Mayflower (yacht)

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Mayflower as photographed by John S. Johnston.
Mayflower as photographed by John S. Johnston.

Mayflower was the victorious U.S. defender of the sixth America's Cup in 1886 against English challenger Galatea.

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[edit] Design

The sloop Mayflower was the second America's Cup defender designed by Edward "Ned " Burgess, and built and launched in 1886 for owner General Charles J. Paine of Boston. It was built entirely of wood: oak and hard pine. It was skippered by Martin V.B. Stone.

[edit] Career

In the trials, Mayflower defeated the yachts Puritan (Edward Burgess' first victorious Cup defender), Priscilla, and Atlantic, and was subsequently selected to defend the 1886 Cup.

By 1889 the sloop had been purchased by F. Townsend Underhill, who had it altered to become a schooner. In 1905 Lady Eva Barker bought the vessel and outfitted it with an engine. She chartered it to adventurer Guy Hamilton Scull in 1908 on an expedition seeking the treasure of a sunk Spanish galleon off Jamaica. Mayflower was sunk itself off Cuba in a hurricane during this expedition, and the crew rescued by passing steamers.

[edit] Specifications

  • Overall length: 30.55 m
  • Length at water line: 26.06 m
  • Beam (width): 7.19 m
  • Draft: 3.00 m (centerboard up); 6.10 m (centerboard down)
  • Displacement: 110 tons
  • Sail area: 774 m²

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