In October, though, Oracle was losing in the challenger trials.

Determining the Ultimate Challenger Today's challenger trials opened three sets of round-robin races.

In the last cup, New York's two-boat Young America squad failed to advance past the preliminary challenger trials.

After all, his team did it against New Zealand, coming from the same 1-3 deficit in the challenger trials to defeat the demoralized Kiwis, 5-3.

In the challenger trials, no race was started when winds blew consistently above 18 knots.

Eight international teams sailed in the 1992 challenger trials.

During the recent challenger trials and cup finals in Auckland, Koch was everywhere.

He has named Ken Read, a two-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, to steer for the 1999 challenger trials.

Both Stars & Stripes and New Zealand have sailed in a series of challenger trials that lasted nearly four months and involved 223 match races.

Kolius and his America II team were eliminated from the challenger trials in December 1986.