The cup defenders also completed their third round of racing.

She was the first America's Cup defender to concede a win to the challenger.

Resolute was the last Cup defender to be designed by Herreshoff.

The difficulty of being the America's Cup defender is not knowing how those innovations stack up against the competitors'.

So began a long period in which S&S was the pre-eminent designer of Cup defenders.

At stake is the Bond syndicate's continued presence as an America's Cup defender.

The club's 100-by-45-foot Model Room displays models of past America's Cup defenders.

Since then, the team has had the means to follow the Cup defender Alinghi's lead and train in Dubai over the winter.

Among those yachts, America's Cup defender Intrepid was rebuilt there in 1997.

Puritan was the 1885 America's Cup defender.