1st May in America’s Cup History


On this day in 1885, Galetea was launched in Glasgow, Scotland owned by Lt. William Henn, but paid for by his wife Susan Bartholomew who became the first woman to sail for the America’s Cup. The yacht was named after a Royal Navy Ship in which Henn had served as a midshipman and had since become famous when Queen Victoria’s second son, the Duke of Edinburgh, took it around the British Empire.

Bild Galetea 1885













1851: AMERICA beats the Royal Yacht Squadron in a race round the Isle of Wight for the "Hundred Pound Cup" later renamed the America's Cup after the first yacht to win it.


1870-1887: Schooners and sloops of early defenses
1870 MAGIC vs. CAMBRIA
1871 COLUMBIA and SAPPHO vs. LIVONIA
1876 MADELINE vs. COUNTESS OF DUFFERIN
1881 MISCHIEF vs. ATLANTA
1885 PURITAN vs. GENESTA
1886 MAYFLOWER vs. GALATEA
1887 VOLUNTEER vs. THISTLE


1893-1903: The great 90-footers
1893 VIGILANT vs. VALKYRIE II
1895 DEFENDER vs. VALKYRIE III
1899 COLUMBIA vs. SHAMROCK
1901 COLUMBIA vs. SHAMROCK II
1903 RELIANCE vs. SHAMROCK III









1920-1937: The Universal Rule and J boats
1920 RESOLUTE vs. SHAMROCK IV
1930 ENTERPRISE vs. SHAMROCK V
1934 RAINBOW vs. ENDEAVOR
1937 RANGER vs. ENDEAVOR II









1958-1987: The 12-Metres
1958 COLUMBIA vs. SCEPTRE
1962 WEATHERLY vs. GRETEL
1964 CONSTELLATION vs. SOVEREIGN
1967 INTREPID vs. DAME PATTIE
1970 INTREPID vs. GRETEL II
1974 COURAGEOUS vs. SOUTHERN CROSS
1977 COURAGEOUS vs. AUSTRALIA
1980 FREEDOM vs. AUSTRALIA
1983 AUSTRALIA II vs. LIBERTY
1987 STARS & STRIPES vs. KOOKABURRA III









1988: The Mismatch
1988 STARS & STRIPES vs. NEW ZEALAND











1992-2000: The International America's Cup Class
1992 AMERICA3 vs. IL MORO DI VENEZIA
1995 BLACK MAGIC vs. YOUNG AMERICA
2000 BLACK MAGIC vs. LUNA ROSA
2003 ALINGHI vs. BLACK MAGIC