''Rainbow'' was a J-class yacht built in 1930, and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup. It was ordered by

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and designed by William Starling Burgess. ''Rainbow'' was scrapped in 1940.

Replica

A replica, ''Rainbow'', was launched in 2012 at

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 lemste ...

. In January 2015 it was reported that she was for saleThe spectacular J Class yacht Rainbow
by Andrew Rogers.

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. with an asking price of €10,450,000 VAT paid.

References

{{J-class yachts J-class yachts America's Cup defenders Sailing yachts built in the United States Sailing yachts built in the Netherlands Sailing yachts designed by William Starling Burgess 1930s sailing yachts