Mayflower (yacht)

Mayflower

Mayflower

Nation|  USA
Designer(s)| Edward Burgess
Builder| George Lawley & Son
Launched| 1886
Owner(s)| Charles Jackson Paine
Racing career
Skippers| Martin V.B. Stone
Notable victories|

* 1886 defender trials
* 1886 America's Cup

America's Cup| 1886
Specifications
Displacement| 110 tons
Length| 30.55 m (100.2 ft) (LOA)
26.06 m (85.5 ft) (LWL)
Beam| 7.19 m (23.6 ft)
Draft| 3.00 m (9.84 ft)(centerboard up)
6.10 m (20.0 ft)(centerboard down)
Sail area| 774 m2 (8,330 sq ft)

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

## Contents

* 1 Design
* 2 Career
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. ↑ 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. ↑ "Uncle John McManus Dead". Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts): p. 10. 12 Oct 1893. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430704723/?terms=John Herbert McManus&match=1.
3. ↑ "The Mayflower Sold to a Long Islander.". Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): p. 5. 3 Apr 1889. https://www.newspapers.com/image/555846227/?terms=Underhill Mayflower&match=1.
4. ↑ "Guy H. Scull, Harvard Treasure Huner, Succeeds Baker's Secretary.". The Sun (New York, New York): p. 3. 17 Dec 1908. https://www.newspapers.com/image/64196269/?terms=Mayflower "Guy H. Scull"&match=1.

## 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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