> Not sure of the reasoning behind it, other than it would be
 > inconvenient for foreign contingencies to get there in the
 > earlier years of the Cup races.  As the Cup races had always been
 > held in Newport, you'd have thought that that would have been the
 > venue.
I believe it was always held in Newport because the Americans never lost at 
one point in time... and the winners were always from that area.... but I 
really don't know that much history about it....
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