America's Cup Bibliography

  • Air New Zealand (2003) Riding the Wave: Our Special America's Cup Collectors Edition. Auckland: Air New Zealand.
  • Alexander, Stewart (1987) America's Cup '87 : sail of the century. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House
  • Alvord, Douglas (1977) America's Cup an Illustrated History. Boston: Hanover Studio ISBN: 0930634012
  • Ashbury, J. (1872). Report of Committee of Arrangements and correspondence with Commodore Ashbury, in relation to races with the "Livonia" for the "America's" Cup, October 1871. New York: L.H. Biglow &.
  • Auchincloss, L. (1989). The Vanderbilt era: Profiles of a gilded age. New York: Scribner.
  • Barry, P. (1990) The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond. Sydney: Bantam Books [Naughty Bondy misuses investor money. But wins the auld mug !]
  • Bavier, R. N. (1966). A view from the cockpit; Winning the America's cup. New York: Dodd, Mead.
  • Bavier, R. N. (1980). America's Cup fever: An inside view of fifty years of America's Cup competition. New York: Ziff-Davis Pub.
  • Bavier, Robert Newton (1986) The America's cup : An insider's view - 1930 to the present. (A revision of America's cup fever) New York, NY: Dodd, Mead.
  • Baxter, John (1982) The Black Yacht. New York: Jove
  • Beavor-Webb, J. (1885). Report of Committee of Arrangements and correspondence with J. Beavor-Webb, esq., representing Sir Richard Sutton, bart., and Lieut. Henn, R.N., in relation to matches with the "Genesta" and "Galatea" for the "America's" Cup. New York: [s.n.].
  • Becht, R. (1995) Back to Back: Black Magic. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.
  • Becht, Richard (2003) The End of an Era : America's Cup 2003 New Zealand. Unknown: Saint Publishing
  • Beken of Cowes (1999) America's Cup : 1851 to the present day / Beken of Cowes ; with an introduction by Olin Stephens ; foreword by Peter Blake. London: Harvill Press ISBN: 1860463045
  • Beken of Cowes Ltd. (1990). The America's Cup. London: Collins Harvill.
  • Bennett, J. G. (1876). Rules and regulations under which the Challenge cups, presented by James Gordon Bennett, esq., to the New York Yacht Club, are to be sailed. New York: Press of M.M. Minton.
  • Bertrand, John (1983) Born To Win. New York: Bantam Books. [John is a bit up himself. Bondy hated the book. But oh what a tale of drama and intrigue. Besides, I rather like John Bertrand.]
  • Bertrand, R. (1995) oneAustralia: the power of a vision. Sydney: HeinemannBevan-Smith, J. (1999) The Shape of Speed : Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler. Auckland: Reed Books. [A history of the Farr/Bowler organisation. They have never won the big one? Why? I like all the dirt in this book. Was there more to Sir Peter than meets the eye?]
  • Borlenghi, Carlo (2007) 32nd America's Cup: A Photographic Celebration. London: Adlard Coles Nautical
  • Boston, City of (1887) A testimonial to Charles J. Paine and Edward Burgess from the city of Boston : for their successful defence of the America's Cup. Boston: Printed by order of the City Council
  • Boswell, C. (1967) The America : The Story of the World's Most Famous Yacht. New York: David MacKay [A constipated and oh so formal account of the famous schooner that shook up the Brits!]
  • Bottini, M., Stannard, B., & Crane, B. (1986). From Newport to Perth: The new challenge. London: Nautical Books.
  • Boyd, Jeff and Hunter, Doug (1984) Trials : Canada 1 and the 1983 America's Cup. Toronto, ON: Macmillan of Canada
  • Brady, Laurence (2007) The man who challenged America : the life and obsession of Sir Thomas Lipton. Edinburgh: Birlinn
  • Bradford, E. D. S. (1964). The America's Cup. London: Country Life, ltd.
  • Bray, M., & Pinheiro, C. (1989). Herreshoff of Bristol: A photographic history of America's greatest yacht and boat builders. Brooklin, Me: WoodenBoat Publications.
