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to: RICHARD WHEET
from: DAN CEPPA
date: 1996-10-02 15:47:00
subject: Race Rules

-> On 09-30-96  10:20, Richard Wheet got back to Dan Ceppa 
 > 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
 RW> I believe it was always held in Newport because the Americans never
 RW> lost at one point in time... and the winners were always from that
 RW> area.... but I really don't know that much history about it....
A lot of that was due to traditio, with the NYC being the original 
host after _America_ won the original cup in England.  Since the 
the Aussie win, the venue has changed to the site of the YC that 
was home port of the winning boat, hence the defence in San Diego.  
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