Boat Takes On Water

The America’s Cup demolition derby caught up with Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes when the racing sloop took on water due to apparent keel damage and was forced out of its semifinal race with Young America.

Preliminary reports were that the damage was in the area of the keel box, where the keel is bolted to the hull. This has been the most destructive regatta in the 144-year history of the America’s Cup.