America in 1910
The
yacht America was launched in 1851 . She was designed by George Steers
and Co. The story begins when some members of the NewYork Yacht Club
wants to build a yacht to sail England. The purpose of this was to show
American yacht building skills and to make money through yacht regattas.
She attended a special yacht race in England. She started well behing
because of a fouled anchor. Then she gained better places in 7 schooners
and 8 cutters. While all the others were taking a turn around a light
ship, America manuevered between the ship and the land. There were
objections about this manuever which took America to the lead but it was
not stated in the race rules, so the manuever counted legal. She
maintained the lead during the rest of the race and she finished 18
minutes before the second yacht Aurora. There she won Royal Yacht
Squadron’s 53-mile (85 km) regatta around the Isle of Wight . As she
finished, Queen Victoria asked who was the second and she got the answer
as
“There is no second, your majesty”. Unfortunately she couldn’t be preserved and in 1945 she was scrapped. There are some replicas of the boat still sailing…
The
plans are quite good and detailed. Actually there’s not much deck
equipment, so you actually don’t even need so much detail. There are
some pictures as reference. Now it is your time onboard America to race…
Click Here to Download Sail Yacht America Blueprints
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