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  1. Gretel II

    Gretel II (KA-3) is an International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America's Cup challenge series in 1970. She was designed by Alan Payne and built by W.H. Barnett for Australian media tycoon Sir Frank Packer.. Packer had first challenged for the America's Cup in 1962 with the yacht Gretel, which was named after his wife. Gretel was competitive but lost that challenge 4-1.

  2. Gretel, the America's Cup, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

    The 1962 America's Cup was held just a month before the Cuban missile crisis at Newport, Rhode Island. The Australian challenger yacht Gretel went up against the yacht from the New York Yacht Club, the Weatherly.Gretel was the first Australian challenger, the first America's Cup challenger from a country other than Britain or Canada, and the first from the southern hemisphere.

  3. Gretel (yacht)

    Gretel is an Australian racing yacht in the 12-metre class that unsuccessfully challenged for the 1962 America's Cup. Gretel lost to Weatherly by 1-4. [1] References This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 22:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  4. Gretel

    Gretel. Built for the Americas Cup in 1962 she was one of the last 12-Metre yachts to be built out of wood. 'Gretel' was Australia's first attempt to win the America's Cup, and, to the best of my knowledge, the first 12-Metre Class boat designed in Australia, as well as Allan Payne's first 12-Metre design. (Keith Jenkins) 2005 ...

  5. THE CUP THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

    1970 America's Cup Ficker INTREPID vs Hardy GRETEL II. Furthermore, the NYYC, so long the iron-fisted holder of the Cup and writer of the rules, adopted a stance via a memorandum on January 19 th 1970 that many commentators believe signed the America's Cup to an inevitable destination - away from the New York Yacht Club. The memorandum clarified the protocol going forward and paved the way ...

  6. Gretel II turns 50 in Hobart

    13/04/2020. Hobart, April 10, 2020: Gretel II, the famous Australian yacht that might well have won the America's Cup in 1970, turned 50 today, the classic 12-Metre Class yacht sitting sedately in her marina berth at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Hobart's River Derwent. Gretel II was launched in Sydney on April 10 in 1970 for media ...

  7. Classic: "Gretel" twelve-wheeler being restored

    After the 1962 Cup races, the fast "Gretel" served as a sparring partner for a number of later teams. She was later sold to Europe and sailed in Italy. Here she was found by the Robbe & Berking Classics yacht shipyard and is now being transported to the shipyard in Flensburg for a complete refurbishment.

  8. Gretel II

    In 2010 GRETEL II takes part in races on the Harbour and is planning to sail to events outside of NSW in the coming year. Significance GRETEL II is the Australian America's Cup 12 metre class yacht built to challenge for the America's Cup series in 1970. It lost the series to the American defender INTREPID 4-1 in controversial circumstances ...

  9. HISTORIC 12-METRE TO BE RESTORED

    Spotted on the courtyard of Robbe & Berking Classics; Gretel, a piece of America's Cup history. This legendary 12-metre yacht has had a long journey so far, from Australia via the United States and Italy to Flensburg. In 1962 she was the boat of the Australian challenger, Sir Frank Packer, but she was sailed by Jock Sturrock and was the ...

  10. ENTER THE AUSTRALIANS

    The America's Cup - 1962 (1962) Gretel made the best of the start but within six minutes, Mosbacher had driven under the lee of Gretel who was attempting a close cover, forcing the Australians to tack away and despite a tense tacking duel towards the end of the first beat that resulted in both boats overstanding the top mark, it was the Americans who rounded with an advantage of just under a ...

  11. America's Cup

    The 1970 America's Cup Match between the revamped Defender, Intrepid, and the Australian Challenger, Gretel II attracted much media attention for the drama that occurred on the water and was replayed in Protest Room. In a new book Dev Barker, then the 31yrs old Chairman of the New York Yacht Club's Race Committee, shares his views of the series

  12. Snapshot, 1962: The Kennedys in shades at the America's Cup

    At the 1962 America's Cup, an Australian yacht, 'Gretel', was entered for the first time. ... Ultimately, Gretel was beaten by Weatherly from the renowned New York Yacht Club. Photo: Getty Images. Snapshots; 1960s; Influential Men; You can find numerous classic sailing yachts for sale in the Classic Driver Market. More articles related to ...

  13. Gretel

    The 12mR yacht "Gretel" sailed as a challenger for the America's Cup in 1962 and was the first Australian 12-metre ever, designed by Alan Payne. The boat was far quicker than the defending "Weatherly" designed by Philip Rhodes, and indeed won, the first challenger after the race between "Endeavour" and "Rainbow" at an AC competition in 1934 ...

  14. 12mR

    The 12-m-R yacht GRETEL sailed as a challenger for the America's Cup in 1962. It was the first ever Australian 12mR. GRETEL was designed by the yacht designer Alan Payne. Her hull was built of wood on steel frames. The 12 metre designed by Alan Payne was full of new ideas. A groundbreaking innovation was the ability to connect the genoa ...

  15. 1970 America's Cup

    The 1970 America's Cup was held in September 1970 at Newport, Rhode Island.The US defender, Intrepid, skippered by Bill Ficker, defeated the Australian challenger, Gretel II, skippered by James Hardy, four races to one. [1]Intrepid had beaten Heritage and Valiant to become the defender. (1962 winner Weatherly also participated in the trials, providing a fourth boat so racing could proceed more ...

  16. Gretel Wins and Staves Off Elimination in Trials

    NEWPORT, R. 1., Aug. 20—Gretel II of Australia, the old boat with the old crew, was programmed for elimination at the America's Cup competition today, but she balked. Given a great opportunity ...

  17. THE MIGHT OF COURAGEOUS

    The winning margin was an astonishing 7 minutes and 19 seconds - the final nail in the Australian's ambitions and kick-started a huge party in Newport that evening with the America's Cup safely in West 44 th Street at the New York Yacht Club. The late, great America's Cup historian and broadsheet journalist, Bob Fisher, wrote in the ...

  18. American Magic endures 'brutal' elimination from America's Cup by Italy

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — American Magic's comeback fell short and it bid farewell to the 37th America's Cup after Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli secured a decisive fifth win in their playoff series on Thursday.. The same Italian team had eliminated the representative of the New York Yacht Club in the same challengers' semifinal three years prior in Auckland by a 4-0 score.

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    Belgorod is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately 40 kilometers north of the border with Ukraine.

  20. 1962 America's Cup

    1962 America's Cup. The 1962 America's Cup, the second to be sailed in 12-metre yachts, marked the first challenge for the Cup from a country other than Great Britain or Canada, and was the first challenge from a country in the southern hemisphere. An Australian syndicate headed by Sir Frank Packer, representing the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron ...

  21. Attacks in Russia's Belgorod: What we know so far

    Fifteen months after Moscow's troops invaded Ukraine, one of the largest and most daring cross-border attacks since the war began has been carried out in Russia. On Monday, two anti-Kremlin ...

  22. 37th America's Cup

    The Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup taking place between 22nd August and 27th October 2024 in Barcelona

  23. Rector of BSTU

    Address: Russia, 308012, Belgorod, Kostyukov str., 46. Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G.Shoukhov. Phone: +7 477 2372742. Email:

  24. Belgorod

    Church of the Theotokos of Smolensk. Like many Russian cities, Belgorod began as a fortified settlement. The oldest Belgorod fortress was built at the end of the 16th century on a chalk mountain. According to scientific excavations and surviving archival data, the first fortress outpost was erected in 1596. [20] The site of the construction of the defensive facility was the top of the Belaya ...