''Genesta'' was the unsuccessful English challenger in the fifth America's Cup in 1885 against the American defender ''

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Design

The cutter ''Genesta'' was designed by John Beavor-Webb and built by the D&W Henderson shipyard on the River Clyde in 1884, for owner Sir Richard Sutton, 5th Baronet, of the

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, England. She was built of oak planking on a steel frame. ''Genesta'' was skippered by John Carter. She was measured , weighing 80 tons.

Career

After a strong showing in the British yacht races in 1884, Sutton crossed the Atlantic Ocean to New York during the summer 1885 aboard ''Genesta''. Upon arrival, designer Beavor-Webb refused to let anyone see his yacht before the America's Cup race, beginning the tradition of secrecy which was over ruled for the 2017 event by the organisers.. After the Cup races, Sutton and ''Genesta'' won the Brenton Reef Cup, the Cape May Challenge Cup, and, upon returning to Britain, the first

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in 1887, covering the course in 12 days, 16 hours, and 59 minutes. ''Genesta'' was sold and converted to a yawl by the 1890s, and broken up in 1900.

References and external links

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