A Model Of The 1934 America's Cup Yacht Rainbow

WM. E. HITCHCOCK; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY

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A Model Of The 1934 America's Cup Yacht Rainbow
Wm. E. Hitchcock; American, 20th century
This is a fine 1/8" scale model of this America's Cup yacht. The hull of the model is built up from the solid in basswood. The topsides are painted white, the bottom is painted red and the model has a black waterline and a gold cove stripe. The deck of the model is basswood veneer with planking lines and mahogany trim around the deck edge. The deck of the model is fitted with turning blocks, winches, deck hatches, coils of line, companionway, skylight, binnacles, ship's wheel, traveler bar, and a dory lashed to the deck. The model is rigged as a sloop with a single mast and boom and with standing and running rigging which includes stays, sheets and halyards. The model is displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base and a brass frame.
25½ x 8½ x 30½ in. (64.7 x 21.5 x 77.5 cm.) cased dimensions.

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Built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R.I. for the Vanderbilt Syndicate, Rainbow was narrowly selected by the New York Yacht Club to defend the America's Cup. Designed by W.S. Burgess with an overall length of 128.56 feet, beam 20.4 feet, and draft of 14.95 feet, Rainbow was steadily improved by adding ballast and setting larger sails. After losing the first two races to Endeavor, Rainbow won the closest Cup match ever, amidst protests and errors on both sides. Rainbow was the fifteenth defender of the America's Cup.

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