  • Broberg, B. (1983). Cup this!, or, How we did it at Newport: A collection of cartoons. Melbourne: Dyanamo Press.
  • Brooks, Jerome, E. (1958) The $30,000,000 cup : the stormy history of the defense of the america's Cup. New York: Simon and Schuster
  • Burgess, E. (1887). American and English yachts. New York: Scribner.
  • Burnell, R.D. (1965) Races For the America's Cup. London: McDonald
  • Burnett, C. B. (1957). Let the best boat win; The story of America's greatest yacht designer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Canada's Challenge (1983) The Challenge. Toronto: Rous, Mann & Briddens Ltd.
  • Carrick, Robert W. (1964) The pictorial history of the America's Cup races. New York: Viking Press
  • Carrick, Robert W. and Rosenfeld, Stanley Z. (1969) Defending the America's Cup. New York: Knopf
  • Center, B., Grieser, R., Samins, S., & Soehata, K. (1995). America's Cup '95: The official record, the Louis Vuitton Cup, the Citizen Cup, the America's Cup. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
  • Chevalier, F., Trouble, B. (2008). The Louis Vuitton Cup: 25 years of yacht racing in pursuit of the America's Cup. New York: Abrams.
  • Chevalier, F. and Taglang, J. (1987) America's Cup Yacht Designs, 1851-1986: self-published [2700 copies]
  • Clark, Mark (1986) Red Dog & Great White : inside the America's Cup. New York: Byren House Pub.
  • Coffin, R. F. (1885). The America's cup. How it was won by the yacht America in 1851 and has been since defended. New York: C. Scribner's sons.
  • Cole, Mervyn C. (1984) The America's Cup cartoon collection from the newspapers around the world / drawn by the world's great cartoonists. South Perth, W.A.: Kara International
  • Collins, Warwick (1990) Challenge. London: Pan Books [fiction]
  • Conner, Dennis (1995) Stars and Stripes, America's Cup Quest '95. Souvenir Edition. San Diego: Dennis Conner Sports, Inc.
  • Conner, Dennis (1978) No excuse to lose: winning yacht races with Dennis Conner / as told to John Rousmaniere. New York: Norton. ISBN: 0393032124
  • Conner, Dennis (1995) Stars & Stripes America's Cup Cookbook. San Diego: Dennis Conner Sports, Inc.
  • Conner, Dennis and Levitt, Michael (1998) The America's Cup : the history of sailing's greatest competition in the twentieth century. New York: St Martin's Press.
  • Conner, Dennis and Stannard, Bruce (1987) Comeback : My Race for the America's Cup. New York: St. Martins Press. [How the Big-Bad-One got the trophy back to the Excited States. You have to hand it to Dennis! And Stannard (an Aussie) is a good writer.]
  • Coutts, Russell and Larsen, Paul C. (1996) Course to Victory. Auckland: Hodder, Moa Beckett. [The kiwi boy comes up through the YC system and wins the AC. Gives credit to TS and his mates.]
  • Coutts, Russell and Larsen, Paul C. (2000) Challenge 2000 : The Race to Win the America's Cup. New York: Time Life Medical. ISBN: 0737000597
  • Cozzens, F. S. (1887). American yachts and yachting. London: Cassell.
  • Crampsey, R. A. (1995). The King's grocer: The life of Sir Thomas Lipton. Glasgow: Glasgow City Libraries.
  • Crane Clinton (1952) Yachting Memories. New York: Van Nostrand Co.
  • DeWolf, K. H. (1930). The story of the America's Cup. North Plymouth, Mass: Plymouth Cordage.
  • Dear, Ian (1980). The America's Cup: An informal history. New York: Dodd, Mead.
  • Dear, Ian (1983) The America's Cup : an illustrated history. London: Hutchinson
  • Dear, Ian (1985). The Royal Yacht Squadron, 1815-1985. London: S. Paul.
  • Dear, Ian (1999). Enterprise to Endeavour: The J-class yachts. London: Adlard Coles Nautical.
  • Dilke, F. (1938). Observer on Ranger during the races for the America's cup 1937. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd.
  • Dovey, R. & Samins, S. (1987) 12 Metre: The new breed. Sydney: Ellsyd Press.
