America3 1992

Hand-crafted plank-on-frame wood hull with white topsides,dark blue bottom paint, American Eagle and Flag on hull. 

Hull size: 60cm.

Board size: 75cm X 20cm

Defender selection trials (from January to April): Stars & Stripes USA-11, Defiant USA-18 & America3. 

In the defender finals, 11 races were sailed. America3 won 7 races and Stars & Stripes was eliminated.

On 30 April 1992, America3 was selected as official defender of the 1992 America's Cup.

The 1992 America's Cup races: 9 to 16 May 1992 at San Diego, California -

Best four out of seven races. America3 raced against the challengerIl Moro Di Venezia V ITA-25

Sail number: USA-23
Yacht club: San Diego Yacht Club, San Diego, California, USA
Successful challenger of the 28th 1992 America's Cup Challenge
Owner: America3 Foundation, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. William Ingraham Koch, President. Chairman: Louis W. Cabot. Executive Vice President: Vincent Moyersoms.
International America's Cup Class IACC
Sloop
Skipper: William "Bill" Ingraham Koch.

William Starling Burgess no doubt inherited his love of boats and sailing from his father as well as  his sharp analytical mind. He also acquired his precise and sensitive feeling for lines and forms from Nathanael Herreshoff, his “Uncle Nat”. But when the young Starling informed Herreshoff of his intention to become a naval architect, “the Wizard of Bristol” took umbrage.

When Mike Vanderbilt contacted him to build a new defender for the 1934 challenge, time was very short. No matter ! He started on the rough drafts of the plans at end of 1931 and Rainbow very nearly failed in the face of a faster challenger, Endeavour.

Starling Burgess came out of it quite well, Charles Nicholson even offering him the plans of his champion. His gesture was to prove quite unwise.