Columbia (1871 yacht)

Short description: Yacht

Columbia

Columbia, winner of the 1871 America's Cup, as it appeared in the 1890s.

Nation|  United States
Class| Yacht
Designer(s)| Joseph B. Van Deusen
Builder| J.B & J.D. Van Deusen
Launched| May 10, 1871
Owner(s)| Franklin Osgood
Fate| Declared lost 1923
Racing career
Skippers| Andrew J. Comstock
Notable victories| 1871 America's Cup (with Sappho)
America's Cup| 1871
Specifications
Type| Schooner
Displacement| 220 tons
Length| 112 ft (34 m) (LOA)
96.5 ft (29.4 m) (LWL)
Beam| 25.4 ft (7.7 m)
Draft| 5.9 ft (1.8 m)
Sail area| 10,225 sq ft (949.9 m2)
Crew| 14
Notes
Two tanks for 1400 gallons of water

Columbia was one of the two yachts to successfully defend the second America's Cup race in 1871 against English challenger Livonia.

## Contents

* 1 Design
* 2 Career
* 3 End of career
* 4 External links
* 5 References

## Design

Columbia was a wooden centerboard schooner designed and built in 1871 by J. B. Van Deusen in Chester, Pennsylvania for owner Franklin Osgood of the New York Yacht Club.[1] She was later purchased by Henry M. Flagler.[2]

## Career

Skippered by Andrew J. Comstock, Columbia won the first two 1871 best-of-seven races against Livonia. She was beaten by Livonia in the third race, in which Columbia, damaged from the second race, was skippered by Horatio Nelson "Nelse" Comstock. She was the first America's Cup defender to concede a win to the challenger. As Columbia was further damaged in this third race, she was unable to compete in the final races. The yacht Sappho substituted and won the America's Cup for the second time for the U.S.[3][4]

Comstock continued as master of the Columbia after the yacht was sold to New York actor Lester Wallack in 1872. Wallack updated the staterooms and cabins and enjoyed sailing the Columbia when he was not acting in New York.[5][6]

## End of career

Columbia ended her racing career in 1908, when she was dismasted and used as a houseboat in Brooklyn Harbor on the East River. Three years later she was rebuilt and sailed as a cruiser out of Newport News, VA. In 1920, Columbia was bought by a fisherman. She was declared lost in 1923.

## External links

* America's Cup

## References

1. ↑ "An Ocean Yacht". The Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): p. 8. 10 May 1871. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79050562/yacht-columbia/.
2. ↑ "HISTORY OF THE AMERICA'S CUP". americascup.com. https://www.americascup.com/en/history.
3. ↑ "COLUMBIA 1871". america-scoop.com. http://www.america-scoop.com/index.php/en/1871-2/columbia.
4. ↑ Kelley, James Douglas Jerrold (1884). American Yachts Their Clubs and Races. p. 277. https://books.google.com/books?id=MG3XnCstq1MC&dq="Columbia"+yacht+Deusen&pg=PA276. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
5. ↑ "Drama.". Every Saturday (Buffalo, New York): p. 10. 27 Jul 1878. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79214481/lester-wallack/.
6. ↑ "Changes Of Owner.". The Brooklyn Union (Brooklyn, New York): p. 2. 8 Apr 1872. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79215745/new-owner/.

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