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Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
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The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is a New Zealand yacht club, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guises of New Zealand Challenge and Team New Zealand. It held the America's Cup from 1995 until 2003, becoming in 2000 the first non-American holder to successfully defend the trophy. Since Team New Zealand's victory in the 2017 event, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has held the America's Cup.[1] On 21 March 2021, they beat Circolo della Vela Sicilia's Luna Rossa Challenge to again win the 2021 America's Cup.[2]
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The club was established in 1871 in Auckland with the name of the "Auckland Yacht Club". Its name was changed to "Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron" when it was granted royal patronage in 1902.[3]
It is located in Westhaven Marina, Auckland, close to the Auckland Harbour Bridge facing on to the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf.
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of the main members of the International Council of Yacht Clubs.
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See also
America's Cup title-holders
- New York Yacht Club, defeating the competition's founders, the Royal Yacht Squadron, 1851-1983
- Royal Perth Yacht Club, 1983-1987
- San Diego Yacht Club, 1987-1995
- Société Nautique de Genève, 2003-2010
- Golden Gate Yacht Club, 2010-2017
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