| When you talk about the best sailing
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| | the land down under.
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| competitions in the world, all
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| | Today, the America's Cup comprises a
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| discussions start and end with The
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| | best-of-nine series between only two
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| America's Cup. It is by far the most
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| | competitors. It pits the winner of the
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| popular and the most heralded regatta in
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| | Louis Vuitton Cup and the reigning
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| the sports of sailing. Known as the Holy
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| | champion. The Louis Vuitton Cup has its
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| Grail of yachting, The America's Cup is
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| | own series of races and the winner earns
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| also the oldest active international
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| | the right to compete in The America's
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| competition where a trophy is at stake.
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| | Cup. It began in 1970. Like before,
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| It is older than the FA Cup by over 20
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| | whoever win The America's Cup race gets
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| years and older than the Modern Olympics
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| | to take the cup home to their local yacht
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| by nearly five decades. It is no wonder
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| | club.
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| why the best sailors and leading yacht
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| | The prestige surrounding the Cup has also
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| designers and manufacturers in the world
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| | captured the fancy of film makers. For
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| all come out, eager to make their
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| | example, in 1992, the film "Wind" was
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| presence felt, when The America's Cup
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| | released and it focused on Dennis
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| comes around.
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| | conner's loss to Australia in 1983 and
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| The Cup is named after the very first
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| | his successful effort to re-capture the
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| winner of this competition, a schooner
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| | Cup during the next series. In addition,
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| called America, which won the Cup in
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| | the Goodyear Tire Company has established
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| 1852. In this competition, the trophy
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| | a tradition of naming its commercial
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| stays in the hands of the winner until
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| | blimps after the America's Cup champion.
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| the next competition and only changes
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| | This is because the company's former
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| hands if the champion is dislodged. The
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| | chairman, Paul Litchfield, believed that
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| schooner America prevailed in this event
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| | blimps are "aerial yachts" which is why
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| for a stunning 132 years, a record for
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| | he started the tradition. Over the years,
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| the longest winning streak in sports
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| | the blimps have had such colorful names
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| history, before relinquishing it in 1983
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| | as Stars & Stripes, Mayflower, Enterprise
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| to Australia II from Australia. After
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| | and, of course, America.
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| over a century, the Cup left America for
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