Mighty Mary (sailing yacht)
{{Short description|American America's Cup yacht}}
{{Infobox Americas Cup Yacht
| title = Mighty Mary
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| othernames = USA-43
| club = {{yachtclub|San Diego Yacht Club}}
| nat = {{flagcountry|USA|civil}}
| ac_year =
|cc_year=1995 Citizen Cup| type = Monohull
| class = International America's Cup Class
|sailno=USA-43| designer =Doug Peterson, Jim Taylor
| builder = Eric Goetz Custom Sailboats
| launched = 1994
| owner = Bill Koch (America³)
| skip = Dawn Riley
| crew = 16
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| notes =Sold to +39 Challenge
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Mighty Mary was competitor team
for the 1995 America's Cup Defender series. The team was part of Bill Koch's America³ syndicate and featured the sports nearly first all female crew.{{Cite web |title=Dawn Riley |url=https://herreshoff.org/inductees/dawn-riley/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Herreshoff Marine Museum |language=en-US}}
Details
The team was captained by well-known female sailor Dawn Riley and featured sailors such as Leslie Egnot and J. J. Isler.{{Cite web |title=Dawn Riley |url=https://thesailingmuseum.org/inductee/riley-dawn/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Sailing Museum & National Sailing Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}
After establishing a commanding lead, the team narrowly lost to Dennis Connor's Stars & Stripes (who then went on to compete in the 1995 America's Cup) after being overtaken on the last leg.{{Cite web |title=USA 43 Mighty Mary |url=https://www.americas-cup-history.com/english/cc%2095.htm |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.americas-cup-history.com}}