Puritan (Yacht)

	The yacht Puritan, photographed by John S. Johnston.
Nation	United States
Builder	George Lawley & Son
Launched	May 26, 1885
Owner(s)	John Malcolm Forbes
Racing career
Skippers	John Malcolm Forbes
Notable victories	1885 America's Cup
America's Cup	1885
Specifications
Displacement	105-tons Thames Measurement
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.65 m) (LOA); 81 ft 1.5 in (24.727 m) (LWL)
Beam	22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Draft	8 ft 8 in (2.64 m)
Sail area	7,982 sq ft (741.6 m2)

The Puritan was a 19th-century racing yacht and the 1885 America's Cup defender of the international sailing trophy.

Construction and service

Designed by Edward Burgess, she was built at the George Lawley & Son yard in South Boston, Massachusetts and launched May 26, 1885. For sails, Burgess chose the Irish-born sailmaker John H. McManus of McManus & Son, of Boston. The sails were of Plymouth duck.^[1]^:p121^[2]

Puritan as photographed by John S. Johnston.

The Puritan was an early combination of American and English designs with some of the depth of a cutter but beam and power of a sloop. It was built and skippered by John Malcolm Forbes.^[1]

She defeated the New York Yacht Club's Priscilla then went on to defend the America's Cup against the British yacht Genesta, a traditional cutter. Immediately following the contest, they began work on an improved version which would be called the Mayflower.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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. https://archive.org/details/thomasmcmanusame00wmdu/page/118/mode/1up?q="John+H+McManus".
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lawson, Thomas W. (1902). "Chapter VII". The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Winfield M. Thompson Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-907069-40-9. https://archive.org/stream/lawsonhistoryofa00thomrich#page/97/mode/1up.

External links

America's Cup Official Website for the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia
1890s Yacht Photography of J.S. Johnston

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[McManus-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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. https://archive.org/details/thomasmcmanusame00wmdu/page/118/mode/1up?q="John+H+McManus".

[Cup-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Lawson, Thomas W. (1902). "Chapter VII". The Lawson History of the America's Cup. Winfield M. Thompson Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-907069-40-9. https://archive.org/stream/lawsonhistoryofa00thomrich#page/97/mode/1up.

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Racing career
The yacht Puritan, photographed by John S. Johnston.
Nation	United States
Builder	George Lawley & Son
Launched	May 26, 1885
Owner(s)	John Malcolm Forbes
Skippers	John Malcolm Forbes
Notable victories	1885 America's Cup
America's Cup	1885
Specifications
Displacement	105-tons Thames Measurement
Length	94 ft 0 in (28.65 m) (LOA) 81 ft 1.5 in (24.727 m) (LWL)
Beam	22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Draft	8 ft 8 in (2.64 m)
Sail area	7,982 sq ft (741.6 m²)