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THE AMERICA CUP, British Challenge to Contest This Fall yacht race which will be held in the fall of 1934 is of special inter- est to those who design, build and operate vessels of any type. The history of the famous interna- tional yacht race of 1851 is too well known to be retold in detail; suffice to say that a great world’s fair was held in London that year, and associated with this, an invitation was extended to America to send a yacht to England to compete in the yacht races. George Steers prepared plans for a new con- tending yacht, and the construction was placed in the hands of W. H. Brown, New York. When completed, the AMERICA was 101 feet, 9 inches in overall length; 90 feet, 3 inches on the waterline; 23 feet beam; and 11 feet, 6 inches draft. Her displacement was 147 tons. She carried 46 tons of ballast, and had a sail area of 6125 square feet. The new yacht was very much like the pilot boats of her day, Te contest for the international William Bennett, the author of this interesting and authoritative article on one of the world’s greatest sporting events, is a member of the staff of Tloyd’s Register of Shipping, located at PhiladelIph'n. By William Bennett Left to right—Enterprise, Resolute and Vanitie heavy and substantially framed, with a decided drag to her keel. The plank- ing was 3-inch white oak, and the deck 2144-inch white pine. Clamps and deck beams were of pitch pine, rails of white oak, and coamings of mahogany. The bottom was coppered to 6 inches above the waterline. She was fitted out for the Atlantic voyage and sailed from Sandy Hook in June, 1851, arriving in Havre 21 days later. On Aug. 22 of that year, the date of the race, there were 17 British yachts ranging from about 50 tons to 390 tons competing and the America of 170 tons. The AMERICA was the fifth larg- est yacht in tonnage to enter for the race, and was rigged as a two-masted schooner. To make a long story short, the AMERICA won easily to the consterna- tion of all concerned. The America Cup The cup won by the AMERICA be- came the property of the owners of the yacht, and for some years was _ in- correctly called the “Queen’s cup.” It never was a “Queen’s cup,” having been offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron to yachts of any nationality, without regard to rig or tonnage. The correct title is the “America’s cup,” the cup won by that yacht. It was kept by the owners until 1857 when thev decided to offer it to the New York Yacht club as a perpetual chal- lenge cup. This cup is still in posses- sien of the New York Yacht club. This deed, briefly stated, stipulated Record of America Cup Contests and Yachts Engaged No. of Owner (or Length Match Date Yacht Managing Owner) Designer Rig. Type Overall Waterline Breadth Draft ft. .in, ft: in: f€.cin: ft::-in. 1 187 Ore Gam eia <3. oes Ashbury css. Ratseyc: a sae Schooner Kean Wise 20 100 0 Zhe LES MV aIRIG ae) cies Sots eae Tm Oseaod tts Woperinc tae aie se Schooner CB 84 O 79 0 2029 622553 } AS (le NOM ar Saas a IeeAshbuny oc. e. Ratseysnta sce als Schooner K 127-xn0 106 0 DAS eh IEG Colum bias. PerOseoodie 7s Vandeusen........ Schooner CB 0 96 6 DAE eal 6 Ler) DApPNO wise, Wes Washes Douglass. 0. Bolonscs: enc Schooner K 138220 121 0 2750 E2210 3 1876 Countess of Dufferin C. Gifford......... Guthberts ewes Schooner CBr 107720 95 0 24 O 62/56 Madeline secs os J. S. Dickerson...... Kash Gea Schooner CB 1062-0 91 0 24 #0 7 Se, 4 V68li = Atalanta... cco: AmCuphbert. se iiss Cuthbertin 2306 Sloop CB Hl 0) 63% 710 193 3D Seca 5 Mischiets sce sn Jee Bicker: a: SM Gis ac eer Sloop CB 68 6 61 0 19-1 Ses 5 P8857 Geresta cc scree Sir R. Sutton .!2.5> 2 Wiebborecuenrues Cutter K 95 6 81 0 15 0 132. 336 Buritaiate swe Cy ePaine sae. Bungessi.sa ne Cutter KCB 94: 20:0 80 8 PASAT S248 6 W386. Galatea ct oS Lt. sWaiHenn.. 7... Webbic ts aarncsais, Cutter K 102i ik 89 9 BBS 0 13:56 Miay flowers: occ. Cele Pane rae Burgess sins Cutter KCB 99°74 85 3 23 5 10°23 7 LeS7 eo histo sos sree ee J. Bell AG Sas eeae ie Wiatsonicencictns Cutter K 108 6 86 5 20 3 £310 Volunteer: ee Cr james ee BUr mess ckaus oa Cutter KCB 106 3 85 11 23 2 10° 0 8 1893 Walkyrnie Uo cis Lord Dunraven.... Watsons sit sniate ans Cutter K 13357.40 85 8 27 fe 16.024 Vigilantes sic. CLO Miselins cs. Hlerreshoft. 23). 3.34 Cutter KEB aie 40 85 4 BOO) 1336 9 1895 Valkyrie Tiles Lord Dunraven. kane Wiatsonse 4 ons Cutter K 125 0 89 9 25 2 2085:0) Defenderssn a3 a CeOwlsclinvy es Herreshoff........ Cutter K 124 0O 88 6 23 3 16 10 1899 phamrock 1... 54. Sint. Lipton. a7, | sb fo ROHNER Noe nage Cutter K 129 9 89 0 24 6 20 Z Columbians. oe CS OMlselinessn 2 Herreshofis (ac. Cutter K 1325%=-0 90 0 DEAD 19 10 11 1901 Shamrock 1B ante ae Dinelmipton yes: Wiatsonict, i Cutter K 134 6 90 0 24 2 20 10 Columbians e433 EosD) Morgans... Herreshottc.. es. Cutter K 132 0 90 0 24 2 19 10 12 1903 Shamrock III...... Sir lipton, sa. iherssc creer. Cutter K £35520 90 0 23 5 19 10 Reliancesta cso CoO; lseline co Plerreshon.. acc a0. Cutter Ke 143 O 89 6 253; 210) Ws 13 19207 Shamrock TV... x. bind. leinton.... 3, Nicholson woe 2? Sloop KCB 110" 75 1s 0 22°53 14 0 Resolute. cic. as R. W. Simmons.... Herreshot.. 45.0 Sloop KCB g106), 5 75 0 73) (ae aR Bee) 14 1930 Shamrock V235 3.. Sinvty Lipton Nicholson Sloop — KCB-: 120 0 81 C Hie hes Gute. p 0 Uo eeeaay al 14 8 Enterprise......... W. W. Aldrich et al Burgess & Morgan Sloop KGB 120) 10 80 0 22 ii 14 A 12 MARINE REvVIEw—January, 1934