Defender 25"

Dimensions: 25" H x 4" W x 24" L
Item #: D0504

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - JUST PULL OUT OF THE BOX AND DISPLAY
NO masts to assemble, NO rigging to tie, NO wrinkled sails, NO hassles!
Don't buy from other sellers until you ask if it is FULLY ASSEMBLED!

25" H x 4" W x 24" L (1:62 scale)

Accurate in almost every detail to the original Defender yacht, our Defender model yacht offers features not available by other sellers such as:

- Arrives fully assembled
- Cloth flags
- More accurate and higher-quality deck components and details
- Separate display base
-   Authentic cloth American flag has been added
-   Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Defender yacht
-   Additional and higher-quality solid brass cleats have been added
-   Upgraded, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel has been added
-   Additional upgraded structures on the deck have been added, including intricately painted windows
-   A scale tied-down lifeboat on the stern of the deck has been added, to mimic the actual Defender America's Cup yacht
-   The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original Defender America's Cup yacht. Look closely on the blue hull and you can see the individual planks and wood grain
-   Higher-quality sails with additional rigging: The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual Defender yacht at the time it sailed. We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer. Also, additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual Defender yacht
-    Removable base: The Yacht can be removed from the high-quality wooden display base. Accordingly it can be cleaned and examined in detail much more easily.

Defender was the 1895 America's Cup defender.

Design

Defender was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in 1895. It was Herreshoff's second victorious America's Cup defender design.

Defender was a sloop with all-metal construction: steel, aluminum, and manganese bronze. It was owned by William Kissam Vanderbilt, Edwin D. Morgan and C. Oliver Iselin, and skippered by Henry C. Haff.

Career

Defender defeated the New York Yacht Club's Vigilant then went on to defend the cup against British keel cutter Valkyrie III. Following the contest, Defender was towed to New Rochelle where it remained for another four years without sailing. It was rebuilt to race trials against the 1899 America's Cup defense candidate, Columbia. Defender was broken up in 1901.