Mayflower (yacht)
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For other ships named Mayflower, see Mayflower (ship).
Mayflower was the victorious U.S. defender of the sixth America's Cup in 1886 against Scottish challenger Galatea.
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Yacht club | New York Yacht Club |
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Nation | USA |
Designer(s) | Edward Burgess |
Builder | George Lawley & Son |
Launched | 1886 |
Owner(s) | Charles Jackson Paine |
Racing career | |
Skippers | Martin V.B. Stone |
Notable victories |
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America's Cup | 1886 |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 110 tons |
Length | 30.55 m (100.2 ft) (LOA) 26.06 m (85.5 ft) (LWL) |
Beam | 7.19 m (23.6 ft) |
Draft | 3.00 m (9.84 ft)(centerboard up) 6.10 m (20.0 ft)(centerboard down) |
Sail area | 774 m2 (8,330 sq ft) |
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