The America's cup : an illustrated history / Ian Dear.
By: Dear, Ian [author.]
.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Hawthorne, Vic. : London : Hutchinson of Australia ; Hutchinson, 1983Copyright date: ©1983Description: 216 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facisma, maps, ports (some color) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0091487110 (paperback) .Subject(s): America's cup -- History | Yacht racing | Sports TournamentsDDC classification: 797.14 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending | 797.14 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00213171 |
Browsing MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library shelves, Shelving location: Lending Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
Includes index.
How it all began 1851 -- Enter Mr Ashbury 1870/1871 -- Canada tries - and fails 1870/1871 -- Three sporting gentlemen 1885/1886/1887 -- One unsporting nobleman 1893/1895 -- The Lipton era 1899/1901/1903/1920 -- The J-Class 1930/1934/1937 -- Britain tries twice - and fails 1958/1964 -- Australia tries twice - and fails 1962/1967 -- France, and then Sweden join in 1970/1974/1977 -- Australia's cup! 1980-1983.