Because you seriously think that foils, rigid wing sails, and multihulls are "american" ? we have seen this great "cup" ; australia won vs NZ but Jimmy Connor can come back especialy if Trump will be your president .
+T PR Well, yes, as per François Chevalier. “The World's first multihull with a racing designation was Nathanael Greene Herreshoff's in 1877.” L. Francis had a rigid foil design, too (1876).
He means the IMOCA 60's that are used in the Vendee Globe, this design class has pioneered canting keels, outriggers wing masts [aero mast], and now foils that work, all on a monohull, years before other people noticed that it was race winning technology... Rambler 88, Comanche etc, have just used these technological innovations on a bigger scale to suit them.