  • Dunlap, G. D., & Smith, M. (1970). America's Cup defenders. New York: American Heritage Press.
  • Du Moulin, E. (2001). The America's Cup and me: Recollections of 63 years and 7 campaigns. Bristol, R.I.: Herreshoff Marine Museum Press.
  • Fairchild, Tony (1983) The America's Cup Challenge : There Is No Second. London: Nautical Books.
  • Faire, J. (2003). Arbitration in the America's Cup: The XXXI America's Cup Arbitration Panel and its decisions. The Hague: Kluwer Law International.
  • Faire, John; Peter, Henry; et al (2003) Arbitration In The America's Cup. The Hague, Netherlands: Kluwer Law International. ISBN: 9041121994
  • Fisher, B. (1986) 12-Metre Images. London: Pelham Books ISBN: 0720717132
  • Fisher, B. (1992) Showdown in San Diego - America vs Italy. San Diego: Stevens and Fisher
  • Fisher, B., & Ross, B. (1987). The America's Cup 1987: The official record. London: Aurum Press.
  • Fisher, Bob (2007) An Absorbing Interest : The America's Cup. A History 1851-2003. London: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 0470516127
  • Foy, G. (1988) Challenge: Some people would kill to win the America's Cup. New York: Viking Penguin [fiction]
  • Fryer, S. Compton, N. & Newman, N. (2002) The Official Book: America's Cup Jubilee 2001 - Celebrating 150 Years of the World's Most Famous Sporting Trophy. London: Notre Voie Limited
  • Hammond, G.F. (1974) Showdown at Newport: the race for the America's Cup. New York: Walden Publications. HASTHanks, Douglas, Jr. (1987) Muskrat, A Surprise Bid for the America's Cup. Easton, Md; Muskrat. [fiction]
  • Harrington, M. H. (1994). The New York Yacht Club, 1844-1994. Lyme, Conn: Greenwich Pub. Group.
  • Herreshoff, L. F. (1953). Capt. Nat Herreshoff, the wizard of Bristol; The life and achievements of Nathaniel Green Herreshoff, together with an account of some of the yachts he designed. New York: Sheridan House.
  • Hinch, Derryn (1986) Death At Newport. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Angus and Robertson [fiction]
  • Hickey, J. J. (1932). The life and times of the late Sir Thomas J. Lipton from the cradle to the grave International sportsman and dean of the yachting world. New York: Hickey Pub.
  • Hodder, Moa, Beckett (2001) Sir Peter Blake, A Pictorial Salute. Auckland: Hodder, Moa, Beckett.
  • Holm, E. (1999) Yachting's golden age, 1880-1905. New York: Knopf.
  • Houston, Harry (editor) (1937) Souvenir Program, Sixteenth Defense. Newport, Rhode Island: Official Program Corporation
  • Hoyt Sherman (1950) Memoirs. New York: Van Nostrand Co. [7 chapters from Vanitie to Endeavour II]
  • Hoyt, Norris D. (1977) The twelve meter challenges for the America's Cup. New York: Dutton
  • Huntington, Anna Seaton (1996) Making waves : the inside story of managing and motivating the first women's team to compete for the America's Cup. Arlington, Tex.: Summit Publishing Group
  • Illingworth, J. H. (1969). Twenty challenges for the America's Cup. New York: St. Martin's Press.
  • Illingworth, John (1959) Where Seconds Count. London: Adlard Coles. [All about Sceptre's challenge in 58]
  • Jeffrey, T., Beken, K. (Photographer). (1998). Sailing Thoroughbreds by Beken of Cowes. London: Harvill Press. ISBN: 1860463452
  • Jobson, Gary (1999) An America's Cup Treasury : The lost Levick photographs, 1893-1937, The Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA
  • Johansen, Jon B. (1986) America's Cup trivia. Brewer, Me.: Cay-Bel Pub. Co.
  • John, A., & Dear, I. (1986). The early challenges of the America's Cup, 1851-1937. Sydney: Pierson.
  • Jones, T. (1978) Challenge '77 : Newport and the America's cup. New York, NY: W. W. Norton
  • Jones, T. A. (1975). Racing for the America's Cup, 1974: A view from the Candy Store. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book.
