America's Cup the Acc Yachts 1992 - 2007

Book excerpt: Handbook of all ACC (America's Cup Class) yachts and teams of the 28th -32th America's Cup and the associated Louis Vuitton Cups. Narrated by America's Cup expert Bob Fisher, one of the worlds most famous yacht racing authors with excellent private contacts in the America's Cup scene. 90 pages including chapters on the genesis of the Cup 1851, a brief overview of the Deed of Gift, the development of the 12m class ending with the 27th AC 1988 (D.Conner's catamaran US-1 versus the big boat KZ-1), the birth of the ACC (originally called IACC-Class) by the San Diego Protocol 1988 and its end by the second hostile challenge, the 33rd AC 2010 ( by the "monster" multihulls USA 17 vs. Alinghi 5)Over 100 professional PC colour renderings, mainly side views of all the main, to a great part already missing yachts. From the mast top to the keel bulb - to the future memory, even of exotics like ITA-1, SLO-4, RUS-24, SUI-59 or GBR-78.Drawn by Karl Urtz after much diligent research in print publications or the last corner on the Internet.