Mayflower
Mayflower
Yacht club New York Yacht Club
Nation USA
Designer(s)Edward Burgess
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son
Launched1886
Owner(s)Charles Jackson Paine
Racing career
SkippersMartin V.B. Stone
Notable victories
America's Cup1886
Specifications
Displacement110 tons
Length30.55 m (100.2 ft) (LOA)
26.06 m (85.5 ft) (LWL)
Beam7.19 m (23.6 ft)
Draft3.00 m (9.84 ft)(centerboard up)
6.10 m (20.0 ft)(centerboard down)
Sail area774 m2 (8,330 sq ft)

Mayflower was the victorious U.S. defender of the sixth America's Cup in 1886 against Scottish challenger Galatea.

Design

The sloop Mayflower was the second America's Cup defender designed by Edward "Ned" Burgess, built by George Lawley & Son and launched in 1886 for owner General Charles J. Paine of Boston. It was built entirely of wood: oak and hard pine. She was skippered by Martin V. B. Stone.[1]: p129  Her sails were made by John H. McManus of McManus & Son.[2]

Career

Mayflower

In the trials, Mayflower defeated the yachts Puritan (Burgess' first victorious Cup defender), Priscilla, and Atlantic, and was subsequently selected to defend the 1886 Cup.[1]: p122 

By 1889 the Mayflower was purchased by F. Townsend Underhill, who had it altered to become a schooner.[3] In 1905 Lady Eva Barker bought the vessel and outfitted it with an engine. She chartered it to adventurer Guy Hamilton Scull in 1908 on an expedition seeking the treasure of a sunk Spanish galleon off Jamaica. The Mayflower was sunk itself off Cuba in a hurricane during this expedition, and the crew was rescued by passing steamers.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Dunne, W. M. P.; Patrick, William Matthew (1934). Thomas F. McManus and the American fishing schooners: an Irish-American success story. Mystic, Conn., Mystic Seaport Museum.
  2. ^ "Uncle John McManus Dead". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 12 Oct 1893. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Mayflower Sold to a Long Islander". Times Union. Brooklyn, New York. 3 Apr 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Guy H. Scull, Harvard Treasure Huner, Succeeds Baker's Secretary". The Sun. New York, New York. 17 Dec 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.

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