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Rainbow (yacht)
''Rainbow'' was a J-class yacht built in 1930, and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup. It was ordered by Harold Vanderbilt and designed by William Starling Burgess. ''Rainbow'' was scrapped in 1940. Replica A replica, ''Rainbow'', was launched in 2012 at Holland Jachtbouw. In January 2015 it was reported that she was for sale by Andrew Rogers. Boat International
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Velsheda
The J-class yacht ''Velsheda'' was designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built in 1933 by Camper and Nicholsons at Gosport, Hampshire. She was built for businessman William Lawrence Stephenson and between 1933 and 1936, she won many races and competed with other yachts of her era such as ''HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht), Britannia'', ''Endeavour (Yacht), Endeavour'' and ''Shamrock V''. History Initial career Designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholsons in 1933 for Mr W.L. Stephenson, managing director of Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), Woolworth retail shops, she was built in 1933 at Gosport. She was Nicholson's second design for a J Class and Stephenson's second big yacht. ''Velsheda'' was named after Stephenson's three daughters, Velma, Sheila and Daphne. She raced with the greatest names in classic yachting including ''HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht), Britannia'', ''Endeavour (yacht), Endeavour'' and ''Shamrock V'' between 1933 and 1936. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-class Yacht
A J-Class yacht (sometimes called a "J-boat") is a single-masted racing yacht built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. The J-Class are considered the peak racers of the era when the Universal Rule determined eligibility in the America's Cup. Universal Rule The J-Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in 1903 and rates double-masted racers (classes A through H) and single-masted racers (classes I through S). From 1914 to 1937, the rule was used to determine eligibility for the Americas Cup. In the late 1920s, the trend was towards smaller boats and so agreement among American yacht clubs led to rule changes such that after 1937 the International Rule would be used for 12 Metre class boats. Universal Rule formula The Universal Rule formula is: R=\frac Where: ** L is boat length (a number itself derived from a formula that includes Load Waterline Length L.W.L in feet) ** S is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Starling Burgess
William Starling Burgess (December 25, 1878 – March 19, 1947) was an American yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect. He was awarded the highest prize in aviation, the Collier Trophy in 1915, just two years after Orville Wright won it. In 1933 he partnered with Buckminster Fuller to design and build the radical Dymaxion Car. Between 1930 and 1937 he created three America's Cup winning J-Class yachts, Enterprise, Rainbow and Ranger (the latter in partnership with Olin Stephens). Biography Burgess was born in Boston, Massachusetts on Christmas Day, the son of yacht designer Edward Burgess and Caroline "Kitty" Sullivant. Both of Burgess' parents died within weeks of each other when he was 12, leaving him and his 3-year-old brother to be raised by relatives. Like his father, Starling had a great mechanical and mathematical ability and a refined sense of line, form and spatial relationship. From his mother he received a love of literature and poetry, which he regard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920. Biography Herreshoff was born on March 18, 1848, in Bristol, Rhode Island and was named after General Nathanael Greene. He was one of seven brothers. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1870 with a three-year degree in mechanical engineering. After graduation, he took a position with the Corliss Steam Engine Company in Providence, Rhode Island. At the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he oversaw operation of the Corliss Stationary Engine, a , dynamo that powered the exhibition's machinery. In 1878 Herreshoff returned to Bristol where he and one of his brothers, John Brown Herreshoff (1841–1915), who was blind, formed the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Nathanael provided the engineering expertise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Vanderbilt
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family. Early life He was born in Oakdale, New York, the third child of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. To family and friends he was known as "Mike". His siblings were William Kissam Vanderbilt II and Consuelo Vanderbilt. His maternal grandfather was Murray Forbes Smith. As the great-grandson of the shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, he was born to great wealth and privilege; as a child he was raised in Vanderbilt mansions, traveled frequently to Europe, and sailed the world on yachts owned by his father. His nephew, Barclay Harding Warburton III, founded the American Sail Training Association. Vanderbilt was educated by tutors and at private schools in Massachusetts, including St. Mark's School, Harvard College (AB 1907), and Harvard Law S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandler Hovey
