Conner Changes Boats

Team Dennis Conner will shelve Stars & Stripes in the America’s Cup, opting instead to borrow a speedier boat from losing U.S. syndicate Pact 95.

Pact 95, whose Young America had the best overall record of the defender boats in the past four months of racing, will help Conner’s crew train with the new boat for the finals, which begin Saturday against New Zealand in a rematch of the 1988 final. Conner’s crew will remain unchanged.