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Working on the hull and winged keel of Australia II in Steve Ward's boatshed, Cottesloe, 31

Australia II has become one of the nation's most recognisable vessels, thanks to that extraordinary America's Cup win in 1983. Almost everyone knows about its winged keel that seemed to make it unbeatable. The keel completely spooked the Americans who tried many moves off the water to avoid having to race against Australia II.

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Australia II's secret winged keel began to unnerve the Americans after its resounding victories in the qualifying races. (Larry Moran, Chicago) Then unexpectedly, the Australian boat won the third.

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Lexcen often remarked that Australia II was a whole boat, not just a keel. But a boat on paper won't win the contest. It had to be built and built in Australia by the Cup rules: enter Steve Ward, the master boat builder of the time, who built all four ' Australias ' for Alan Bond (before and after the '83 win).

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The winged keel is a sailboat keel layout first fitted on the 12-metre class yacht Australia II, 1983 America's Cup winner. Design This layout was adopted by Ben Lexcen, designer of Australia II.

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Australia II was billed as one of the biggest threats to America's dominance in the 12-metre class, however, the boat, designed by SAHOF Member Ben Lexcen AM, complete with the revolutionary 'winged keel', was subject to controversy from the outset of the challenger series after the New York Yacht Club alleged the keel wasn't legal and.

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Australia II (KA 6) is an Australian 12-metre-class America's Cup challenge racing yacht that was launched in 1982 [1] and won the 1983 America's Cup for the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Skippered by John Bertrand, she was the first successful Cup challenger, ending a 132-year tenure (with 26 successful defences) by the New York Yacht Club . Design

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Australia 2.0: The America's Cup winged keel and the transformation of a nation | The Monthly Current Issue He always said that no matter what else he achieved, this is what he would be remembered for. And so it proved during the commemorative celebrations that followed Bob Hawke's death in May.

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The revolutionary keel on Australia II (right) is shrouded from inspection in 1983. Photograph: Getty Images Sailing This article is more than 14 years old Australian 'did not invent winged.

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On 26 September 1983, the yacht Australia II made history when the oldest sporting trophy in the world, the America's Cup, was wrested from the Americans after 132 years. The Australia II was owned and built by a syndicate Western Australians headed by former businessman Alan Bond.

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Exhibitions Show us the Keel Australia II has become one of the nation's most recognisable vessels, thanks to that extraordinary America's Cup win in 1983. Almost everyone knows about its upside-down winged keel designed by Australian Ben Lexcen that was unbeatable that year.

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Ben Lexcen Benjamin Lexcen AM (born Robert Clyde Miller, 19 March 1936 - 1 May 1988) was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect. He is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American yacht to win the prestigious America's Cup in 132 years. Early life

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Australia II competed, and won in a stirring seventh and final race. Prior to my visit with Van Oossanen in Wageningen, I'd been warned that he was tired of talking about the famous wing keel, and that his more recent work was overlooked.

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Ben was in fact the designer of Australia II, the revolutionary 12-metre yacht that defeated the USA's Liberty to win the America's Cup in 1983, even though it appeared that the skipper of.

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Australia II is now among the collections of the Western Australian Maritime Museum at Fremantle. AUSTRALIA II 1983 Sail number: KA 6 Australia. Royal Perth Yacht Club Challenger, winner of the 25th America's Cup 1983 (won the 7th and final race, sailed on September 26, 1983)

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Australia II's 1983 America's Cup win was largely credited to her revolutionary winged keel design. By Gary Reich March 27, 2014 All sorts of interesting things happened back in 1983. McDonald's introduced the Chicken McNugget, Microsoft Word was released, and Swatch watches were all the rage.