Editing Dennis Conner (section)

===The Big Boat Challenge and the beginning of multihulls in America's Cup===
Representing [[San Diego Yacht Club]], Conner's Sail America Foundation faced another controversial challenger in [[1988 America's Cup|1988]], backed by New Zealand banker [[Michael Fay (banker)|Michael Fay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/08/0212a/ |title=Think this is ugly? You should have seen 1988 |date=February 12, 2008 |author=Rich Roberts |work=Scuttlebutt News}}</ref> Fay's team abandoned the 12-meter format that had prevailed since the pre-WW II demise of the massive and fantastically expensive [[J-sloop]]s, and challenged with a huge and unconventional 90' super-sloop (''[[KZ1 (yacht)|KZ1]])''. Conner responded with an even more controversial 60' wing-sailed catamaran (''[[Stars & Stripes 88|US-1]]'') in a surprise defense.

Fay's challenge and legal case based on the Deed foreshadowed the controversial 33rd America's Cup, whose legal wrangling resulted in the contest being decided in enormous multihulls in February 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/28267.php |title=America's Cup Multihull Battle Set For February 2010 |date=May 14, 2009 |work=The International Sailing Federation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708163510/http://www.sailing.org/news/28267.php |archive-date=July 8, 2010 }}</ref> while returning to the pre-war style of exclusive, billionaire backed campaigns of [[Alinghi]] and [[BMW Oracle Racing]].