Ranger 26"

• sold fully assembled - compare this yacht to other sellers.  just pull this model ship out of the box and display, there is no rigging to tie or mast to assemble.

• plank on frame construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull of the shi model one at a time).

• built with rare, high quality woods.

• hand painted the actual colors of the ranger yacht

• fabric sails with detailed stitching

• no plastic parts.

• to build this model ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual yacht.

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Built from high grade steel - flushed rivet plating, RANGER was launched on 11th May 1937. Having nearly lost the 1934 America's Cup race to the Royal Yacht Club, Harold Vanderbilt took special pains to build a faster boat next time around. She was the Ranger, and dominated the 1937 Cup Season. The Ranger was designed by Sterling Burgess together with the Stephens brothers, who later became famous for their many S&S yacht designs. A typical J-yacht crew included some 26 professionals. The Ranger was all about racing, huge white sails, a flush deck with hardly any built structures, and beautiful lines. Vanderbilt personally financed the whole project, estimated at the time at over half a million dollars.