Stars & Stripes / H 3: U.S. - 1 winner of the America's Cup 1988
Under the wings of the San Diego Yacht Club
as official defender Dennis Conner managed
Under the wings of the San Diego Yacht Club
as official defender Dennis Conner managed
the construction of a smaller test cat and 2 racing
boats.
One had conventional soft sails and was called
S1.
The other one with a wing sail was called H 3
and won the races on the water 2 : 0.
The overall-length of US-1 was about 1/2 of the
KZ-1.
The unique, rigid wing sail has been eveloped by
technicians coming from the NASA and the
aircraft industry.
The area after the rot-able mast was covered
with clear folios. The flap had a surface of slight-
grey ones.
The AC 1988 is also called the “mismatch”
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
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In 1988, a New Zealand syndicate
challenged the San Diego Yacht Club to
an A/C race using 'KZ1', a huge, fast,
unorthodox,132' boat with a 40 man
crew. Surprised, and not having time to
design or build such a boat, Conner
answered the challenge by building a
cutting edge catamaran with a wing sail.
The high-tech sail is pictured here, on
our trailer, at the Rutan Scaled
Composites factory in Mojave, CA.
The 'STARS & STRIPES' cat went on to
win the farcical race by a big margin, and
also prevailed in the final of three
associated law suits.
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