#america's cup

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Apparently there really was a Sir Thomas Lipton who founded Lipton's Tea. Here he is with the crew of the Shamrock IV at Morse's Dry Dock, Brooklyn, in preparation for the 1920 America's Cup race. (He lost.)

Photo: Bain News Service/LoC

[princesscatherineblog]

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attending the America's Cup World Series at the Race Village on July 24, 2016 in Portsmouth, England.

[walkingaline]

Yesterday, they broke the mainsheet traveller mid-race. The team lost two races, but still didn't retire from the competition. They then started working to fix it, late into the night and this morning they went back to fight for a title that they could have (and probably would have) already won.

And they OWNED the waters in a brilliant race and moved on to the finals.

What a team!

[porterdavis]

America's Cup

So at what point do they cease being 'boats' and become low-flying planes?

[malbecmusings]

And so it begins....

[guy60660]

Théry Schir | America's Cup

[taraross-1787]

This Day in History: America's Cup

At about this time in 1851, the New York Yacht Club’s schooner, America, races and defeats fifteen yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Did the Americans forget that they were supposed to lose?!? The New York club was then still relatively new, whereas the British one was older and more prestigious.

Yet again, Americans began as the underdog—and emerged victorious!

That 1851 race laid the foundation for the international racing competition today known as the America’s Cup. In modern times, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent by those striving to win, but that first race in 1851 set the stage for everything that was to follow.

The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-americas-cup

[crownedstoat]

Luna Rossa Prada America's Cup Racer

[a-solitary-sea-rover-backup]

This guy was so ahead of his time that he was cosplaying as Static Shock at the 1983 AmCup.

[holy-soup]

NZ BETTER WIN THE AMERICAS CUP. BRING IT HOME BOYS

[matapetre]

Bomba nucleare B61-13, la nuova arma degli Stati Uniti: è 30 volte più potente di quella di Hiroshima

Wooouuuu...che bello!!!

Non vedo l'ora di vedere l'effetto che fa...

CHE COGLIONI!!

Mi sono rotto proprio i coglioni ...di queste gare per la fine del mondo!!

[princesscatherineblog]

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich for the America's Cup Launch on June 10, 2014 in London, England. 

[floridanative]

[mindsaver-blog]

Endeavour - America's cup 1934

My "Endeavour" model

[walkingaline]

Well.

Glory to Cuben fiber, I suppose.

Still, the foils and hi-tech take confirm to be more an issue than anything. I had my preferences, and they've been confirmed during these finals.