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Article: Since 1851, A Race With Grace
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 11, 1995
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"We have been beaten, signally defeated on our own element, our
Yacht Squadron routed."
- London Times, August 1851
It has been almost a century and a half now since the 101-foot New
York pilot boat America trounced a fleet of 15 English vessels in a
53-mile race around the Isle of Wight to capture what has since
become the oldest and one of the most treasured trophies in modern
sport - the America's Cup.
Hundreds of millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours
of work were poured over the years into the defense and pursuit of
that prize - a gaudy, bottomless silver ewer that stands 27 inches
high and weighs just under nine pounds.
For 132 years the Cup sat bolted to a table in ...
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