The Citizen Cup 1995 was the regatta series to determine the American defender (defender) in the America's Cup of the same year. Three defender syndicates with four International America's Cup Class yachts competed in the elimination races in four round robin rounds (each against each other). In the final, the defender of the America's Cup was determined against the winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup [elimination regattas for the challengers of the America's Cup].
For the first time in the history of the competition took part in the 1995 Citizen Cup purely a women's crew in part, on the yacht Mighty Mary of America 3 Foundation syndicate, led by the US businessman Bill Koch . The yacht Young America , whose hull was designed by the pop-art artist Roy Lichtenstein , also caused a stir . She was also called the Mermaid ( mermaid ) because of her painting and is the only AC yacht that is on display today as the last work of art by Roy Lichtenstein in the Storm King Art Center museum in Mountainville near New York .
Dennis Conner with Stars & Stripes won the Citizen Cup in 1995. The team opted for the fastest yacht of the elimination regatta, the Young America, and tried to defend the cup in the 29th America's Cup in 1995 against the New Zealand Black Magic (NZL-32). The Team New Zealand with the helmsman Russell Coutts won against Dennis Conner with 5: 0 wins and won the America's Cup for the first time to New Zealand. This was the second time that Conner had lost the Cup after 1983.
Stars & Stripes