CANADA (I) KC 1 yacht

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CANADA (I) KC 1 yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:22 pm

CANADA (I) Built by Fred McConnel Marine Ltd. for the Secret Cove Yacht Club Challenge at Half Moon Bay, BC, Canada. The yacht was designed by Bruce Kirby.
1982 Launched as the CANADA (1) KC 1.
Displacement?, dim. 19.00 x 3.84 x 2.72m. (draught), length on waterline 13.78m.
Sail area 168 m².
There were two Canadian teams to challenge the America Cup 1987, the Secret Cove Yacht Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. When both teams were unable to attract big sponsors, the two teams merged.
The CANADA (1) KC1 was heavily modified in 1985 including a winged keel and was thereafter renamed CANADA (II) KC 2
Displacement?, dim. 20.11 x 3.65 x 2.72m (draught), length on waterline 13.87m.
Sail area 166 m².
After extensive trailing between the TRUE NORTH and CANADA II the CANADA II was sent to Freemantle, Australia in 1987.
In the challenges races in the Louis Vuitton races at Freemantle in 1987, sailing under skipper Terry Neilson she was eliminated prior to the semi-finals.
1993 Sold to America’s Cup Yacht Racing in St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, not renamed.
2014 Same name and owner and based at St Maarten, used for charter and match racing.

Solomon Islands 1987 $1 sg570a, scott573g. (Most probably the TRUE NORTH is depicted on the stamp see http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =2&t=14088
Antigua 1987 30c sg1072, scott1000. 1988 30c sg 1190, Scott
Barbuda 1987 30c sg936, scott852.
Barbuda Mail 1988 30c sg1066, Scott?

Source: http://www.12mrclass.com/yacht-search/d ... 05400.html Watercraft Philately. Internet.
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