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1970 America's Cup

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Field	Value
competition	21st America's Cup
image	Intrepid2010.jpg
image alt	Photograph of the yacht Intrepid at her moorings, sails stowed.
caption	Intrepid moored in Nantucket Harbor during Nantucket Race Week 2010
defender country	United States
defender burgee	Burgee of the New York Yacht Club.svg
defender club	New York Yacht Club
defender yacht	Intrepid
challenger country	Australia
challenger flag variant	civil
challenger burgee	Burgee of rsys.svg
challenger club	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
challenger yacht	Gretel II
location	Newport, Rhode Island, United States
dates	September 1970
rule	[12-metre](12-metre-class)
winning club	New York Yacht Club
score	4–1
next	1974
prev	1967

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.

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 uniformly.) Gretel II had beaten France to become the challenger.

References

Nocera, Egidio. (July 2006). "Storia della Coppa America 1970–1974–1977 Le sfide australiane e francesi".

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