  • Kenealy, A. J. (1893). Yacht races for the America's Cup 1851-1893. Being an account of "America's victory at Cowes in 1851 and subsequent contests for the trophy, also the international history of the Brenton's Reef and Cape May cups, and the mission of "Navahoe" in 1893.
  • Lang, Luigi, Jones, Dyer. (2001). The 12 Metre Class: The history of the International 12 Metre Class from the First International Rule to the America's Cup. London: Adlard Coles Nautical. ISBN: 0713661798
  • Larsen, P. & Coutts, R. (2000) America's Cup including the Louis Vuitton Cup. Auckland" Hodder, Moa, Beckett
  • Larsen, Paul C. (1995) To the Third Power : The Inside Story of Bill Koch's Winning Strategies for the America's Cup. Gardiner, Me.: Tilbury House
  • Lawley family (1839). Lawley family collection. [Housed in the Mystic Seaport Library]
  • Levitt, M. (1992) America's Cup, 1851 to 1992. Portland: Graphic Arts Center Publishing.
  • Levitt, Michael and Lloyd, Barbara (1983) Upset: Australia wins the America's Cup. New York, NY: Workman Publishing.
  • Lewis, Brad (1988) Confessions of a Grinder. Chicago: Contemporary Books
  • Lindsay, Nigel (1930) The America's cup; a short account of its origin and the various challenges which have been made for it since 1870. London: Heath, Cranton limited
  • Lipscomb, Frank Woodgate (1971) A hundred years of the America's Cup. Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society
  • McNamara, John. J. (1967). White sails, black clouds. Boston: Burdette.
  • Mazany, P. (1995) Teamthink: Team New Zealand. Auckland: VisionPlus Developments.
  • McKeag, Malcolm (1987) Cudmore and the America's Cup : a sailor's perspective. London: The Kingswood Press.
  • Mitchell, Carleton (1959) Summer of the Twelves. New York: Scribner
  • Morgan, A., Jeffrey, T., Alexander, S., Freer, C., & Pickthall, B. (1987) America's Cup '87 : Sail of the Century. London: Stanford Maritime [The UK drinking buddies pool their notes to make a small book]
  • Morris, Everett B. (1964) Sailing for America's Cup (Foreword by Emil Mosbacher, Jr.). New York: Harper & Row
  • Morrison, I., Haden, F. & Cubis, G. (1990) Michael Fay : On A Reach For the Ultimate. Wellington: Freelance Biographies.
  • Morton, H. (1874). The America Cup: A nautical poem, descriptive of the five international races between the yacht Livonia, representing the twelve yacht clubs of the Royal Yacht Squadron of England and the yachts Columbia and Sappho, of the New York Yacht Club, for the possession of the Challenge Cup won by the yacht America in the year 1851. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  • Mott, H. A. (1894). The yachts and yachtsmen of America: A standard work of reference, being a history of yachting and of yacht clubs, as well as of the various yachts, with biographies of the founders and members of the different clubs of the United States and Canada. New York: International Yacht Pub.
  • Munson, Richard (1986) America's Cup, 1987. Washington, D.C.: Vanguard Press
  • New York Yacht Club, & Dunraven, W. T. W.-Q. (1896). Report of the special committee of the New York yacht club, Relative to certain charges made by the Earl of Dunraven concerning the recent match for the America's cup. New York: Printed for the Club.
  • Newton, P., & Neely, F. T. (1899). The blue ribbon of the sea: Authentic history of the America's Cup from 1851 to the present day. London: Neely.
  • Nichols, G., & Swan, W. U. (1933). Vanitie, her first ten racing years: Under the colors of Alex S. Cochran, Gerald B. Lambert, George Nichols, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Harry Payne Whitney. Published privately North Shore Press.
  • Nicholson John (1970) Great Years in Yachting. Lymington: Nautical Publishing. [Shamrock IV, Shamrock V and J class in general, Endeavour , Endeavour II]
