The 1977 America's Cup was held in September 1977 at Newport, Rhode Island .[1] The US defender, Courageous , skippered by Ted Turner , defeated the Australian challenger, Australia , skippered by Noel Robins , in a four-race sweep.[2] Courageous ' greatest winning margin out of all four races was 2 minutes and 23 seconds.[2] It was the second unsuccessful challenge by Alan Bond .[3]
Courageous had beaten Lowell North 's Enterprise and Ted Hood 's Independence to become the defender. Australia had beaten France , Gretel II and Sverige to become the challenger.[4]
This was Ted Turner's second try at a Cup, losing out at the defender trials at the 1974 Cup .[5] His crew included tactician Gary Jobson .[6] Enterprise had included Malin Burnham , Halsey Herreshoff and John Marshall .[4]
Results
Team
13 September 1977
16 September 1977
17 September 1977
18 September 1977
Pts
Courageous
W
W
W
W
4
Australia
+1:48
+1:03
+2:33
+2:25
0
References
^ "Australia" . ACCyclopedia. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012 .
^ a b "Noel Robins" . ACCyclopedia. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012 .
^ "Alan Bond" . ACCyclopedia. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012 .
^ a b Nocera, Egidio (July 2006). "Storia della Coppa America 1970–1974–1977 Le sfide australiane e francesi" (in Italian). Archived from the original on August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012 .
^ "Courageous". 2017 America's Cup . June 17, 2017. NBC.
^ Bertrand, John Born to win : a lifelong struggle to capture the America's Cup (as told to Patrick Robinson). Sydney : Bantam Books, c1985. ISBN 0-553-05118-0 . p.58.