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Champions

Boats that won: 11 yachts from the first America's Cup in 1851 to the foiling boats of today. Every figure comes from the yacht's own record, every photograph carries its photographer and its licence.

America's Cup 5Offshore records 5Classics 1

America's Cup

America1851AmericaWon the Royal Yacht Squadron's race around the Isle of Wight; the Cup is named after herGaff schooner · 101 ft overallPhoto: Oswald W. Brierly, published by Ackermann & Co. · public domainAustralia II1983Australia IIFirst challenger to win the America's Cup, ending a 132-year tenure12-metre · 19.21 m overall · Ben LexcenPhoto: CTBOLT · CC BY-SA 3.0NZL 321995NZL 32 Black MagicWon the America's Cup 5–0 off San DiegoInternational America's Cup Class · 24.24 m overallPhoto: Kiwimedia · CC0USA 172010USA 17Won the 33rd America's Cup in two racesTrimaran with a rigid wing sail · 113 ft overall · VPLPPhoto: Pedro de Arechavaleta · CC BY-SA 3.02021Te RehutaiDefended the America's Cup 7–3 in AucklandAC75 foiling monohullNo open-licence photograph yet

Offshore records

Comanche2015–2019ComancheMonohull 24-hour and transatlantic records; Fastnet, Hobart and Transpac line honoursSupermaxi · 30.5 m · VPLP & Guillaume VerdierPhoto: Billy Black, photographer for Sail · CC BY-SA 4.0Wild Oats XI2005–Wild Oats XINine times line honours winner of the Sydney to HobartCanting-keel IRC supermaxi · 30.48 m · Reichel/PughPhoto: JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 3.0Banque Populaire V2009Banque Populaire V now Spindrift 2908.2 nm in 24 hours, any class of sailing boatOffshore trimaran · 40 m · VPLPPhoto: D&M Larvor · CC BY-SA 3.02005Mari-Cha IVBroke the 100-year-old monohull Atlantic record: 9 d 15 h 55 mSchoonerNo open-licence photograph yetRagamuffin 1002005–2011Ragamuffin 100 ex Maximus, Investec LoyalFastnet line honours in 68 h 2 m 7 s; Sydney to Hobart line honours in 2011Maxi · 30.48 m · Greg Elliott & Clay OliverPhoto: JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 3.0

Classics

Velsheda1933–1936VelshedaMore than 40 race wins in her second seasonJ-class · 129 ft overall · Charles Ernest NicholsonPhoto: Frank Crossley · CC BY 2.0

Figures and wins from each yacht's Wikipedia article (linked on every page), read 2 October 2026; photographs from Wikimedia Commons under the licence shown.