Who said Ah Your Majesty there is no second?
1851: America wins the Cup America won, finishing 8 minutes ahead of the closest rival. Apocryphally, Queen Victoria, who was watching at the finish line, was reported to have asked who was second, the famous answer being: “Ah, Your Majesty, there is no second.”
Who said there is no second?
As the schooner, named America, passed the Royal Yacht in first position, and saluted by dipping its ensign three times, Queen Victoria asked one of her attendants to tell her who was in second place.”Your Majesty, there is no second,” came the reply.
When was the first America’s Cup?
1851
America’s Cup/First event date
It was first offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup on August 20, 1851, by the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain for a race around the Isle of Wight. The cup was won by the America, a 100-foot (30-metre) schooner from New York City, and subsequently became known as the America’s Cup.
When did America’s Cup start using hydrofoils?
2013
In 2013, for the first time, the America’s Cup was sailed with foiling boats. This led to fast growth in the use of foils on both sailing and power boats, both for racing and cruising.
How many times has Team NZ won the America’s Cup?
That New Zealand team – sailing under the flag of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron – has won four America’s Cups is impressive stuff and surely moves them into position as the greatest modern America’s Cup team.
Who won America’s Cup 1987?
Dennis Conner
The American challenger Stars & Stripes 87, sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III, sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race sweep in the best of seven series….1987 America’s Cup.
| Defender Australia | |
|---|---|
| Rule: | 12-metre |
| Winner: | San Diego Yacht Club |
| Score: | 4–0 |
| ← 1983 1988 → |
What do grinders do on AC75?
A grinder is a crew member on a yacht whose duties include operating manual winches (called “coffee grinders”) that raise and trim the sails and move the boom.
Who invented boat foils?
Enrico Forlanini
Development of Foiling – 100 Years in the Making Foiling may seem like a recent technological phenomenon but it has actually been 100 years in the making. The first development of a foiling water vessel was a 60hp motorboat designed and built by Italian inventor Enrico Forlanini in 1906.