Yacht America
Winner of the 1851 “One Hundred Sovereign Cup”
A race later renamed “America’s Cup” in her honor
America was designed following the pattern of George Steers’pilot boat designs, with a concave clipper-bow with the beam of the vessel at midships, making her not only fast, but seaworthy. She was captained by Richard Brown, one of the group of New York Yacht Club members who had commissioned her build.
On August 22, 1851, he and his crew of eight professional sailors beat their nearest competitor by 18 minutes to take the British “One Hundred Sovereign Cup” yacht race. The race was eventually named after yacht America, becoming “America’s Cup.”
Yacht America is just one of 90 plates containing more than 130 ship plans in our book Selected Plates from Souvenirs de Marine: Ship Plans by Vice-Admiral Francois-Edmond Paris . Which is available on Amazon.
Native Ad – Racing Yacht KitsThis book contains plates from the first two volumes of the six volume set “Souvenirs de marine. Collection de plans ou dessins de navires et de bateaux anciens ou modernes existants ou disparus avec les éléments numériques nécessaores à leur construction.”