  • Olding, S. (1981). Sir Thomas J. Lipton: The race for the America's Cup. Glasgow: Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries.
  • Oliver, E. Wesley (1970) The America's Cup, 1970. New York: American Rolex Watch Corp.
  • Oliver, E. Wesley (1977) The America's Cup, 1977. New York: American Rolex Watch Corp.
  • Pastore, Christopher (2005) Temple to the Wind : The Story of America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece, Reliance, Lyons Press.
  • Philatelic International (1987) The Encyclopedia of the America's Cup in Stamps. Perth: Philatelic International [strange but quaint]
  • Pinkham, Franklin (editor) (1934) Souvenir Program, Fifteenth Defense. Newport, Rhode Island: Official Program Corporation
  • Poor, C. L. (1937). Men against the rule; A century of progress in yacht design. New York: The Derrydale press.
  • Rayner, Ranulf and Thompson, Tim (2008) The story of the America's Cup, 1851-2007. Auckland: David Bateman; Lancaster: Gazelle [distributor]
  • Riggs, Doug (1986) Keel Hauled : The History of Unsportsmanlike Conduct and the America's Cup. Newport, RI: Seven Seas Press
  • Riley, Dawn (1995) Taking the Helm : One of America's Top Sailors Tells Her Story. New York: Little Brown and Coy.
  • Rosenfeld, M., Taylor, W. H., & Rosenfeld, S. (1958). The story of American yachting told in pictures: With photographs. New York: Bramhall House.
  • Rousmaniere, John (1983) America's Cup book, 1851-1983. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN: 0393032930
  • Rousmaniere, John (1987) The Low Black Schooner : Yacht America, 1851-1945. Conneticut: Mystic Seaport Museum. ISBN: 0939510049
  • Rousmaniere, John, Smith, M. (Illustrator). (1999). The Annapolis Book of Seamanship. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 0684854201
  • Sefton, A. (2004) Sir Peter Blake. Auckland: Viking Penguin.
  • Sefton, Alan (1987) The Inside Story of KZ-7. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton. [Dicko at his best and worst. Compelling story. Well written]
  • Shaw, David W. (2004) America's Victory : The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans -- and How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever. New York: Sheridan House, ISBN-10: 1574091875
  • Simpson, Richard V. (1999) America's Cup : Images of America: Rhode Island. South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing
  • Smith, Patrick L. (1992) The Nippon challenge : Japan's pursuit of the America's Cup. New York: Doubleday
  • Somerville, H. (1958). Sceptre: The seventeenth challenger. London: Cassell.
  • Southern, L. W. (1951). Five Shamrocks and the America's cup, 1851-1951. London: Lyford publications.
  • Stannard, Bruce (1983) The triumph of Australia II : the America's Cup challenge of 1983. Sydney; New York: Lansdowne
  • Stannard, Bruce (1984) Ben Lexcen : The man, the keel, and the cup. London, UK: Faber & Faber.
  • Steele, H. W. (1895). The Defender. A history of the New York Yacht Club, The Royal Yacht Squadron and the races for the America's cup. New-York: F.F. Alder.
  • Stephens, Olin (1999) All this and sailing, too : an autobiography. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport Museum.
  • Stephens, William Picard (1904) American Yachting. New York, The MacMillan Company
  • Stephens, William Picard (1942) Traditions and Memories of American Yachting. New York: Motor boating, Hearst magazines, inc.
  • Stephens, William Picard (1981) Traditions and Memories of American Yachting. Camden, Me.: International Marine Pub. Co.
  • Stone, H. L., & Loomis, A. F. (1934). Millions for defense; A pictorial history of the races for the America's cup. New York: The Derrydale press.
  • Stone, Herbert Lawrence (1958) The America's Cup Races. Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand
