Cup boats then, and now, were not intended to last very long.

None of Herreshoff's Cup boats survive, and none were intended to do so.

The team had done no sailing together, and so I set foot aboard my first America's Cup boat in the middle of Manhattan.

But we're planning to run a big regatta every year for America's Cup boats to keep the profile going.

In the 15 to 22 weeks it takes to build an America's Cup boat, he constructs the hull and puts together all the other components.

America's Cup boats play a role like the racing machines that compete in the Indianapolis 500.

They all bear the names of America's Cup boats, reflecting the location.

Over all, building, the cost of testing and sailing an America's Cup boat runs to about $20 million.

"The plays and positions will be used to help us learn how to sail these new America's Cup boats."

Former America's Cup boats just don't do it.