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As with the Watson-designed Shamrock II in 1901, which was the first boat to be designed following numerous towing-tank tests, the Burgess-designed Rainbow was the first J to be conceived according to the same principles: during two months in 1931, at the tank-test facilities at the University of Michigan, dozens models were tested by William Starling Burgess.
After the 1934 America's Cup, Rainbow was laid up in dry dock for two years in Bristol, and then refitted by Vanderbilt as trial horse. Sold to Chandler Hovey in 1937, to race the defender selection trials, but Ranger eliminated it. Rainbow was laid up at the end of 1937 at Herreshoff Manufacturing in Bristol and then it was sold for scrap in 1940.
RAINBOW
1934
USA
Yacht Club: New York Yacht Club
Defender, winner of the 15th America's Cup in 1937, defeating Endeavour I by 4 wins to 2.
Original owner: Syndicate with Harold S. Vanderbilt, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, William K. Vanderbilt, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, Gerard B. Lambert, Marshall Field, Edward S. Harkness, George F. Baker, Jr., Charles Hayden, George E. Roosevelt, W.G. McCullough, Joseph P. Day, Henry H. Rogers, Walter P. Chrysler, Ogden L. Mills, Alfred P. Sloane, Jr., Winthrop W. Aldrich.
Keel sloop fitted with centerboard.
Universal Rule
Rating: J Class, 76.0. Sail number: J 5.
Designer: W. Starling Burgess
Tank test facilities: University of Michigan
Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Sailmaker: Ratsey & Lapthorn, Wilson, New York.
Launched: May 15th, 1934.
First skipper: Harold "Mike" S. Vanderbilt.
Boatswain: George H. Monsell.
Mate: Harry Klevfe.
Afterguard: William Starling Burgess, John Parkinson, C. Sherman Hoyt (relief helmsman), and Prof. Zenas Bliss, Frank C. Paine (spinnaker).
Crew: 31
Data:
Construction -
Type: Tobin bronze/Steel.
Ballast keel: lead.
Frames: steel.
Planking: - under waterline, Tobin bronze - above waterline, steel.
Deck: pitch pin.
Mast: duralumin.
Boom: wood.
Spinnaker boom: wood.
Dimensions -
L.O.A.: 38.90 m.
L.W.L.: 24.99 m.
Beam: 6.40 m.
Draft: 4.56 m.
Displacement: 141 tons.
Wetted surface: 192.5 m2.
Sail Area: 700 m2.
Mast height: 47.08 m.
Boom: 20.19 m.
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Year of building
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Launched
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15/05/1934 |
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Edition 15(1934)
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Crew
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31 |
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Hull
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Steel |
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Mast
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Aluminium |
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L.O.A
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38.90 |
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L.W.L
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24.99 |
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Mast
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47.08 |
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Beam
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6.40 |
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Boom
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20.19 |
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Sail Area
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Displacament
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141 |
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Draft
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4.56 |
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Rating
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Ballast
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