From the following article on Sailing Scuttlebutt:
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/05/11/americas-cup-usa-17-sails/
Following the 33rd America’s Cup, won by Golden Gate Yacht Club in 2010, there was hope to see their massive 90-foot wing-powered trimaran USA 17 sailing in San Francisco Bay. It would have made for an impressive sight, and created early interest in the 34th America’s Cup that would be held three years later. But due to its enormity and considerable risk under sail, the manpower was directed elsewhere, and USA 17 sat dormant on the blacktop of Pier 80 in the Dogpatch that became home to the American defender.
So what becomes of this America’s Cup winning marvel? She becomes a pond ornament. Larry Ellison, owner of the defense syndicate, had USA 17 moved to the lake at his Oracle Corporate Headquarters in Redwood City. Affectionately known as Dogzilla, Erik Simonson describes the 20-mile transit..
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Thursday, 15 May 2014
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Deed of gift winning trimaran USA17 moved from present location at Pier 80 San Francisco
The America's Cup deed of gift winning trimaran USA 17 (BOR 90) has been moved from it's location at Pier 80 in San Francisco. Rumor has it that it will be relocated to the lagoon outside Oracle's Corporate facility.
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