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| The First Race... |
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| 1851 |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
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| THE WINNER |
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| Name : |
America |
| Year : |
1851 |
| LOA : |
94ft |
| LWL : |
82ft |
| Beam : |
22ft 6in |
| Draught : |
11ft |
| Displacement : |
171 tons |
| Sail Area : |
5,263 sq ft |
| Bowsprit : |
32ft (17ft outboard) |
| Mainmast : |
81 ft. (with a rake of 23/4 in. to the foot in each mast) |
| Foremast : |
79ft 6in |
| Ballast : |
21 tons of iron |
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| Yacht Club : |
New York Yacht Club |
| Commodore |
John Cox Stevens |
| Home Port : |
New York, New York, USA |
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| Owners : |
John Cox Stevens, C.A.Stevens, H. Wilkes and J. B. Finlay |
| Skipper : |
Richard C. Brown |
| Crew : |
13 Crew: 7 seamen before the mast, 2 mates, cook, steward, boy and master |
| Designer : |
George Steers |
| Builder : |
William H. Brown Shipyard |
| Built In : |
East River, New York, New York, USA |
| Built : |
A replica of America was built by Goudy & Stevens Shipyard, East Boothbay, Me |
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| THE CHALLENGER |
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| The Fleet : |
Beatrice (Sir W. P. Carew)
Volante (J. L. Craigie)
Arrow (T. Chamberlayne)
Wyvern (The Duke of Marlborough)
Constance (The Marquis of Conyngham)
Gipsy Queen (Sir H. B. Hoghton)
Alarm (Mr S. Weld)
Mona (Lord Alfred Paget)
Brilliant (G. H. Ackers)
Bacchante (B. H. Jones)
Freak (W. Curling)
Eclipse (F. S. Fearon)
Aurora (T. Le Marchant) |
| Finish : |
(1) America -- 8.30 p.m. Aug. 22
(2) Aurora -- 8.58 p.m. Aug. 22
(3) Bacchante -- 9.30 p.m. Aug. 22
(4) Eclipse -- 9.45 p.m. Aug. 22
(5) Brilliant -- 1.20 a.m. Aug. 23 |
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| Yacht Club : |
Royal Yacht Squadron |
| Home Port : |
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England |
| Commodore |
Earl of Wilton |
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| AMERICA (USA) def BRITISH ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON (ENG) |
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Originally known as the 100 Guinea Cup, the America's Cup became the namesake of New York Yacht Club's rakish schooner America, led by NY Yacht Club Commodore John Cox Stevens, which won the trophy after defeating 14 British yachts in the All Nation's Race at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on August 22, 1851. The race was held in conjunction with Great London Exhibition of 1851, which paid tribute to the technological achievements of the time.
On July, 1857, to encourage “friendly competition
among foreign countries,” George L. Schuyler, the sole surviving owner of the America
syndicate, assigned the America's Cup to New York Yacht Club through a Deed of Gift. New York YC subsequently
announced it would accept challenges for the America's Cup from any organized yacht club
of a foreign nation. America's Cup was born.
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