History
1914
Resolute was the last of the six successful
defenders designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. It was the smallest and the most
discreet-looking of all the boats built for the 1914 America's Cup. Captain Nat had
designed a minimalist yacht that would be owed time by her competitors in the corrected
time game.
April 25th: Resolute was christened by Grace Vanderbilt and launched.
Selected as Cup defender after selection trials against Vanitie and Defiance.
August 12th: the America's Cup was delayed due to World War I where Great Britain was fighting Germany…
1920
The selection trials for the defense of the America's
Cup were re-sailed between Resolute and Vanitie. Resolute was
selected after hard races against Vanitie…
July 12th and 13th: After measurement, Shamrock IV had to give the NYYC defender designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Resolute, 7 minutes 1 seconds or 7 minutes 15 seconds or 6 minutes and 40 seconds, depending on the rig configuration used on the 30-mile course.
America's Cup:
Sailed between 15th to 27th July, at New York.
Best three out of five races.
Resolute vs. Shamrock IV
Alternating courses:
- 15 miles to windward off Ambrose Channel Lightship
and return (30 miles in all)
- Equilateral triangle - distance 30 miles off
Channel Lightship
Races: five sailed.
Results:
Resolute beat Shamrock IV by three wins to two!
- July 15, 1st race, 30 miles, Windward-Leeward Course: Shamrock IV beat
Resolute. Resolute did not finished, disabled.
- July 20, 2nd
race, 30 miles, Triangular Course: Shamrock IV beat
Resolute by 02 minute 26 sec in
corrected time.
- July 21, 3rd race, 40 miles, Windward-Leeward Course: Resolute
beat Shamrock IV by 7 minutes 01 sec, corrected time.
- July 23,
4th race, 30 miles, Triangular Course: Resolute beat Shamrock IV
by 9 minutes 58 sec, corrected time.
- July 27, 5th race, 40 miles, Windward-Leeward
Course: Resolute beat Shamrock IV by 19 minutes 45 sec, corrected
time.
On 15th July, Resolute had to withdraw after breaking the mainsail halyard…
September 1920: Resolute was dry-docked at the Herreshoff yard at Bristol
1925
Resolute was sold to E. Walter Clark
a Philadelphia banker and director of a railroad company and NYYC member.
1926
Nat Herreshoff 77 converted Resolute as
a schooner. Walter Clark raced it against Vanitie also converted as a schooner.
1929
June: Resolute was fitted (as was Vanitie)
with a one piece hollow wood mast, the largest triangular mainsail and the biggest
Genoa ever seen on a boat of this size, following directions from Nat Herreshoff,
now 80-years old.
1930
With Vanitie, Resolute was selected
to sail as a trial horse for the 1930 America's Cup defense candidates. It was measured
as a J Class, but was not allowed to race the Cup, as it had not been built following
the A1 Lloyd's rules.
1931
Resolute was stored at Herreshoff shipyard
at Bristol by its owner, E. Walter Clark.
1938
On September 21, 1938, Resolute was partially
destroyed by a hurricane. Walter Clark decided to sell the wreck.
1939
The wreck of Resolute was sold piece
by piece for scrap.
Source:www.americascup.com 7/2/2007
Boat
Cup(s) Sailed: 1920 (won)
Crew: 27 Scandinavians
Owners: Henry Walter, J.Pierpont Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt
Year Built: 1913 - 1914
Launched: April 25, 1914
Type: Keel Sloop, fitted with a centerboard
Designer: Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Construction
Frames: Steel
Planking Top: Steel — Supplied by Lukens
Planking Bottom: Tobin Bronze
Deck: Wood covered with canvas
Mast: Steel
Boom: Steel
Spinnaker Pole: Wood
Keel Ballast: Lead
Dimensions
Length Overall: 106.6 ft. / 32.5 m
Length Waterline: 75.5 ft. / 23.01 m
Beam: 21.1 ft. / 6.42m
Draft: 13.8 ft. / 4.21 m
Draft with Keel Lowered: 20.9 ft. / 6.37 m
Displacement: 105.8 tons
Tonnage: 99.0 tons
Sail Area: 2,674.9 sq. ft. / 815.22 sq. m
Mast: 130.4 ft. / 39.75 m
Boom: 76.6 ft. / 23.36 m
Bowsprit: 12.2 ft. / 3.73 m
Top Mast: N/A
Source:www.americascup.com 5/2/2007
