Frank Packer

REAPPRAISAL IN D.C.

When it was first announced in October 1959, by Field Marshal Sir William Slim, then Australia's Governor General and Commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Australia's challenge for the America's Cup caught...

On her first day out of the yard, the Australian challenger looked sleek and promising, but Designer Alan Payne was making no predictions

Photographer David Moore shows Australian sailors in action, and Fred Hubbard tells the story of Sir Frank Packer, the bullheaded Aussie who is out to win the America's Cup.