Built in 1983 according to the International Third Rule- America’s Cup.
HISTORY:
1983 – 1984: Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Challenge (Sydney Fisher) – name: Advance – home port: Sydney (Australia).
Launched in April 1983, Advance competed in the Challenger Trials in Newport in 1983, skippered by Iain Murray. Her design was drafted without tank tests but used models operated by remote control with a length of almost five meters compared with a similar model of Freedom. If the models were expensive, savings were realized on tank and analysis costs. Payne’s aim was to design a boat for very light winds; the result was disappointing in that Advance was not suited to race in heavier wind conditions. She was slated for destruction in 1984, but just before she was cut up, she was purchased by Kirk Reynolds.
1984 – 1994: Kirk Reynolds – home port: Skaneateles, NY (USA).
During this time, her sail number was US-22.
1995 – 1999: ? home port: Mystic Cove, CT (USA).
2000 – 2006: January Leo Chenard – home port: Muskegon, MI (USA).
2006: November destroyed by Torresen Marine
SPECS:
| Sail Number | KA-7 |
| International Rule | THIRD Rule-AC |
| Year Built | 1983 |
| Designer | Alan Payne |
| Builder | Aquacraft & Co. Ltd |
| First Owner | RSYS Challenge (Sydney Fisher) |
| First Name | Advance |
| First Sail Number | KA-7 |
| Yacht Club | Royal Sydney Yacht Club |
| America's Cup / Trials | 1983 Challenger Trials |
| First Country | Australia |
| Original Homeport | Sydney |
| Other Sail Numbers | US-22 |
| Current Status / Condition | broken-up |
| Length Overall | 19.57 m. |
| Length Waterline | 14.05 m. |
| Beam | 3.73 m. |
| Draft | 2.74 m. |
| Displacement | 26.6 t. |
| Sail Area | 164 sq.m. |