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Kookaburra III (KA 15) was the Australian 12 Metre yacht sailed by Iain Murray in the 1987 America's Cup held off of Fremantle, Australia. She won the Defender Selection and represented Australia in the America's Cup, where she lost to American challenger Dennis Conner and his ''Stars & Stripes 87''. ==Design== Preparing for the defense of the America's Cup, Alan Bond expressed concerns that there was a lack of adequate competition in Australia to prepare for the event. Business rival Kevin Parry took him up on the challenge. Gathering together top sailors from across Australia, Parry's Taskforce 87 Syndicate generated a top flight campaign, comprising an investment of some A$28M.〔 〕 ''Kookaburra III'' was built in Perth, Western Australia by Parry Boat Builders. She was the third of the Kookaburra boats built by the Taskforce 87 Syndicate, all of which were designed by Iain Murray and John Swarbrick.〔 〕〔 〕 The golden hulled Kookaburra's were fast and evenly matched, particularly ''Kookaburra II'' and ''Kookaburra III''. ''Kookaburra II'' was intended to be a bench mark boat and was left unaltered from May 1986 on, while significant changes went into the hulls and keels of ''Kookaburra I'' and ''Kookaburra III''. Throughout ''Kookaburra II'' remained a very fast sailer. Iain Murray believed her to be the syndicates fastest right up until the Defender Finals, when a keel modification to ''Kookaburra III'' gave her the edge.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kookaburra III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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