Talk:America (yacht)

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[edit] Aurora's Completion Time

Research presented in David Shaw's recent publication, America's Victory (ISBN 1-57409-187-5), questions the time between America and the second place Aurora. Shaw argues that the time should be eight minutes and not the 21 or 24 minutes used by contemporary newspapers.

I [Shaw] took my facts from The Times of London, which historians credit as the most accurate account of the race. The Times reported that Aurora finished eight minutes after America.

Shaw also argues the name of the trophy, One Hundred Guinea Cup, should be more appropriately the One Hundred Sovereign Cup. One hundred pounds was the typical value of cups given to winners at the time, not one hundred guineas. The British have always called it the One Hundred Sovereign Cup and it is a mystery why the other name has stuck. Edison490 (talk) 20:12, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Further information

There is an article in DANFS about this ship @ America ; you need to look about midway through the page before the entry appears. This covers more of the military history of the ship. --Brad (talk) 15:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)