page_title: America II
section_title: US 42
hierarchical_section_title: America II / US 42
caption_attribution_description: English: America II (US46) in NYC
context_page_description: America II is a racing sailboat and one of the final America's Cup 12 Meters. There were a total of three America IIs commissioned for the New York Yacht Club's challenge in the 1987 America's Cup. These were US 42, 44 & 46 and all boats were named America II.
  America II, skippered by John Kolius, competed in the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup which was held in Fremantle, Australia running up to the America's Cup. The New York Yacht Club syndicate, competing as US Merchant Marine Academy Foundation, were the first to arrive in Fremantle in 1984. It had two 12-Meter boats, US 42 and US 44 sailing in the following year. A third sister boat, US 46 arrived shortly after. The challenge cost the NYYC and their partners $15 Million USD. The America II Challenge was a partnership of the America II team, the New York Yacht Club and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and included 34 affiliated U.S. yacht clubs, three corporate sponsors and over 115 corporate contributors.
  America II, competing at Fremantle, was the first of three new 12-meters that represented the syndicate and has seven sets of wings that can be snapped on and off her keel at will.
context_section_description: US 42 was the first America II built and was launched in 1984. Nicknamed "Lego Boat" because the yacht (keels, rigs, rudders, bustles) could be set-up in different configurations as a 12 Meter. She portrayed Boomerang and later Platypus in the 1992 film Wind and was in the TV series "No Boundaries".
  In 2015 the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation signed a deal to acquire US 42, the sister-ship to America II US 46. Once restorations to US 42 would be completed there would then be two identical 12 Meters sailing and racing in the New York harbor. US 42 was dry docked in Newport with restoration ongoing. As of summer 2017, US 42 joined sister ship US 46 for Match Racing in NY Harbor.
caption: America II (US 46) sailing in New York Harbor
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