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Communications for the America’s Cup Challenge

Simon Moorhead [1]

Ericsson and New Zealand

AJTDE - Vol 6, No 3 - August 2018 [2]

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Abstract Two historic papers from a special issue of the Journal in 1986 featuring the communication requirements for the America’s Cup 1986/87 challenge in .

Introduction

In 1986, the Society produced a special issue of the Telecommunication Journal of Australia (Volume 36, Number 2) featuring ten papers on the communication needs for the Americaâs​ Cup challenge scheduled for 1986/87. Two of these papers have been selected for this historic review.

In 1983, Australia II from the Royal Yacht Club in Fremantle, , was successful in winning the Americaâs​ Cup from the , ending over 130 years of possession and 24 previously unsuccessful challenges. The race history is well known, with Australia II coming from 1/3 down to win 4/3, and the world spotlight focussed on Fremantle for the Cupâs​ defence in 1986/87.

The first paper (Hume, 1986 [5]) provides a summary of the Americaâs​ Cup history and an overview of the infrastructure and telecommunication requirements in Western Australia. Logistically, seven syndicates challenged for the cup in the US in 1983. Initially, twenty-six syndicates indicated they were serious about challenging in 1986/87, which later was reduced to thirteen by the time of the elimination races. The paper details the necessary upgrades to dock facilities at Fremantle, and provides an explanation of the â1​ 2 metreâ ​ boat dimension rule and the race program for this first Australian defence.

The second paper (Herring, 1986 [6]) discusses the infrastructure establishment, service provision, television operations and navigational equipment. The number of additional visitors to Perth was estimated at well over one million people, of which twelve percent would be overseas visitors. This influx forced major capital works to be undertaken and helped the introduction of new technology, such as debit-card public phones. All spare telecommunications capacity in the surrounding area was also brought on-line for the event.

The other papers in this special issue of the Journal on the communications for the Americaâs​ Cup 1986/87 challenge are highly recommended for further reading and cover the following topics;

Video and Sound Programme Network for Americaâs​ Cup;

1 Cabling for the Cup â ​ A District Prospective; Americaâs​ Cup Impact on Perth Interstate and International Telephony Traffic; Yacht Telemetry System; Frequency Management for the Americaâs​ Cup; Americaâs​ Cup Media Complex; The Official Americaâs​ Cup Directory.

Dennis Conner skippered the Stars and Stripes 87 yacht to a 4/0 victory over Kookaburra III at Fremantle in early 1987. The Cup subsequently returned to San Diego Yacht Club in America. This was the last time twelve metre yachts were raced for the Americaâs​ Cup, as the rules were changed to allow for different boat designs such as multi-hull catamarans. References

Hume, B. R. 1986. âA​ mericaâs​ Cup History and Telecommunications Needsâ,​ Telecommunication Journal of Australia, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 3-10.

Herring, C. N. 1986. âC​ ommunications Infrastructure and Commercial Aspects â ​ Americaâs​ Cupâ,​ Telecommunication Journal of Australia, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 11-14. The Historic Papers

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Article PDF: 160-article_text-1625-1-18-20180831.pdf [18]

Copyright notice:

Copyright is held by the Authors subject to the Journal Copyright notice. [19] Cite this article as:

Simon Moorhead. 2018. Communications for the America’s Cup Challenge. ajtde, Vol 6, No 3, Article 160. http://doi.org/10.18080/ajtde.v6n3.160 [20]. Published by Telecommunications Association Inc. ABN 34 732 327 053. https://telsoc.org [21]

Fremantle [22] America's Cup [23] History of Australian telecommunications [24] Telecommunications [25] History [26]

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