At a spectacular event held at the Robbe & Berking Yachting Heritage Center in Flensburg Germany on November 16, 2019, ITMA President, William H. Dyer Jones was inducted to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame along with Henry Racamier and Bill Trenkle.
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The 115 year-old International 12 Metre Class encompasses a living history of racing yacht design by the world’s foremost naval architects including Olin Stephens, Clinton Crane, William Fife III, Philip Rhodes, Johan Anker, Ben Lexcen and more who pushed their designs to the very limits of innovation. The resulting boats represented the pinnacle of yacht development from 1907-1987 for the highest levels of international sailing competition– the Olympic Games (1908-1920) and the America’s Cup (1958-1987).