| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 279 : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: America's Cup fever. c1980. |
| Contents |
A 1930 race on Weetamoe -- America's Cup skippers -- Match race tactics -- Why the early leader often loses -- The role of computers -- Why twelve meters? -- The designers -- The famous protests -- The role of the selections committee -- The matches we nearly lost : 1920, 1934, 1970 -- The 1980 match -- Shenanigans over "the keel" -- How the cup was lost -- Sailing for the America's Cup -- 1987 - Forecast - a battle royal -- Appendix : The official record of the America's Cup races 1930-1983. |
| Subject |
America's Cup -- History.
|
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Yacht racing -- History.
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| Added Author |
Bavier, Robert Newton, 1918-
America's Cup fever.
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| ISBN |
0396086799 |
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