''Young America'' (USA-36) is an American

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yacht that unsuccessfully defended the

1995 America's Cup The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Stars & Stripes (America's Cup syndicate), Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht Young America (1994 yacht), ''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competit ...

History

''Young America'' was built for the PACT 95 racing syndicate, based in

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and led by

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, for the

1995 Citizen Cup The 1995 Citizen Cup was the defender selection series regatta for the 1995 America's Cup, held in the United States. Three defense syndicates (featuring four IACC yachts) competed over four Round-robin tournament, round robins and a semi-finals ...

. The Team Dennis Conner syndicate, sailing ''Stars & Stripes'' (USA-34), won the Citizen Cup and the right to defend the America's Cup against the challenge of

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, sailing the yacht ''Black Magic'' (NZL 32). Judging that the ''Young America'' yacht was the fastest of the regatta, Team Dennis Conner petitioned and was granted the right to use ''Young America'' in place of ''Stars & Stripes'', in what proved to be an unsuccessful attempt to defend the America's Cup. ''Young America'' was designed by Bruce Nelson. The original graphics on her hull were created by

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and produced by students at RISD. In 2003, the yacht was donated to the

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in New York. In 2017,

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, the skipper of the yacht in 1995, sponsored an exhibition at

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, his alma mater, including the yacht, which was moved from Storm King to Middlebury.The Unusual Journey of a Boat Made Famous by Roy Lichtenstein
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