Puritan (yacht)
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Nation | ![]() |
Builder | George Lawley & Son |
Owner(s) | John Malcolm Forbes |
Racing career | |
Skippers | John Malcolm Forbes |
Notable victories | 1885 America's Cup |
America's Cup | 1885 |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 105 tons |
Length | 94 ft 0 in (28.65 m) (LOA) 81 ft 1.5 in (24.727 m) (LWL) |
Beam | 22 ft 7 in (6.88 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
Sail area | 7,982 sq ft (741.6 m2) |
Puritan was the 1885 America's Cup defender.
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Puritan as photographed by John S. Johnston.
Design
Designed by Edward Burgess, she was built at the George Lawley & Son yard in Boston, Massachusetts and launched May 26, 1885.
Puritan was an early combination of American and English designs with some of the depth of a cutter but beam and power of a sloop. It was built and skippered by John Malcolm Forbes.
Career
She defeated the New York club's Priscilla then went on to defend the America's Cup against the British yacht Genesta, a traditional cutter. Immediately following the contest, they began work on an improved version which would be called the Mayflower.
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References
Lawson, Thomas W. (1902). "Chapter VII". The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Winfield M. Thompson Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-907069-40-9.
External links
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- America's Cup Official Website for the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia
- 1890s Yacht Photography of J.S. Johnston
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