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The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup. The American challenger Stars & Stripes 87, sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III, sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race sweep in the best of seven series. Conner thus became the first person both to lose the America's Cup and then to win it back. This was the last time that 12-metre class yachts were used in the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club.

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  • The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup. The American challenger Stars & Stripes 87, sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III, sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race sweep in the best of seven series. Conner thus became the first person both to lose the America's Cup and then to win it back. The series was held in Gage Roads off Fremantle, Western Australia during the Australian summer months between October 1986 and February 1987. The Royal Perth Yacht Club was the defending club and the organiser of the defence series. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda of Porto Cervo, Sardinia was appointed the challenger of record and hence the organiser of the challenger series. This was the last time that 12-metre class yachts were used in the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club. (en)
  • La Copa América 1987 fue la edición número 26 de la Copa América de vela, y se disputó en Perth (Australia), más concretamente en Fremantle. El vencedor de la misma fue el yate Stars & Stripes, representante del Club de Yates de San Diego, que derrotó al yate Kookaburra III, del Real Club de Yates de Perth por 4 a 0. Por primera vez en sus 136 años de historia, la Copa América no incluía ningún barco del Club de Yates de Nueva York, y por primera vez desde 1851 se disputaba fuera de los Estados Unidos. Además, el patrón del yate retador, Dennis Conner, era el patrón del yate derrotado en 1983, aunque en esta ocasión se presentó bajo la grímpola del Club de Yates de San Diego, ya que fue descartado por el Club de Yates de Nueva York tras su fracaso en la defensa de 1983. También sería en esta edición la última vez que se utilizaron yates de la . (es)
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  • The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup. The American challenger Stars & Stripes 87, sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III, sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race sweep in the best of seven series. Conner thus became the first person both to lose the America's Cup and then to win it back. This was the last time that 12-metre class yachts were used in the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club. (en)
  • La Copa América 1987 fue la edición número 26 de la Copa América de vela, y se disputó en Perth (Australia), más concretamente en Fremantle. El vencedor de la misma fue el yate Stars & Stripes, representante del Club de Yates de San Diego, que derrotó al yate Kookaburra III, del Real Club de Yates de Perth por 4 a 0. También sería en esta edición la última vez que se utilizaron yates de la . (es)
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