Speed And Innovation In The America's Cup
The Virginia Sportsman|Fall 2019
Visitors are looking up to the Mariners’ Museum and Park’s New exhibition
Joan Wenner
Speed And Innovation In The America's Cup

The mission of the 550-acre Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia, is to connect people to the world’s waters. The museum is committed to the preservation and conservation of more than 32,000 objects and several million library and archive materials, making it the largest maritime library in the Western Hemisphere. The Mariners’ Museum’s exciting new exhibition, Speed and Innovation in the America’s Cup, is turning heads and giving members of the sailing community and general public something to look up to—literally.

Suspended from the ceiling of the exhibit room is Oracle Team USA’s AC72 catamaran that won the 2013 America’s Cup in San Francisco. The massive, technologically advanced foiling catamaran is 72 feet long and 46 feet wide; it is the largest object in the Maritime Museum’s impressive collection.

“As Speed and Innovation in the America’s Cup enters its second season, visitors and staff are realizing what a ground-breaking experience it is,” said Lyle Forbes, longtime chief curator at the museum. “Most people’s first reaction when they walk into the gallery is awe. They are amazed at the size of the catamaran that won the America’s Cup. The second thing they ask is ‘how did you get it in the building?’ The exhibition focuses not only on Oracle Team USA’s amazing comeback story, but also the amazing science and technology behind the 72-foot-long catamarans that fly above the water at speeds around 50 miles per hour.”

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