British American Cup, match one, first series, 1921

The British American Cup is a team sport, Britain and America each entering four yachts. The individual points for each team are combined for each race and accumulate across the match. The Cup was raced by International Six Metre class yachts from its inaugural competition in 1921 until 1955. The competition was revived in 1974 though not for Six Metre yachts.

The first series consisted of four matches yearly from 1921 to 1924. Each match consisted of six races, apart from the final year which required a deciding seventh race.

Originally it was decided that every boat that started would be awarded 1 point, the winner awarded 8 points, second place 7 points and so on down. After the first race there was doubt about the allotment of points and so a special meeting was held. It was decided to only award points to places.

The first race was stopped after the first round due to rough weather which caused damage to multiple boats.

British team: Flya, Jean, Polly, Victoria

American team: Jeanie, Grebe, Montauk, Sheila

Match winner: Britain

Britain led the series 1-0