Little America's Cup gallery - 2

Christian Fevrier's amazing images from the final battle between the US and Australia

The Little America's Cup has its origins in the 1950s following a disagreement between Britain and the United States as to which country had the fastest racing yacht in the world.

To settle the argument, in 1961 the Sea Cliff YC of New York donated a Trophy called the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy which over the years has become known as The Little America's Cup. The event is an international club-to-club challenge, one of the only two in the world.

The Trophy is a silver sculpture in the shape of billowing sails above a square wooden-base with names of the winners engraved on it.

Below - McCrae beach. After the last race, Lindsay Cunningham (right) congratulates Steve Clark and skipper Duncan MacLane for their outsatnding performance with Cogito.



The winning Cogito and The Edge III teams just prior to the Cup Presentation. (Note the bearded gentleman third from the leg on the bottom row - they had voted to include also the French LAC supporter, present for all challenges since 1987...!)