Resolute (yacht)

Resolute was a yacht designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Henry Walters to contend the 1914 America's Cup.[1] In selection trials Resolute beat the America's Cup course record off Sandy Hook by sailing 30 miles in 3:16:41 with Charles Francis Adams as skipper, securing the right to defend the Cup on behalf of the NYYC.[2], however the outbreak of World War I caused the America's Cup races for 1914 to be postponed.

In 1920 the America's Cup was reconvened and Resolute again prevailed in selection races before successfully defending the Cup in July of that year, once more with Adams at the helm.[1] Resolute was the last Cup defender to be designed by Herreshoff. Her racing career lasted another ten years, and in 1930 Resolute again participated in the America's cup selection races, albeit as a "trial horse" against which the potential defenders could be judged.

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Design

Specifications

History

Resolute was christened by Grace Vanderbilt and launched on April 25, 1914. In the 1914 America's Cup defender selection trials she beat Vanitie and Defiance.[1][2] The races were suspended as World War I broke out.[1]

The race was finally held during the 1920 America's Cup. Resolute lost the first two matches before recovering to defend the cup 3-2 against Shamrock IV.[1] Robert Wales Emmons, Jr. was the manager of the yacht in 1920.[4]

In 1925 Resolute was sold to E. Walter Clark of Philadelphia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Resolute". Americas Cup. http://32nd.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/circlinggalaxy/bateau.php?idContent=4869&idRubr=74. 
  2. ^ a b "Resolute Beats All Cup Course Records.". New York Times. June 11, 1914. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F12F73C5E13738DDDA80994DE405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
  3. ^ Challenger and Defenders of the America's Cup, Scientific American, June 5 1920, pp622-623
  4. ^ "Robert Emmons 2d, Yachtsman, is Dead". New York Times. April 19, 1928. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4071FFF3D58127A93CBA8178FD85F4C8285F9. Retrieved 2011-04-26.