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1958 America's Cup

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Four yachts competed in a summer long regatta to determine which the NYYC would name as defender,
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yachts. Twenty years had passed since the last Cup match, held between immense Universal Rule
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was chosen after a very close set of races resulted in only beating the 19-year-old
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sought a more affordable alternative to restart interest in the Cup. In 1956
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of Great Britain agreed to challenge with a new 12-metre,
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24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi), windward leeward
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Photograph of Columbia on the right overtaking two other yachts.
United States
New York Yacht Club
Columbia
United Kingdom
Royal Yacht Squadron
Sceptre
Newport, Rhode Island
12-metre
New York Yacht Club
1937
1962
America's Cup
12-metre class
J-class yachts
World War II
New York Yacht Club
Henry Sears
Royal Yacht Squadron
Sceptre
Columbia
Olin Stephens
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"America's Cup Hall of Fame : Henry Sears, 1995 Inductee"
the original
Columbia article at AC-Cyclopaedia
Sceptre article at AC-Cyclopaedia
Current owner of Columbia in Newport, RI
Sceptre Preservation Society

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