Defender (1895 yacht)
.jpg) Defender as photographed by John S. Johnston on July 20, 1895, six weeks before the 1895 America's Cup. | |
| Yacht club | New York Yacht Club  |
|---|---|
| Nation |  United States |
| Designer(s) | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Launched | 1895 |
| Owner(s) | William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan, Charles Oliver Iselin |
| Fate | Broken up in 1901 |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Henry C. Haff |
| Notable victories | 1895 America's Cup 1895 Defender Trials |
| America's Cup | 1895 |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 151.5 tons |
| Length | 123 ft 0 in (37.49 m) LOA 89 ft 1.5 in (27.165 m) LWL |
| Beam | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m) |
| Sail area | 12,602 sq ft (1,170.8 m2)[1] |
Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III.[2] 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.
Design
Defender was a sloop with all-metal construction: steel, aluminum, and manganese bronze. It was owned by Charles Oliver Iselin, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin Dennison Morgan, and skippered by Henry C. Haff. [3]
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 cup, Defender was towed to the home of Charles Oliver Iselin in New Rochelle, New York where it remained docked for four years without sailing. In 1899 J. Pierpont Morgan and W. Buttler Duncan rebuilt Defender to race trials against the America's Cup defense candidate, Columbia.[4] [5]
The yacht was towed to Herreshoff's Bristol yard for restoration to enable it to race in the selection trials for the 1899 defence. Following the selection trials, Defender returns to its mooring and was finally broken up in 1901.
References
- ^ Gregory O. Jones (25 December 2004). Herreshoff Sailboats. Voyageur Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-7603-1160-8. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Herreshoff-'AMERICA'S CUP WINNERS'
- ^ "TO DEFEND AMERICA'S CUP; C. Oliver Iselin to Head the Syndicate and Manage the Boat", NY Times, January 18, 1895
- ^ 'Morgan: American Financier'
- ^ The Quest for America's Cup: Sailing to Victory
External links
- "FASTER THAN VIGILANT", NY Times 1895
- "TO BUILD THE NEW DEFENDER", NY Times 1895
- J.S.Johnston's Yacht Photography - Defender
- Herreshoff Marine Museum
- America's Cup Ac-clopaedia
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