two catamarans were built. The first one with a soft sails (conventional), code number S1, the second one with a winged rig. It was this last one that race the 1988 America's Cup.
The 1988 America's Cup races: 7 to 9 September 1988 off San Diego, California.
Best two out of three races.
Stars & Stripes raced against the huge 90 feet mono-hull challenger New Zealand KZ-1
Races: two sailed.
Race Course:
Alternate courses
First race 40 nautical miles long, one windward leg (20 miles) and return.
Second race 39 nautical miles, triangular course (13 miles by leg, first windward, two and three reaching leg).
Results:
Stars & Stripes beat New Zealand KZ-1 by two wins to nil!
- 7 September 1988, 1st race. Wind speed: 7 to 9 knots. Stars & Stripes beat New Zealand by 18 minutes and 15 sec.
- 9 September 1988, 2nd race. Wind speed: 6 to 15 knots. Stars & Stripes beat New Zealand by 21 minutes and 10 sec.
As wrote Tom Coat, the 1988 America's Cup was "a Cup of controversy", but it was also, in the spirit of the tradition of this event, a fantastic technical challenge on both sides.
1989
Stars & Stripes was sold and moved to Mexico. Victor Tapia is the owner.
1992
Victor Tapia took Stars & Stripes to San Diego for the 1992 America's Cup Challenge, and used it as a charter boat. He also raced the boat in California during that time.
2002
Stars & Stripes was an attraction for a deluxe hotel in Mexico, the Menson del Viento. Its homeport is Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
2005
Still in Mexico, Stars & Stripes appears to be for sale…
STARS & STRIPES US-1
Catamaran defender
1988
Sail number: US-1
Code number of the winged catamaran: H3
USA
Yacht Club: San Diego Yacht Club, San Diego, California, USA
Successful defender of the 27th 1988 America's Cup Challenge
Owner: Sail America Foundation, Inc. President and chief executive officer: Malin Burnham.
Stars & Stripes Team, management/administration: Dennis W. Conner
60 foot wing-sail catamaran
Design team: John K. Marshall (coordinator), Bruce Nelson, Dave W. Hubbard, Duncan T.
MacLane, Gino J. Morelli, Britton Chance, Jr., Bernard Nivelt.
Builders
- Hulls: RD Boatworks, at Capistrano Beach, California
- Wings: Scaled Composites, Inc., at Mojave, California
Christened: 4 June 1988 at San Diego
Year of building: 1988
Launched: May 1988
Homeport: San Diego.
Skipper: Dennis Conner
Crew: Louis B. Banks, John Barnitt, Carl Buchan, John Grant, Peter Isler, Cam Lewis,
Duncan MacLane, Randy Smith, Bill Trenkle, John Wake, Thomas Whidden.
J.T./pr
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Year of building
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1988 |
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Launched
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4/6/1988 |
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Edition 27(1988)
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Crew
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Hull
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Carbon Fiber |
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Mast
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Carbon Fiber |
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L.O.A
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18.28 |
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L.W.L
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16.76 |
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Mast
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32.61 |
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Beam
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8.88 |
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Boom
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Sail Area
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405 |
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Displacament
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3 |
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Draft
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3.04 |
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Rating
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Ballast
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