Polo Shirt, America<sup>3</sup> America's Cup Yacht Racing Team, 1995
notes: label: Description
content: In 1992, American businessman Bill Koch funded the yacht <i>America<sup>3</sup></i> that beat the Italian challenger to win the America's Cup yacht race. In 1995, he put together an all-female America's Cup racing team aboard a new purpose-built yacht named <i>Mighty Mary</i>. They beat Dennis Connor in the first Defender race but lost the series final with a male captain. Dennis Connor went on to lose the 1995 America's Cup to New Zealand in five straight losses.
label: Description
content: This polo shirt with the team logo was donated to the Smithsonian by a member of the foredeck crew for the <i>Mighty Mary</i> campaign.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Merritt T. Carey, Tennants Harbor, Maine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0208.02
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0208.02
label: accession number
content: 1995.0208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polo shirt
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 77 cm x 101 cm; 30 5/16 in x 39 3/4 in