C-Class Cats at the New York Yacht Club's Harbour Court. L-R, Patient Lady VI (France), Alpha (Australia) Orion (Canada) and Invictus (England).

 Alpha's crew of James Spithill, left, and Glenn Ashby.

 Canaan, left, Fred Eaton and Magnus Clarke, the Canadian defenders, and Alpha, the Australian Challenger, race north of the Pell Bridge in Newport, RI.

  A match-racing moment -- the Canadians are in the foreground.

 A Newport moment.

Fred Eaton on the trapeze and Magnus Clarke.

 Glenn Ashby on the trapeze and James Spithill.

 Yacht designer Duncan MacLane inspects the damage to the Australian boat after the second race on Friday.