Nautical Wood/Dk.Blue Sailboat-Americana

Nautical Wood/Dk.Blue Sailboat-Americana
39X5X35 Made of wood and assembled. Sails will need to be attached.
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25X35X6 Made of wood and assembled. Sails will need to be attached.

A detailed and well-presented display model of the 'Columbia'; the first two-time defender (1899 and 1901) of the America's Cup. Mast, boom, gaff and bowsprit, stitched cotton sails, detailed standing and running rigging. Built plank-on-frame. Just as the original. L. 45.08 in. x W. 7.09 in. x H. 46.65 in.

Rainbow: the 1934 American defender. The challenger: the British Royal Yacht Club Endeavour. Designed by Starling Burgess and financed by an 18-member syndicate headed by Mike Vanderbilt. A magnificent J-Yacht, with an overall length of nearly 40 m (128O) and a sail area of 750 m2 (7535 sq. ft). A classic racer, legendary nautical history by now. The model is handmade in wood, plank-on-frame. Hand tooled scale hardware. Inlaid deck strips simulate the original teak deck. Detailed rigging and sails. A beautiful contemporary model at an attractive cost. Collectable. Numbered and dated certificate supplied. 65 x 11 x 85cm, 25.5 x 4.25 x 33.5"

22X4X20 Made of wood and assembled. Sails will need to be attached.

Sandbaggers were super large cats. Extended bowsprits and booms allowed large sails, which meant speed. Sandbaggers were remarkably fast. They were nick-named for the ballast sand needed to prevent capsizing. Extreme sports started here...strikingly large cotton sails. Warm honey finished individual planked hull, moldings, deck details 121 x 23.5 x 79cm, 47.75 x 9.25 x 31.25"