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Atlantic
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When the Atlantic passed the
warship marking her finish in 1905, she set a record
that hasn’t been bettered! Built in New York in
1903, Atlantic achieved its greatest fame
in 1905 when she was one of 11 yachts to compete for
the Emperor's Cup put up by Kaiser Wilhelm for a
race from New York to Lizard Head, England.
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C&C 115
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The C&C 115
was Sailing World's 2006 Boat of the Year Overall Winner
and Best Racer/Cruiser. According to the magazine,
the C&C 115 sailboat had an excellent balance between racing and
cruising.
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Courageous
12-meter
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Courageous, the two-time winner of the America's Cup, is now the official state yacht of Rhode Island.
Look at this sailboat model and see how many have
considered us the ultimate model maker.
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Enterprise
J-yacht
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When
designing the Enterprise, Starling Burgess collected 20
years worth of information on races and analyzed
wind conditions. J-yacht Enterprise had a mast as tall as 165 feet and over
120 feet in length. Her revolutionary aluminum
mast and Vanderbilt's unparalleled professionalism
beat J-Yacht Shamrock V all 4 races. Lipton's dream of
lifting the America's Cup ended with this challenge.
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America
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Sailboat America was
designed by James Rich Steers and George Steers. It had a concave
clipper-bow with the beam of the vessel at midships.
As a result, his schooner-rigged pilot boats were
among the fastest and most seaworthy of their day.
One of our America sailboat models is permanently
displayed in the Chicago Museum of Industry museum.
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Ranger
J-yacht
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Ranger is nearly always described as the "super J".
She was the first America's Cup yacht developed
through model testing in a towing tank.
Ranger totally dominated the trials and Cup Races of
1937. She was much more powerful. She sailed
better and was more refined in every aspect. Have a look at this
sailboat model to see our unsurpassed skills and
material quality.
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Endeavour
J-yacht
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Endeavour was hailed as the most beautiful J-Class
yacht ever built. Built in 1933 by Tom Sopwith,
the undisputed leader of the British aircraft
industry, Endeavour J-yacht possessed many new and
innovative devices.
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Bluenose
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This Bluenose sailboat model is
one of our best sellers. Note the accurate
lines and the intricate deck parts that distinguish
our model from all others.
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Californian schooner
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In July 2003,
California's governor signed a bill into law designating the
Californian as the official tall ship of the State. Californian is the only ship to carry this
prestigious title. She casts a distinctive and instantly recognizable
silhouette and is one of the most well known
ships in America.
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Le Cambria 1928
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The sailboat Cambria was designed
and built by William Fife.
Launched
in May 1928 Cambria was the first of a new
generation of Big class cutters.
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Stars and Stripes 87
12-meter |
Stars and Stripes defeated Kookaburra III 4
to bring the trophy back to the United States. In honor of the victory,
the Congress authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation: "Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim to Dennis Conner and the crew of Stars and Stripes
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Pen Duick
Offshore racer
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Pen
Duick was a sailboat that helped Éric Tabarly achieve
worldwide recognition as a renowned yacht man. On
this boat he started learning to sail at the age of
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Australia II
12-meter
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In 1983, the 12-meter sloop Australia II, skippered
by John Bertrand, broke the longest-running winning
streak in the history of sport by defeating
the United States defender Liberty and taking the
America's Cup from the United States for the first
time in 132 years.
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Rafael
Verdera
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The Rafael Verdera
is currently the oldest active ship of the Spanish
fleet. She was built in 1841.In 1992, Rafael
Verdera carried the the Olympic torch to the
Olympics games in Barcelona.
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Britannia
racing yacht
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Royal yacht Britannia was
built for the Queen Victoria's son Edward, Prince of
Wales, successor to the throne. She was one of the
most famous racing sailboat in the history. During
her 2 first seasons, Britannia won 60 regattas out
of 91. In 1895 Britannia won 38 of 50
regattas. It is the record which no other sailboat in history ever able to
repeat.
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Columbia
J-yacht
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Columbia was the winner of the tenth America's Cup
race in 1899 as well as the eleventh America's
Cup race in 1901. She was the first vessel to
win the America's Cup trophy twice in a row--a
record not equaled until 69 years later.
Columbia was also the first J-yacht that competed
for the America's Cup.
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C&C 41 sailboat model
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For nearly 40 years, C&C has led the industry in
performance sailboat design and technology. With
lines that pay homage to the classic and
award-winning designs that have made C&C yachts one
of the most recognized, celebrated fleets of sailing
yachts in the history of the sport.
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Albin Nova 33
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Albin Marine was founded in Sweden as a manufacturer
of Marine engines. The company built about 16
models of sailboats from 1966 to 1984. The
Nova is a fractional rig sloop design and was
designed by Peter Norlin. It was first built
in 1981 and 500 were built over the years until the
last year of production in 1997.
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Gloriana
sloop
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Gloriana's
design was
profoundly effective: in her first season, she won every race –
immediately giving Nat Herreshoff and the HMCo the
reputation of being the most modern American sailing
yacht designer and builder. |
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Doghole schooner
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The
term dog-hole was given to the smallest ports on the
Pacific Coast between Central California and
Southern Oregon that operated between the mid-1800s
until 1939. The schooners that
served dog-hole ports must be be able to "turn
around in a harbor barely small enough for a dog".
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Helen B. Thomas
fishing schooner |
Thomas F.
McManus, a naval architect in Boston, invented a new
design call "knockabout." It allowed fishermen
not having to clamber out on the bowsprit to tend
the jib (the vessel’s forward-most sail), a
dangerous task especially in bad weather.
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Herreshoff Fish Class Sloop
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The Fish is a husky boat with a roomy hull more like
a cruising boat, in some respects, than a daysailer.
She has virtues of stability, rough water ability,
good looks, and excellent handling characteristics. |
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Lady Agnes
model
sailboat
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The last of the Cornish topsail schooners. |
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