Long Beach Yacht Club’s Stars+Stripes Withdraws from America’s Cup 36
In a letter to its members, Long Beach Yacht Club has announced that it has formally withdrawn from the current America’s Cup event. They acknowledged the tremendous effort put in by the club and look forward to take what they’ve learned from the effort into the future.
© 2020 Matthew Brush
The club will be hosting the prestigious Congressional Cup on May 11-16, 2021, as part of the World Match Racing Tour.
© 2020 Bronny Daniels / Joysailing
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Heroic effort!
What effort? They didn’t even build a boat.
Knew they were going to get smoked!
Was this the only american team? Are any americans crewing on other boats for experience?
YES – the New York Yacht Club entered MAGIC boat
As far as I know they never built a boat…not sure why they waited soooo long to withdraw… I look forward to hearing the full story.
Dear Grand Prix sailors & Gary Jobson – pinnacles of the sport: Olympics & Vendee Globe. End of story.
Losers from the beginning….should have handed off to another team earlier.
Good job LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB.
Knew they had no chance competing against New Zealand so why should they bother?
With many of the newly designed sailboats 120 million sounds rather steep. But who’s counting a few extra bucks.