Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
The America’s Cup is always a closely contested event, but sometimes it’s so close that neither of the competing crews know who actually won until some time after the race! And especially so in the finals.
This is what happened in the 1992 America’s Cup in San Diego, and this is how it was described in the media:
“Race one was over before it began. Race two didn’t finish till well after the finish line.
“Neither skipper knew for sure who had won the second race of the America’s Cup finals on Sunday until several minutes after Paul Cayard sailed ‘Il Moro di Venezia’ across the finish line three seconds ahead of ‘America3′. They didn’t know because the officials didn’t tell them.
“Even·then Cayard and rival skipper Bill Koch had to consult videotapes before they could say what, really happened – while throwing a few barbs at each other – at the end of the closest race in America’s Cup finals history.”
That’s what America’s Cup racing should be all about – close racing.
READ MORE HERE: 1992 05 12 – natal witness – 167 – OCR_Redacted
