America's Cup
Americannoun
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an international yachting trophy, originally offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup in 1851, but renamed for the yacht America, winner of it that year.
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the yacht race itself, the oldest and most prestigious event in international sailing, now restricted to 12-meter yachts.
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Look at him in the photograph here, circa 1977, the year he won the America’s Cup helming the 12-meter sloop, Courageous.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
He would go on to win the America’s Cup in 1977 while expanding his father’s company into a modern multimedia conglomerate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
In other sports endeavors, Turner successfully skippered the US yacht Courageous to win the 1977 America's Cup.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
He poured money into sailing, sponsoring an America’s Cup team and pushing for the competition to become more of a high-tech, extreme sport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
He built the yacht Independence at a cost of $200,000, and when it was shut out from the America's Cup race smilingly threw it on the scrap heap.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William
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