CURRENT OWNER: Troy Sears
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PREVIOUS OWNERS:
YEAR BUILT: 1995
DESIGNER: John Scarano
BUILDER: Scarano Boatbuilding, Albany, NY
HOMEPORT: New York, NY
CURRENT PORT: San Diego, CA
LOA: 139’
LOD: 105’
LWL: 95’
BEAM:
DRAFT:
DISPLACEMENT: 113 Tons
MAST HEIGHT: 105'
SAIL AREA: 5,900 sq. ft.
HISTORY: The original America put yachting on the map – it is why the most famous trophy in sailing is called The America’s Cup. In 1851, a boat named America won the Royal Yacht Squadrons’ 100 Guinea Cup given to the winner of a race around the Isle of Wight.
Her later career was equally as colorful – conveyor of secret agents, Confederate blockade runner, Union warship, Naval Academy training vessel, and the pride and joy of a famous Civil War general and politician. By her end in 1945, she was one of the most honored vessels in the United States. The original was destroyed during World War II, but this is a near-perfect replica built in 1995 at a cost of more than $6 million.
Replica or not, in 2007 the America’s Cup Management offered $500,000 for the America to be brought to Spain where the race was being held. The America was invited to San Francisco in the summer of 2013 to represent the history of this great race for Oracle Team USA’s defense of the 34th America’s Cup. Then, America was selected as the ambassador for the America’s Cup Tour, visiting sites along the West Coast in July and August 2015, and Mexico, the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts, and the Caribbean in 2016.
America currently is running whale watching and private charter trips from the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
SCHOONER CUP RECORD: (Coming Soon!)
2019 - RACING!
2018 - 5th in Group A
WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM
PREVIOUS OWNERS:
YEAR BUILT: 1995
DESIGNER: John Scarano
BUILDER: Scarano Boatbuilding, Albany, NY
HOMEPORT: New York, NY
CURRENT PORT: San Diego, CA
LOA: 139’
LOD: 105’
LWL: 95’
BEAM:
DRAFT:
DISPLACEMENT: 113 Tons
MAST HEIGHT: 105'
SAIL AREA: 5,900 sq. ft.
HISTORY: The original America put yachting on the map – it is why the most famous trophy in sailing is called The America’s Cup. In 1851, a boat named America won the Royal Yacht Squadrons’ 100 Guinea Cup given to the winner of a race around the Isle of Wight.
Her later career was equally as colorful – conveyor of secret agents, Confederate blockade runner, Union warship, Naval Academy training vessel, and the pride and joy of a famous Civil War general and politician. By her end in 1945, she was one of the most honored vessels in the United States. The original was destroyed during World War II, but this is a near-perfect replica built in 1995 at a cost of more than $6 million.
Replica or not, in 2007 the America’s Cup Management offered $500,000 for the America to be brought to Spain where the race was being held. The America was invited to San Francisco in the summer of 2013 to represent the history of this great race for Oracle Team USA’s defense of the 34th America’s Cup. Then, America was selected as the ambassador for the America’s Cup Tour, visiting sites along the West Coast in July and August 2015, and Mexico, the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts, and the Caribbean in 2016.
America currently is running whale watching and private charter trips from the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
SCHOONER CUP RECORD: (Coming Soon!)
2019 - RACING!
2018 - 5th in Group A
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