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1895 CUP RACER DEFENDER SAIL BOAT AMERICA’S CUP

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Auction ID : 61558267
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Start Time
Wed 15 Feb 2012 12:06:34 (EST)
Close Time
Sat 25 Feb 2012 12:06:34 (EST)
Starting Bid
$75.00
Condition
Used
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United States
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1895 CUP RACER DEFENDER SAIL BOAT AMERICA’S CUP

This is a replica of DEFENDER, the 1895 CUP RACER winner when it beat the British Valkyrie III for the America’s Cup. Overall dimensions of this hand crafted model ship are approximately 36 ½” H x 5 ¼” W x 36 ¼” L. Measuring includes the stand. There is a metal plate with 1895 CUP RACER on the stand.

This appears to be in great condition as I find no cracks or broken parts but there is small place on the top of the boat where it looks like the finish was missed. The sails will be removed for shipping.

A little history -- from Wikipedia

Design

Defender was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1895. It was Herreshoff's second victorious America's Cup defender design.

Defender was a sloop with all-metal construction: steel, aluminum, and manganese bronze. It was owned by William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan and Charles Oliver Iselin, and skippered by Henry C. Haff.

Career

Defender defeated the New York Yacht Club's Vigilant then went on to defend the cup against British keel cutter Valkyrie III. Following the contest, Defender was towed to New Rochelle where it remained for another four years without sailing. It was rebuilt to race trials against the 1899 America's Cup defense candidate, Columbia. Defender was broken up in 1901.

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