AJAX NEWS PHOTOS 1983 AMERICA'S CUP SECRET WEAPON WINNERS KEEL AUSTRALIA II'S WINGED
Ben Lexcen Benjamin Lexcen AM (born Robert Clyde Miller, 19 March 1936 - 1 May 1988) was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect. He is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American yacht to win the prestigious America's Cup in 132 years. Early life
Working on the hull and winged keel of Australia II in Steve Ward's boatshed, Cottesloe, 31
Ben was in fact the designer of Australia II, the revolutionary 12-metre yacht that defeated the USA's Liberty to win the America's Cup in 1983, even though it appeared that the skipper of.
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Australia II is now among the collections of the Western Australian Maritime Museum at Fremantle. AUSTRALIA II 1983 Sail number: KA 6 Australia. Royal Perth Yacht Club Challenger, winner of the 25th America's Cup 1983 (won the 7th and final race, sailed on September 26, 1983)
Working on the hull and winged keel of Australia II in Steve Ward's boatshed, Cottesloe, 31
One leads to the conviction that the designer of record, Lexcen, was also the designer in fact, meaning that he conceptualized Australia II's three distinctive features: a small hull, a small 'upside-down' keel, and the winglets on that keel.
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One leads to the conviction that the designer of record, Lexcen, was also the designer in fact, meaning that he conceptualized Australia II's three distinctive features: a small hull, a small 'upside-down' keel, and the winglets on that keel.
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The revolutionary keel on Australia II (right) is shrouded from inspection in 1983. Photograph: Getty Images Sailing This article is more than 14 years old Australian 'did not invent winged.
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The winged keel is a sailboat keel layout first fitted on the 12-metre class yacht Australia II, 1983 America's Cup winner. Design This layout was adopted by Ben Lexcen, designer of Australia II.
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On 26 September 1983, the yacht Australia II made history when the oldest sporting trophy in the world, the America's Cup, was wrested from the Americans after 132 years. The Australia II was owned and built by a syndicate Western Australians headed by former businessman Alan Bond.
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Australia II (KA 6) is an Australian 12-metre-class America's Cup challenge racing yacht that was launched in 1982 [1] and won the 1983 America's Cup for the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Skippered by John Bertrand, she was the first successful Cup challenger, ending a 132-year tenure (with 26 successful defences) by the New York Yacht Club . Design
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Australia II competed, and won in a stirring seventh and final race. Prior to my visit with Van Oossanen in Wageningen, I'd been warned that he was tired of talking about the famous wing keel, and that his more recent work was overlooked.
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Australia II's secret winged keel began to unnerve the Americans after its resounding victories in the qualifying races. (Larry Moran, Chicago) Then unexpectedly, the Australian boat won the third.
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Exhibitions Show us the Keel Australia II has become one of the nation's most recognisable vessels, thanks to that extraordinary America's Cup win in 1983. Almost everyone knows about its upside-down winged keel designed by Australian Ben Lexcen that was unbeatable that year.
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Lexcen often remarked that Australia II was a whole boat, not just a keel. But a boat on paper won't win the contest. It had to be built and built in Australia by the Cup rules: enter Steve Ward, the master boat builder of the time, who built all four ' Australias ' for Alan Bond (before and after the '83 win).
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Australia II competed, and won in a stirring seventh and final race. Prior to my visit with Van Oossanen in Wageningen, I'd been warned that he was tired of talking about the famous wing keel, and that his more recent work was overlooked.
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Australia II has become one of the nation's most recognisable vessels, thanks to that extraordinary America's Cup win in 1983. Almost everyone knows about its winged keel that seemed to make it unbeatable. The keel completely spooked the Americans who tried many moves off the water to avoid having to race against Australia II.