Competition: | 21st America's Cup |
Image Alt: | Photograph of the yacht Intrepid at her moorings, sails stowed. |
Defender Country: | United States |
Defender Burgee: | Burgee of the New York Yacht Club.svg |
Defender Club: | New York Yacht Club |
Defender Yacht: | Intrepid |
Challenger Country: | Australia |
Challenger Flag Variant: | civil |
Challenger Burgee: | Burgee of rsys.svg |
Challenger Club: | Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron |
Challenger Yacht: | Gretel II |
Location: | Newport, Rhode Island, United States |
Dates: | September 1970 |
Rule: | 12-metre |
Winning Club: | New York Yacht Club |
Score: | 4–1 |
Next: | 1974 |
Prev: | 1967 |
The 1970 America's Cup was held in September 1970 at Newport, Rhode Island. The US defender, Intrepid, skippered by Bill Ficker, defeated the Australian challenger, Gretel II, skippered by James Hardy, four races to one.[1]
Intrepid had beaten Heritage and Valiant to become the defender. (1962 winner Weatherly also participated in the trials, providing a fourth boat so racing could proceed more uniformly.) Gretel II had beaten France to become the challenger.[1]