Competition: | 23rd America's Cup |
Defender Country: | United States |
Defender Burgee: | Burgee of the New York Yacht Club.svg |
Defender Club: | New York Yacht Club |
Defender Yacht: | Courageous |
Challenger Country: | Australia |
Challenger Flag Variant: | civil |
Challenger Club: | Sun City Yacht Club |
Challenger Yacht: | Australia |
Location: | Newport, Rhode Island, United States |
Dates: | 13–18 September 1977 |
Rule: | 12-metre |
Winning Club: | New York Yacht Club |
Score: | 4–0 |
Next: | 1980 |
Prev: | 1974 |
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]