America's Challenge

America's Challenge is a yacht that participated in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Ross Field, but did not finish.

America's Challenge
Nation United States
ClassVolvo Ocean 60
Sail noUSA–11
Designer(s)Alan Andrews
BuilderEric Goetz Custom Boats
Racing career
SkippersRoss Field

Career

America's Challenge was designed by Alan Andrews for Neil Barth's syndicate and built by Eric Goetz Custom Boats.[1]

America's Challenge participated in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Ross Field, but did not finish.[2]

References
  1. "The Entries", Yachting, 181 (10), 1997
  2. http://www.kriter.tv/history/whitbread_history.pdf
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