- Vigilant (yacht)
"Vigilant" was the victorious United States defender of the eighth
America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger "Valkyrie II". "Vigilant" was designed byNathanael Greene Herreshoff and built in1893 by theHerreshoff Manufacturing Company ofBristol, Rhode Island . It was Herreshoff's first victoriousAmerica's Cup defender design.Design
"Vigilant" was a centerboard
sloop with all-metal (steel and bronze) construction. It was owned by a syndicate led byC. Oliver Iselin and which includedEdwin D. Morgan ,August Belmont, Jr. ,Cornelius Vanderbilt ,Charles R. Flint ,Chester W. Chapin ,George R. Clark ,Henry Astor Carey ,Dr. Barton Hopkins ,E.M. Fulton, Jr. andAdrian Iselin . It was skippered by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff himself.Career
Launched on June 14th, 1893, "Vigilant" beat "Colonia", "Jubilee" and "Pilgrim" to win the 1893 American selection trials for the
America's Cup defense. It then went on to successfully defend the cup against British keel cutter "Valkyrie II"."Vigilant" was broken up at a New London junkyard in 1910.
pecifications
* Overall length: 38.5m
* Length at water line: 25.9m
* Beam (width): 7.92m
* Draft: 3.96m
* Displacement: 138 tonnes
* Sail area: 1014.5 m2References and External links
* [http://www.herreshoff.org/ Herreshoff Marine Museum]
* [http://www.americascup.com/en/acclopaedia/circlinggalaxy/bateau.php?idContent=4692/ America's Cup Ac-clopaedia]
* [http://www.jsjohnston.org/ John S. Johnston's Yacht Photography of the 1890s]
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