George Lee Schuyler

“ Any organized yacht Club of a foreign country, incorporated, patented, or licensed by the legislature, admiralty or other executive department, having for its annual regatta an ocean water course on the sea, or on an arm of the sea, or one which combines both, shall always be entitled to the right of sailing a match for this Cup with a yacht or vessel propelled by sails only and constructed in the country to which the challenging Club belongs, against any one yacht or vessel constructed in the country of the Club holding the Cup. ”

“ WHEREAS because the great increase in the popularity of the America’s Cup competition among clubs in foreign countries in recent years, the great increase in the number of foreign cubs for the Cup, and the prosperity experienced by various countries throughout the world, designers and crew members who are nationals of one country have begun changing their places of residence to other countries far enough in advance to satisfy the conditions of nationality to design or compete for clubs located in more than one country ”

“ A yachts shall be deemed to be "designed" in a country if the designers of the yacht’s hull, rig and sails shall be national of that country; and A yacht shall be deemed to be "built" in a country if the hull of the yacht, including all framing and all planking, plating or other form of surfacing of the hull, shall be fabricated and assembled, and if the yacht’s sails shall be manufactured, in that country ”

“ For a candidate to be eligible for an America’s Cup Match in any year subsequent to 1980, every member of the candidate’s crew must be a national of the country in which the club represented by the candidate is located. ”

“ Footnotes in Amplification of the July 15, 1980 Resolutions, including the Amendments of May 15, 1984 AND July 1, 1990 The requirement that a person be a national will be satisfied if the person has been domiciled in, or has had a principal place of residence in, or has had a valid passport of that country for no shorter period than the two years before the date of the first race of the applicable America’s Cup Match. However, no person may claim dual or multiple nationality. ”

“ Centreboard or sliding keel vessels shall always be allowed to compete in any race for this Cup, and no restriction nor limitation whatever shall be placed upon the use of such centreboard or sliding keel, nor shall the centre-board or sliding keel be considered a part of the vessel for any purposes of measurement. ”

“ The competing yachts or vessels, if of one mast, shall be not less than sixty-five forty-four feet nor more than ninety feet on the load water line; if of more than one mast, they shall be not less than eighty feet nor more than one hundred and fifteen feet on the load water line. ”