In anticipation of the America’s Cup World Series coming to Rhode Island this summer, IYRS is hosting a series of lectures on this famed international event that called Newport home for over fifty years. The four-part series entitled “The America’s Cup: Past, Present and Future” kicks off Tuesday, March 6 at the school’s Newport campus.
The series will feature an interesting mix of experts who have been involved with the Cup in varying capacities—from organizers of this summer’s World Series, to those well-versed in the technology that fuels the event’s high-performance multihulls, to individuals who have a long and storied history with the event.
On March 20 the lecture will be "Making it to Prime Time: How the America's Cup Will Be in Every Living Room by 2013."
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Venus Williams, Michael Phelps, Peekaboo Street. We know them. We love to watch them. After the 34th America's Cup, if the biggest brand in the yachting world plays its cards right, Jimmy Spithill, Loick Peyron, Dean Barker, Terry Hutchinson and their crews will become household names like the rest of the planet's top athletes. Freelance marine journalist Chris Museler will show lecture-goers how
the Cup is taking a visionary stance with digital media, with crazy dangerous boats, and with a relentless (and ruthless) group of elite athletes who may just turn the sport into "must see TV."
The additional lectures will be held on April 3, and April 17.
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Lectures are free for members of IYRS and the Museum of Yachting and $7 for non-members. Café Zelda (528 Thames Street, Newport) coordinates their dining with the
series on lecture nights.
