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1887
Volunteer was the third and last defender designed by Edward Burgess. It won all the races sailed before the America's Cup. The selection trials were held in September. Two races were scheduled, but due to lack of wind, only one was sailed, on September 1887. Volunteer met Mayflower (1886), owned by E.D. Morgan. It easily beat the 'old' defender…
America's Cup races: September 27 to 30, 1887, New York
Best two out of three races.
Thistle vs. Volunteer
Alternating Inside & Outside Course as follows: 20 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship and return
Races: two sailed.
Results:
Volunteer beat Thistle by two wins to nil.
- September 27, 1st race, 32.6 miles, Inside Course: Volunteer beat Thistle by 19 minutes 23 sec in corrected time.
- September 30, 2nd race, 40 miles, Outside Course: Volunteer beat Thistle by 11 minutes 48 sec in corrected time.
Soon after the Cup races, the Eastern YC Commodore, J. Malcolm Forbes, bought Volunteer. He already owned Puritan (1885).
1891
Volunteer was altered as a schooner.
1906
Henry Forbes becomes the new owner of Volunteer.
1909
Spring 1909, Charlie Barr, threetime America's Cup winning skipper, buys Volunteer.
1910
Charlie Barr sails Volunteer to New York, to the junkyard where it is broken up…
VOLUNTEER
1887
USA
Yacht Club: New York Yacht Club, New York, USA
Victorious defender of the seventh America's Cup
Owner: General Charles J. Paine.
Centerboard compromise sloop
Designer: Edward 'Ned' Burgess
Builder: Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Built in 66 days.
Mast and rig: George Lawley and son, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Launched: June 30th, 1887
Skipper: Captain Hank Haff assisted by Captains Terry, Berry and L. Jeffreys.
Afterguard: General Charles J. Paine, Edward Burgess, George H. Richards, Dr. Henry Bryant, Joseph S. Fay and Captain Joseph Ellsworth.
Data:
Construction -
Steel.
Frames: Steel
Hull: Steel
Deck: Flush, white pine
Dimensions -
L.O.A.: 32.91 m
L.W.L.: 26.10 m
Beam: 7.06 m
Draft: 3.04 m; 6.70 m (with centerboard)
Displacement: 130 tons
Ballast: 55 tons.
Sail area: 834.40 m2
Rating: 89.10
Mast: 22.50 m
Boom: 25.60 m
Bowsprit: out 11.58 m
Topmast: 14.63 m
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Year of building
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1887 |
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Launched
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30/6/1887 |
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Edition 7(1887)
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Crew
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Hull
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Steel |
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Mast
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Steel |
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L.O.A
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32.91 |
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L.W.L
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26.1 |
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Mast
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25.6 |
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Beam
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7.06 |
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Boom
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25.6 |
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Sail Area
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Displacament
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130 |
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Draft
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6.7 |
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Rating
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Ballast
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55 |
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