It had never been done before. In the 34th America’s Cup challenge series, for yachting supremacy, a competition that has been going on periodically for more than a century and a half, no yacht had ever come back after trailing 8-1 in races, to run off 8 consecutive triumphs and to win the cup 9-8. It was an historic comeback, one now being described as perhaps the greatest one in sports history.
How did it happen? Perhaps there is really only one explanation: The Ghost of George Steers! Click here to see the rest of this post, with images, on the Green-Wood website.