Chandler or The Chandler may refer to: * Chandler (occupation), originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles * Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships Arts and entertainment * Chandler (band), an American Christian band * ''Chandler'' (film), 1971 * '' Chandler: Red Tide'', a 1976 illustrated novel by Jim Steranko * Chandler Award, for Australian science fiction * Chandler Bing, a fictional character in the sitcom ''Friends'' Buildings and schools * The Chandler Building, in Berkeley, California, U.S. * Albert B. Chandler Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. * Chandler High School (other), several schools * Chandler School, in Pasadena, California, U.S. * Chandler Scientific School, formerly part of Dartmouth College, U.S. People * Chandler (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters * Chandler (given name), including a list of people and a fictional cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 America's Cup
The 1934 America's Cup was the 15th challenge for the Cup. It took place in Newport and consisted of a series of races between the defender ''Rainbow'', entered by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Harold S. Vanderbilt, and ''Endeavour'', owned by Sir Thomas Sopwith.Rayner 2021, p.60 Background Thomas Sopwith had bought the challenger for the 1930 America's Cup, ''Shamrock V'', after the death of its owner, Sir Thomas Lipton. After sailing the yacht in the 1933 season, Sopwith decided to mount his own challenge for the Cup, and communicated this to the New York Yacht Club. The NYYC accepted the challenge, again to be a competition between J-class yachts, and with a new condition this time that the yachts carry quarters for their crews. In recent contests, the yachts had been practically empty shells, and in the 1930 race in particular, the winning boat, ''Enterprise'' had been criticised as a "mechanical boat" because her winches were carried below decks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland Jachtbouw
Holland Jachtbouw is a shipyard specialized in building large sailing yachts. It is located in the municipality of Zaandam in the Netherlands. History The shipyard was established by Chris Gongriep (1946-2016) in 1990 as De Hemmes to build lemsteraken, a traditional wooden workboat type from Lemmer. The yard acquired naval architect André Hoek's newbuild management company Dutch Built in 1998 in order to transition to aluminium sailing yachts; Thereafter Hoek cooperated closely with Gongriep, producing the largest two-mast schooner in history, ''Athos'', in 2010. After completing a significant expansion of the shipyard's building shed, Gongriep committed suicide on December 9th, 2016, and the shipyard's brand new 12,000m² facilities were subsequently rented out to fellow Dutch yachtbuilder Royal Huisman. List of yachts built See also *List of sailboat designers and manufacturers *List of large sailing yachts This article lists active sailing yachts in excess of in sparred l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boat International
Boat International Media is a luxury lifestyle publishing company based in Wimbledon, London. The company publishes the magazines ''Boat International'', ''Boat International US'' Edition and ''Dockwalk''. It runs the websites ''boatinternational.com'' and ''dockwalk.com''. It also publishes annual books, including ''The'' ''Superyachts'', a compendium of some of the biggest and best superyacht launches from the last year. Magazines ''Boat International'' was launched in 1983 as the senior title in superyachting. It is a monthly, English language, superyachting magazine distributed in 55 different countries. The magazine was relaunched with the same title in 2014 and now includes more lifestyle content aimed at an affluent audience. ''Boat International US Edition'', originally launched in 1988 as ''ShowBoats International'', is published 11 times a year and distributed throughout North America from a publishing base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In the January editions of ''Boat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-class Yachts
The J Class of racing yachts (sometimes called "J-boats") were built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. The J Class is considered the apex of the era when the Universal Rule determined eligibility in the America's Cup. Universal Rule The J Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in 1903 and rates double-masted racers (classes A through H) and single-masted racers (classes I through S). From 1914 to 1937, the rule was used to determine eligibility for the Americas Cup. In the late 1920s, the trend was towards smaller boats and so agreement among American yacht clubs led to rule changes such that after 1937 the International Rule would be used for 12 Metre class boats. Universal Rule formula The Universal Rule formula is: R=\frac Where: ** L is boat length (a number itself derived from a formula that includes Load Waterline Length L.W.L in feet) ** S is sail area ** D is displa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Yachts Built In The United States
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sailing, land yacht) over a chosen Course (navigation), course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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