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Kookaburra, KA-15 + Australia 2, KA-6

Posted by John M Wheatley on March 12, 2012 at 4:50am

Kookaburra, KA-15 + Australia 2. KA-6. Kookaburra went on to come second against US entrant Stars & Stripes with Dennis Connor at the helm. Australia II, bearing sail number KA6, represented the Royal Perth Yacht Club of Australia won its September 1983 challenge for the America's Cup. The defender, the New York Yacht Club, had held the cup since 1851, dominating challengers and sustaining the longest winning streak in sport.

Photo taken at the elimination races for the 1987 America's Cup, held in Gage Roads off Fremantle, Western Australia.

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