Currier and Ives produced a series in 1885 after Puritan successfully defended the America’s Cup. I was shocked the first time I saw this lithograph. As always, Things must be looked at in the context of time.
I thought I understood that the challenge by the African Diaspora had been dismissed. Apparently it is a chapter in the America’s Cup that is not entirely yet written.
America’s Cup returns to the New York Supreme Court
An appeal of the complaint by plaintiff African Diaspora Maritime’s against defendant America’s Cup trustee Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) will be heard April 3, 2013 by the New York Supreme Court. The complaint alleges, among other things, that GGYC denied the plaintiff’s application to participate in the 34th America’s Cup. (click on headline for details)