- Galatea (yacht)
"Galatea" was the unsuccessful British challenger of the sixth
America's Cup race in1886 against American defender "Mayflower".Design
"Galatea", a keel cutter, was designed by
John Beavor-Webb and built in 1885 for owner Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. of theRoyal Northern Yacht Club .The all-metal "Galatea" had a steel frame, a lead-filled steel keel, and a riveted steel-planked hull, painted white. The deck was teak.
Career
"Galatea" was launched in May 1885. After a series of mostly losses in British races, the owner and his wife sailed to New York in the summer of 1886.
"Galatea" lost both races in the September 1886 America's Cup in New York to the American defender "Mayflower". Following his defeat, he challenged General Paine of the Mayflower to a private rematch, and in the spring of 1887 was defeated again.
From 1888 until 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Henn lived aboard the "Galatea" in Britain. Following Lt. Henn's death in 1894, Mrs. Henn continued to live aboard the yacht until her death in 1911.
In January 1912, the "Galatea" was sold for scrap and broken up.
pecifications
* Overall length: 31.22 m
* Length at water line: 26.45 m
* Beam (width): 4.57 m
* Draft: 4.16 m
* Displacement: 158 tons
* Sail area: 675.45m2References and External links
* [http://www.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/circlinggalaxy/bateau.php?idIndex=&idContent=4689 America's Cup's Ac-clopaedia]
* [http://www.jsjohnston.org The 19th Century Yacht Photography of J.S. Johnston]
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