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1980 America's Cup

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Field	Value
competition	24th America's Cup
image	Freedom1.jpg
image alt	Photograph of the yacht Freedom under sail
caption	Freedom
defender country	United States
defender burgee	Burgee of the New York Yacht Club.svg
defender club	New York Yacht Club
defender yacht	Freedom
challenger country	Australia
challenger flag variant	civil
challenger burgee	Burgee of royal perth yc.svg
challenger club	Royal Perth Yacht Club
challenger yacht	Australia
location	Newport, Rhode Island, United States
dates	September 1980
rule	[12-metre](12-metre-class)
winning club	New York Yacht Club
score	4–1
next	1983
prev	1977

The 1980 America's Cup was held in September 1980 at Newport, Rhode Island. The US defender, Freedom, skippered by Dennis Conner, defeated the Australian challenger, Australia, skippered by James Hardy,{{cite web

Freedom had beaten Courageous and Clipper to become the defender. Australia had beaten France III, Lionheart and Sverige to become the challenger. |url-status=dead

Crew

Freedom's crew included skipper Dennis Conner, navigator Halsey Herreshoff, tactician Dennis Durgan, trimmer John Marshall, grinders Rives Potts and Kyle Smith, mastman Robert "Bobbie" Campbell, pitman Donald Kohlmann, bowman Lexi Gahagan, Jonathan Wright and Tom Whidden.

Australia's crew included skipper James Hardy, Noel Robins, tactician Ben Lexcen, port trimmer John Bertrand, Scott McAllister, John Longley and Kenneth Judge. |url-status=dead

Results

References

"THE CREW - The Washington Post". [[The Washington Post]].
"Hall of Fame".
Bertrand, John ''Born to win : a lifelong struggle to capture the America's Cup'' (as told to Patrick Robinson). Sydney : Bantam Books, c1985. {{ISBN. 0-553-05118-0. p.65

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