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1958 America's Cup

Yacht race

Field	Value
competition	17th America's Cup
image	Columbia-Aquidneck-2011.jpg
image alt	Photograph of Columbia on the right overtaking two other yachts.
caption	Columbia (right) in 2011
defender country	United States
defender burgee	Burgee of the New York Yacht Club.svg
defender club	New York Yacht Club
defender yacht	Columbia
challenger country	United Kingdom
challenger flag variant	civil
challenger burgee	Royal-Yacht-Squadron-Burgee.svg
challenger club	Royal Yacht Squadron
challenger yacht	Sceptre
location	Newport, Rhode Island, United States
dates	20–26 September 1958
rule	12-metre
winning club	New York Yacht Club
score	4–0
next	1962
prev	1937

The 1958 America's Cup marked the first Cup match sailed in 12-metre class yachts. Twenty years had passed since the last Cup match, held between immense Universal Rule J-class yachts in 1937 besides World War II, and the New York Yacht Club sought a more affordable alternative to restart interest in the Cup. In 1956 Henry Sears{{cite web |archive-date=2012-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417160122/http://www.herreshoff.org/achof/henry_sears.html |url-status=dead

Defender Series

Four yachts competed in a summer long regatta to determine which the NYYC would name as defender, Columbia (US-16), a new Olin Stephens boat, Weatherly (US-17), Easterner (US-18), and the Olin Stephens designed Vim (US-15) from 1939. Columbia was chosen after a very close set of races resulted in only beating the 19-year-old Vim by 12 seconds in the final competition.

The Races

Date	Course	Winner	Loser	Winning
Time	Delta	Score	Winner's Velocity
on Course
September 20, 1958	24 nmi, windward leeward	Columbia	Sceptre	5:13:56	7:45	1-0	4.59
September 24, 1958	24 nmi, triangular	Columbia	Sceptre	3:17:42	11:42	2-0	7.28
September 25, 1958	24 nmi, windward leeward	Columbia	Sceptre	3:09:07	8:20	3-0	7.61
September 26, 1958	24 nmi, triangular	Columbia	Sceptre	3:04:22	7:05	4-0	7.81

References

America's Cup Competitions

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