Historical Chronology

1851	"America"
1870	"Cambria, the British challenger loses against 14 New York Yacht Club yachts in New York Harbor
1871	New York Yacht Club used two yachts (allowed for the last time) & defeated the English boat "Livonia"
1876	Madeleine defeats the Countess of Dufferin
1877	Canada joins battle, loses 2-0
1881	Canada encore loses 2-0
1885	Centerboard cutter "Puritan" wins over England's "Genesta" 2-0
1886	Another "Burgess" design for the New York Yacht Club "Mayflower" bests England's "Galatea" 2-0
1887	A "hat trick" for "Burgess"; his third win, "Volunteer" wins over Scotland's "Thistle" 2-0
1893	A truly great design, Nat Herreshoft creates "Viligant" and wins 3-0 against "Valkyrie"
1895	"Defender," another Herreshoft, defeats the Earl of Danraven again
1899	Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock" loses to "Columbia" 3-0
1901	"Columbia" 3-0 over "Shamrock II"
1903	16,000 sq.ft. of sail on the Herreshoft designed "Reliance" triumphs over Lipton's "Shamrock III"
1920	The First World War and other events left a gap in challenges until Lipton, on "Shamrock IV" raced against Herreshoft's last Cup boat "Resolute", losing 3-0
1930	The great boats of the J-Class series debut with masts as tall as 165 ft. and over 80 ft. in length. Vanderbilt's "Enterprise" meets Lipton's "Shamrock V" in Newport, R.I., winning 4-0
1937	Ranger beats Endeavour II
1958 - 1987	The 12 meter boats dominate
1958	"Columbia" over England's "Sceptre" 4-0
1962	Australia challenges with Alan Payne's "Gretel" losing 4-1 to Weatherly
1964	"Constellation" swamps England 4-0
1967	Australia's "Dame Pattie" loses to Sparkman's and Stephen's "Intrepid" 4-0
1970	The introduction of the multiple challenger concept. "Gretel II" defeats "France I," and Sweden's "Sveridge" to challenge
1974	Dennis Conner as helmsman on "Courageous" beats "Intrepid" to defend. "Courageous" defeats Alan Bond's Australian boat "Southern Cross" 4-0
1977	Ted Turner's "Courageous" 4-0 over "Australia" that had defeated "Gretel II," "France I," and Sweden's "Sveridge" to challenge
1980	"Freedom" with Conner defeats Turner and Russell Long, then historic win over Bond's "Australia" 4-1
1983	The stage was set. The "winged keel" helped Australia to wrest The Cup from the New York Yacht Club after 132 years as "Australia II" won 4-3 over the New York Yacht Club's "Liberty". The Cup goes to Perth
1987	A true world match: 13 challengers, six from the United States. "Stars and Stripes" from the San Diego Yacht Club with a Conner-Burnham team slamming the "Kookaburra", Australia's defender, in four straight
1991 1992 1995	The Cup resides in New Zealand after 1991 The Cup comes back to the United States with Bill Koch aboard America 3. Peter Blake and company out sailed all in 1995 returning The Cup to New Zealand.
1999-2000	New Zealand does it again, never beaten, sweeps Prada to keep The Cup. Where is The Cup now?...at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, New Zealand, awaiting the world of challengers in 2002-2003!