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Gretel II
Yacht clubGretel II Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
NationGretel II Australia
Class12-metre
Sail noKA-3
Designer(s)Alan Payne
BuilderW. H. Barnett
Owner(s)Sir Frank Packer
Racing career
SkippersJames Hardy
Gordon Ingate
America's Cup1970
1977
Specifications
CrewJohn Bertrand

Gretel II (KA-3) is an International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America's Cup challenge series in 1970. She was designed by Alan Payne and built by W.H. Barnett for Australian media tycoon Sir Frank Packer.

Packer had first challenged for the America's Cup in 1962 with the yacht Gretel, which was named after his wife. Gretel was competitive but lost that challenge 4–1.

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