It is often stated that the America’s Cup is won by the faster boat. Nevertheless, there have been a few exceptions, but then again it is the winner who writes the history. Dave Hollom suggests a few instances where the slower boat won, or rather the faster boat lost…
This state of affairs has existed since the inception of the competition. The story of the schooner America’s victory, in a race around the Isle of Wight in 1851, is well known. Less known is the fact that the second-placed boat was a British cutter, Aurora, which had a tonnage (the method of rating boats in that era) of 84 tons against 170 tons for America and which came home only eight minutes behind in a race that lasted over 10 hours.
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