Winging It: ORACLE TEAM USA’s Incredible Comeback to Win the America’s Cup
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments – vi
Introduction: A Cup Like No Other – 1
Chapter One – Challengers and Defenders:
A Brief History of the America’s Cup – 4
The Yacht America and the Dawn of the America’s Cup – 4
Five Reasons the New York Yacht Club Held the Cup from 1851 to 1980 – 6
Australia II Wins the Cup (1983) – 11
A New World: 1983 to Present – 15
Sidebar: Significant Changes in the America’s Cup Since 1983 – 17
Chapter Two – Defending the 34th America’s Cup
Picking Up the Cup – 29
Sidebar: Visions of a New Cup – 34
Chapter Three – Finalizing the Vision for the 34th America’s Cup
Boats, Teams, and Venues – 37
Boats for 2013 – 37
Sidebar: Interview with Pete Melvin on the AC72 Rule – 44
Announcing the New Cup – 45
Team Formation for 2013 – 48
Sidebar: Making the Multihull Decision: Pete Melvin – 57
Selecting the Venue – 63
Sidebar: Stan Honey—Sailing on TV – 65
Chapter Four – America’s Cup World Series
—Sailing the AC45s – 68
Sidebar: Emirates Team New Zealand Works Up to Sailing the AC72s – 69
Sidebar: AC45s Help Shore Crews Prepare for 72s – 71
Sidebar: ETNZ’s Chase 1—Keeping Up with the AC72s – 75
Chapter Five – ORACLE TEAM USA’s AC72s
OTUSA Prepares for the AC72 – 78
Sidebar: AC72—Big Data Goes Sailing – 80
Sidebar: Recruiting Talent to the AC – 83
OTUSA’s AC72 Capsize – 84
Chapter Six – Artemis Capsize and the Loss of Andrew Simpson – 95
Artemis Resilience – 99
Accident Aftermath – 100
Chapter Seven – Louis Vuitton Cup Racing Begins – 104
Round Robins: July 4 to August 1 – 104
Sidebar: New Crewing Opportunities – 107
Louis Vuitton Cup Semi-Final, August 6 to 15 – 110
Chapter Eight – Sailing the AC72—Foiling – 113
The Foils – 115
How They Do It – 116
Development of the Foiling Concept – 118
Testing and Development in the AC – 119
Trickle Down—Other Foiling Sailboats – 120
Sidebar: Cup-Speak – 122
Helming an AC72: “It’s Hyper” – 123
Chapter Nine – ORACLE TEAM USA’s Penalty – 124
Chapter Ten – Louis Vuitton Cup Finals – 130
August 17 to 30: A Best of 13 Series – 130
Chapter Eleven – A Team of Rivals—OTUSA Trains with Two Boats – 145
Chapter Twelve – America’s Cup Match: The 34th Defense of the America’s Cup – 149
The Match – 151
The Racing – 152
How They Did It – 190
Epilogue – The Next America’s Cup – 198
Teams for the 35th America’s Cup – 199
Cats are Loose—Where Do We Go from Here? – 202
Notes – 207
Appendix:
Deed of Gift / America’s Cups Winners / AC72 Diagram / Tacking Charts / Match Point Summary – 209 / Index – 216
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