They won the Spanish Cup trials in March in Barcelona, and have since come to dominate the European circuit.

David Vietor's boat was the 12-Meter Courageous, the yacht he raced in the 1986 America's Cup trials.

He has built four boats for the America's Cup trials.

Defense team regulations for the America's Cup trials forbid boats from being remeasured during a racing period such as the semifinals.

Some talked about Australia and 1986, when they sailed the 12-Meter New Zealand in the America's Cup trials.

Most noticeably, she was navigator on Mighty Mary, the 74-foot yacht that competed in the America's Cup trials of 1995.

The navigator on the all-woman America3 crew in the last America's Cup trials, she sailed steadily throughout the competition.

The one and only other race he has lost since last January was to One Australia in the America's Cup trials.

Even though American Eagle twice participated in the America's Cup trials, the boat never advanced to the cup finals.

The boat was an unsuccessful defense contender there in the America's Cup trials.