AUSTRALIA III (KA 9) a 12-metre class yacht was built by S.E. Ward boatyard in Cove Harbor, Western Australia for America Cup Defence ’87. Ltd. (Alan Bond) at Perth WA.
Designed by Ben Lexcen.
27 September 1985 launched as the AUSTRALIA III (KA-9)
Have not her displacement and dimensions.
Representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club.
She won the 1986 World 12-metre Championship off Freemantle.
She competed in the 1987 America’s Cup defender elimination series, but was withdrawn at the end of the second round robin in November 1986.
1988 Sold to America’s Cup Defence ’87 Ltd. (Kip Lissiman), Perth, renamed BENGAL III (J 2).
1993 Sold to Bengal Bay Club Challenge, Ise, Japan renamed again AUSTRALIA III (KA 9).
2005 Sold to Bengal Bay Club Challenge (Troy Yaw), Ise, Japan not renamed.
2014 Still in Ise in storage with the intention to bring her back to Australia, see URL:
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_pag ... D=25733285
Solomon Island 1986 $1 sg580a, scott574i.
Watercraft Philately http://www.12mrclass.com/yacht-search/d ... 05373.html