Sail Into The Americas Cup 2007 In Valencia Spain

T he America's Cup                 like- the Americans had taken a    competition all started on      short-cut or having used other     August 22, 1851 when the        types of propellants, but it was   British challenged the United         all rejected and ever since then,  States in a sailing event which       up until 1983, the American teams  the British thought they would        have been challenged by many       easily win. The British have          countries, all trying to win this  always been known for their naval     prestigious cup.                   supremacy and for having been                                            more technologically advanced in      The next challenge was held in     its time than the rest of the         1870 when England's Royal Thames   world. But it was at that event,      Yacht Club entered the             held around the Isle of Wight,        competition with their sailboat    that Queen Victoria had to hand       named ‘ Cambria' against 18      over the prize of 100 Guineas to      other American challengers.        the American team who had sailed      Unfortunately, the Cambria had an  in their 90 foot schooner called      accident with another boat and     precisely ‘ America', from the      came in in one of the last         United States to England in just      places. But like we said, the      21 days. The America's Cup name       British are very proud people and  does not come from the fact that      the itch to bring the America's    the Americans had been on a           Cup back to England has made some  winning streak for over the past      very curious people become         132 years, winning 25 times in a      particpants such as Sir Thomas     row, but from the name of the         Lipton, the tea millionaire or     first non-British boat that           Sir Thomas Sopwith, famous for     achieved taking away the trophy       his aircrafts used in different    from them. The British pride was      wars. And some wealthy Americans   badly hurt and they even tried to     have also sponsored this event     come up with some accusations         such as Harold Vanderbilt or more  recently, the T.V. magnate Ted        miles, the skipper of the          Turner.                               Australia found a way to make a                                          quick escape with a gust of wind   In the 1970's, shipbuilders           and won by only 25 seconds. Up     started to realize that design        until that time, the majority of   was a minimal part of winning and     the people in the world had no     that with all the new                 idea about sailing or even dreamt  tecnologies, much faster boats        about owning a yacht, let alone    could be made without ignoring        being interested in the America's  design and comfort in handling.       Cup. But news quickly spread       In 1983, five different countries     about Australia's victory and      wanted to take their shot at this     having broken the spell that had   thrilling activity, and one above     lasted for 132 years.              all really stuck out. The                                                Australia II, owned by Alan Bond,     The Americas Cup 2007 in        was said to have a top secret         Valencia Spain                 designed keel which Bond kept                                            protected and hidden from spying      In 1992, this event was really     eyes until the main event was         becoming something big and it was  underway. The question that was       necessary to set up a new          in the minds of all was whether       organization which would set down  the keel was legal, keeping           strict rules controlling the size  within the regulations that had       and design. Therefore, the         been set down for the                 International America's Cup Class  competition. In the end, he keel      or the IACC kicked into action to  complied to all standard rules        supervise all the details. Now     and the final race was set - the      that the size and design were      U.S. Liberty against the              being watched over, the            Australia II. It was a neck to        shipbuilders went for new and      neck race but in the last few         better materials making the        sailboats lighter but more            There will be great television     durable. Some of the recent           coverage, newspaper articles and   changes have been longer masts        internet details for all. Maybe    and more sail area, increasing        you are even lucky enough to find  the potential wind to be caught       a cheap flight, hotel and car      and used for speed. With this,        hire deal and make your dreams     more crew and manpower have also      come true. And if you are really   been added making it 17 with one      curious, there is an America's     more VIP for a total of 18, to be     Cup Museum founded in 1983 which   able to handle this new found         is in Australia, depicting a       speed and power.                      great collection of all the                                              sailboats which have ever          But do not fret if you are            participated in this event. And    thinking that you are going to        most probable too, is that in the  miss out on this wonderful            Fallas of Valencia, there will be  happening which will take place       more than one carton figure        in June 2007 in Valencia              paying honour to this incredible   http://www.valencia-information.c     event.                             om/spain/americas-cup.html .           About the Author: Robert Carlton contributes to http://www.valencia-information.com , a spezialised source on travel and city tips around Valencia Spain. The author is covering topics such as sightseeing and the top events like the americas cup http://www.valencia-information.com/spain/americas-cup.html Source: www.isnare.com