  • Thompson, Tim and Rayner, Ranulf (1986) The Paintings of the America's Cup 1951-1987. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles
  • Thompson, W. M., Stephens, W. P., & Swan, W. U. (1925). The yacht America. Boston: Lauriat.
  • Thompson, Winfield M. and Lawson Thomas W. (1902) The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Boston, Mass.
  • Tower, C. P. (1901). The story of the America's cup; How it was won in Cowes in 1851 and how it has been defended for half a century by the New York yacht club. New York: The Rudder Pub.
  • Turner, Ted. & Jobson, Gary (1979) The Racing Edge : Sailing techniques, tactics and philosophy of the America's Cup skipper and his tactician. New York: Simon & Schuster
  • Unknown (1886) Sloop vs. Cutter. The race for the America's cup. New York: Vincent & Joy. [New York Public Library]
  • Vanderbilt, H. S. (1931). Enterprise: The story of the defense of the America's Cup in 1930. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  • Vanderbilt, Harold S. (1939) On the Wind's Highway. New York and London: Charles Scribners
  • Vaughan, Roger (1975) The grand gesture : Ted Turner, Mariner, and the America's Cup. Boston: Little, Brown.
  • Vaughan, Roger (1978) Ted Turner : The Man Behind the Mouth. Boston: Sail Books
  • Vaughan, Roger (1988). America's cup XXVII: Stars & Stripes, the official record 1988. San Diego: Dennis Conner Sports.
  • Waugh, Alec (1950) The Lipton Story. New York: Doubleday [An engaging account of a perennial - though unsuccessful - Cup challenger]
  • Whall, Hugh D. (1974) The Southern Cross; Australia's 1974 challenge for America's Cup. Annapolis, Md.: Admiralty Pub. House
  • Wheatley, Keith (1986) America's cup '87 : the inside story. London: Michael Joseph
  • Whipple, A.B.C. (1980) The racing yachts. Alexandria: Time-Life Books.
  • Wilkins, I. (2000) The road to the America's Cup 2000 New Zealand. Auckland: Vision Publishing.
  • Wilkins, Ivor. (2005). BMW Oracle Racing: Quest for the cup : the journey begins, 2003-2005. Auckland, N.Z.: Oracle Racing Ltd.
  • Wilkins, Ivor., & Martin-Raget, G. (2006). BMW Oracle Racing: The journey continues : quest for the Cup II, 2006. Auckland, N.Z.: Oracle Racing Ltd.
  • Yachtsman Publishing Company. (1907). British yachts and yachtsmen; A complete history of British yachting from the middle of the sixteenth century to the present day. London: Yachtsman Pub.
  • Young, J. (1965) Two tall masts: The America's Cup challenge from Cambria to Sovereign. London: Stanley Paul.
  • Young, J. (ed.) (1987) America's Cup, '87. Redfern: Prime Books.
Last updated: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:26:21 -0800

6 Comments

Excellent Job, most comprehensive biblio. I have seen yet.
May I quote it someday should the chance arise?
Thank You for a job well done.
Alan Granby
Cape Cod MA

Alan, thank you for the kind words. It was compiled as a public service and I hope people get some value out if it.

An excellent and very helpful list.

Here is one that you might like to add:

George Nichols and William Upham Swan. Vanitie - her first ten racing years under the colors of Alex. S Cochrane, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Harry Payne Whitney, George Nichols and Gerald B Lambert(1933) Published privately by North Shore Press.

Regards

Martin

Martin,

Thanks for the addition. I'll add it to the list.

Hi Paul.

Just wondering what motivated you to compile the bibliography . . . heckuva job!

Walt

Besides a serious interest (or obsession) in the America's Cup that dates from about 1962, there was this thread on the Sailing Anarchy AC BBS. http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=88055&hl=bibliography

How did you find the bibliography? It isn't obvious from the front page.

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