“Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum.”
So said Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke on 27th September 1983, when Australia II won the America’s Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club’s extraordinary 132-year possession of the Cup.
LIMITED EDITION, and a UNIQUE NUMBER,:#83 of 1,000 copies. #83 is a unique matching number given the historic date in 1983.
(SIGNED) on a tipped-in letter signed by Robert G. Stone, Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. [Signing these 1,000 copies must have been a bitter task for Commdore Stone to perform!]
Full black leather binding with raised spine bands and gilt titles, housed in the original fleece-lined polished timber presentation case with engraved metal title plaque. Loosely inserted is the original prospectus.
Large folio, xii, 310 pages. Approximately 37 × 27 cm; presentation case 42 × 34 cm.
A substantial commemorative account of Australia II’s historic victory in the 1983 America’s Cup. It describes Ben Lexcen’s innovative ‘winged keel’ and Australia II’s comeback from a 3–1 deficit against the American defender Liberty. Australia II won the final three races to claim the Cup.
Edited by Philip Gore and designed by Craig Osment.
Published by Lyon Productions, Sydney, 1984 (first edition).
Lavishly illustrated with 203 colour photographs, 12 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, six colour drawings by Donna Cross, and diagrams of the America’s Cup course and the 12-Metre Rule.