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who had been central to the NYYC's previous two defenses, attempted to form a syndicate to fund a defense to Sopwith's challenge. However, the poor state of the American economy meant that he could not attract backers, and eventually funded the entire defense himself, investing $ 400,000 (around $
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issued a new challenge of his own, for J-class yachts. The NYYC accepted this challenge, but since 1936 was an American presidential election year, they opted to hold the races in 1937.
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was the only candidate put forward to defend the Cup, there were no selection trials, but Vanderbilt practised racing the yacht against the J-class
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won them easily — the second race by over eighteen minutes. In the fourth race, Vanderbilt maneuvered towards the start buoy in a way that forced
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raced in the previous two competitions. The NYYC declined this challenge, preferring to keep the competition among the J-class.
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As in the previous two competitions, the winner was to be the best of seven races. The first three races were uneventful, and
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issued a challenge to the New York Yacht Club for the America's Cup. In it, Fairey proposed that the race be held among
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had to circle the buoy and begin the race again, having lost 75 seconds in the maneuver.
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which had been an unsuccessful contender for the defense of the cup in 1930.
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won this race by three minutes and successfully defended the Cup.
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to conduct tests with different combinations of sails and spars.
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to pass the buoy before the starting gun fired. Because of this,
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and consisted of a series of races between the defender
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was the 16th challenge for the Cup. It took place in
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Index

United States
New York Yacht Club
Ranger
United Kingdom
Royal Yacht Squadron
Endeavour II
Newport
41°29′N 71°19′W / 41.483°N 71.317°W / 41.483; -71.317
Universal Rule
J-class
New York Yacht Club
1934
1958
America's Cup
Newport
Ranger
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Endeavour II
Sir Thomas Sopwith
Sir Richard Fairey
K-class yachts
J-class
Sir Thomas Sopwith
the 1934 competition
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Ranger
Olin Stephens
Stanley Burgess
Bath Iron Works
Endeavour II

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