Valencia - 26.04.2006
1901 - Columbia (II)
On September 5th, 1901, the new Herreshoff boat Constitution supposed to beat the 'old' Columbia (also a Herreshoff model) and go on to defend the America's Cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's second challenger Shamrock II. But Constitution had just been pushed aside by the selection committee of the NYYC. It would be Columbia that was given the honour of defending the 1901 Cup, for the second consecutive time, following its successful run in 1899. This had never happened before. Indeed, after its first victory in the Cup, one would have been forgiven for thinking that the story of Columbia would end there, as had been the case for each of its predecessors since 1870. Logically, it would have been used as a as a trial horse for its successor, and then be broken up for scrap. But skipper Charlie Barr had other ideas…
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