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25th AMERICA's CUP 1983  Newport, Rhode Island, USA 
1987
The American challengers built 11 new yachts and used some older 12-m as trial boats,
The USA and the Louis Vuitton Cup 1987
Stars & Stripes / US-55 America II / US-42 US-42 as “Geronimo” in the movie “Wind” USA / US-61 Eagle / US-60 Courageous IV / US-26 US-49 Heart of America US-51
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
Deutsch Home AC 1983 AC1987 AC 1988 AC 1992 AC 1995 Bibliography Impressum/Contact Opponents AC 2000 AC 2003 AC 2007 AC 2010 AC 2013 About Links __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ New York Yacht Club: 3 x America II (US-42, US-44, US-46) San Diego YC: 4 x Stars & Stripes (83 / US-53, 85 / US-54, 86 / US-56, 87 / US-55) St. Francis YC: USA-1/US—49, USA 2/US-50, USA(R-1)/US-61 Chicago YC: Heart of America /US-51 Newport Harbour YC: Eagle / US-60 Yale Corinthian YC : Courageous IV / US-26 ( a conversion of the Courageous of the AC 1974 ) The American challengers built 11 new yachts, used some elder 12-m as trial boats, but nominated only a handful for the Louis Vuitton Cup (LVC) in Fremantle / Australia. Following boats have been launched :