Sail numbers for the 'new generation' International America's Cup Class (IACC) yachts are issued on a sequential numerical basis. The number is then prefixed by the abbreviation for the country. If a yacht is subsequently sold to a team in a different country then the number remains unchanged but the prefix changes to reflect the new country of ownership.
Race reports tend to use team names rather than the boat names and in most cases a boat does not have a unique name. So it has become difficult to know which actual boat raced in a particular event without reference to the results list published by the race organisers.
The following list is part of ongoing research to identify particular boats and key points in their history. (Every boat after NZL-12 is 1 number earlier than its actual title due to number 13 never being used -ref Millie)
List Abbreviations: AC – America's Cup, LVC – Louis Vuitton Cup, R-R – Round-Robin.
Sail no. Yacht name Original team/syndicate Competitive history Subsequent history ITA–1 Il Moro di Venezia Il Moro di Venezia Trial boat (never raced) Originally launched 11 March 1990. Sausalito Challenge SF, USA FRA–2 Le Défi Francais Trial boat (never raced) Actually launched a week prior to ITA–1, 3 March 1990, but was second sail number issued. Currently on display at Conservatoire International de la Plaisance de Bordeaux, France.http://www.class-america-f1.com JPN–3Nippon Challenge Trial boat (never raced) On display at Gamagori Station, Gamagōri, Aichi, Japan SLO–4 Slovenian Challenge Only wooden IACC Yacht. Yugoslav America's Cup Organization Maribor (YACOMA), representing the former Yugoslavia prior to breakup. Later was joint challenge between Slovenia and Croatia. Disappeared during conflict. Current status unknown. ESP–5 Desafio Español Trial boat (never raced) Sold to Poland for a Polish campaign (that never materialised, re-registered as POL–5, in early 2007 sold to Supersail Deutschland for corporate charters in Kiel, sail number is ESP–5 again.) JPN–6 Nippon Challenge Trial boat (never raced) On display at Takeshima wharf, Gamagōri, Aichi, Japan ITA–7 Il Moro di Venezia II Il Moro di Venezia Trial boat (never raced) Launched at Puerto Portals, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on 7 August 1990. Trieste, Italy. FRA–8 Le Défi Francais Available for Charter in la Seyne sur Mer – F2 Ville de Paris – seaworthy condition, hull needs some cosmetic work, parts used from sister ship FRA–27. USA–9 Jayhawk America³ Raced in R-R 1 of 1992 defender series 0–6 discarded for USA–18, USA–23 Launched on 1 May 1991. On display in Wichita, Kansas. NZL–10 NZ Challenge Trial boat (never raced) Charter in Nassau, Bahamas USA–11 Stars & Stripes Lost 1992 defender finals 4–7 Used by Dennis Conner as trial horse for 1995 campaign, sold to the US Virgin Islands America's Cup Challenge for AC 2000. Sunk in hurricane, shipped to Miami for refurbishment in 2002, and brought to San Diego for charter. In dry storage in San Diego. NZL–12 NZ Challenge Trial boat (never raced) Charter in Nassau, Bahamas 13 Sail number never issued. NZL–14 NZ Challenge Trial boat (never raced) Charter in Queenstown, New Zealand