Its been a while since the America's Cup has been in the US. Our connection to the Cup is through Olin Stephens whose firm, Sparkman & Stephens, not only designed the Dolphin but many America's Cup defenders. Olin also teamed up with Starling Burgess to design Ranger in 1937 - the last of the famous J Boats.

In September, 2007 your webmaster was in Geneva, Switzerland and had the opportunity to check out the then resting place of the Cup - the Societe Nautique de Geneve - and took the following pictures.

The Cup is located in the entry hallway of the Club Nautique de Geneve. This is a modest club on the southwest shore of Lake Leman just outside Geneva.

The last time I saw the Cup before this trip, 20+ years ago, it was on the pedestal in the main entry hall at the New York Yacht Club.

A large scale model of Alinghi was on the roof of the club annex. This yacht club is a working site - just out of view to the left was a 49'er Olympic hopeful working on his boat.

Geneva's famous Jet Eau

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February 22, 2010. There is , of course, a sequel to this story...

The America's Cup arrives in San Francisco (photo at SF City Hall), (l-r): Mayor Gavin Newsom, Larry Ellison, James Spithill, John Kostecki and Russell Coutts (©Gilles Martin-Raget / BMW ORACLE Racing)

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