The Boats
The MGH Americas Cup Experience will include some of
the most famous Twelve Meter yachts in Americas Cup history :
Weatherly
American Eagle
Nefertiti
Intrepid
Freedom
Enterprise
Columbia
Heritage
Easterner
Gleam
SOME OF THE TWELVE METER YACHTS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE
IN THE MGH AMERICAS CUP EXPERIENCE
WEATHERLY
NEFERTITI
AMERICAN EAGLE
INTREPID
FREEDOM
GLEAM
Columbia |
In Newport, RI's 1958 America's Cup finals it was immediately
obvious that
Sceptre was no match for
Columbia.
Columbia,
prepared by her hard fought trials victory, never once trailed
Sceptre
and won four straight races by margins ranging from 7 to 12 minutes sweeping
the first 12 Meter America's Cup and making her the first 12 Meter to win
the America's Cup.
SPECIFICATIONS:
LOA - 69' 8''
LWL - 45' 10''
Beam - 11'9''
Draft - 9'6''
Displacement - 63,200 lbs
Sail Area - 1,846 square feet
Designer - Olin Stephens
Builder - Nevins Shipyard, City Island, NY
Original Owner - Henry Sears Syndicate (New York
Yacht Club) |
Heritage |
Heritage
SPECIFICATIONS:
LOA -63'
LWL - 50'
Beam - 12' 6''
Draft - 10'8''
Displacement - 70,000 lbs
Sail Area - 1,785 square feet
Designer - Charley Morgan
Builder - Morgan Yachts, St. Petersburg, FL
Original Owner/Skipper - Charley Morgan |
Easterner |
Easterner was again an American contender
for the America's Cup defense off Newport, Rhode Island in 1962 and 1964,
making her one of the only three time America's Cup contenders.
SPECIFICATIONS:
LOA - 66'
LWL - 42'3"
LOA - 12'
Draft - 9'6"
Displacement - 66,000 lbs
Sail Area - 1,880 square feet
Designer - C. Raymond Hunt
Builder - Graves Shipyard, Marblehead, MA
Original Owner/Skipper - Chandler Hovey |
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