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Due to the history and prestige associated with the America’s Cup, it not only attracts the world’s top sailors (skippers and crewmen), yacht designers and builders, organizers, syndicate managers, supporters, chroniclers, race managers, wealthy entrepreneurs and sponsors and other "individuals of merit" . It is not only a test of sailing skill, boat and sail design, but also of fund-raising and management skills.
There is the America's Cup Hall of Fame, located at the Herreshoff Marine Museum of Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, honors individuals for outstanding achievement in the America's Cup sailing competition. A selection committee of twenty-two members consisting of former America's Cup participants, yachting historians, and yachting journalists annually selects a class of one to four inductees.
