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2011 Event - The New South Wales boat 'Loki' is proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

1989 Event - New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules

1987 Event - San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup

1983 Event - Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner)

1962 Event - Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (U.S. wins)

1953 Event - British royal yacht Britannia taken out of service

1878 Birthday - W Starling Burgess, yacht designer, America Cup's Enterprise

1866 Event - 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean

1853 Event - 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)

1851 Event - Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)

1851 Event - 1st America's Cup-U.S. schooner America beats British yacht Aurora

1848 Birthday - Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer

1845 Event - New York Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta

1844 Event - 1st U.S. yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club

1844 Event - New York Yacht Club forms

1661 Event - 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James

1120 Event - English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm









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