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1966
Warwick Hood designs Dame Pattie for the 10 to 20 knot wind range. After tank testing the model at the University of Sydney basin, he draws a hull similar to Constellation, the 1964 defender: narrow midship sections, a pointed stem above the flotation with a 'u' section below. The overhangs are short and light. The counter flat and the bilge round.
The boat launches on August 22, 1966 and is christened Dame Pattie after the Australian Prime Minister's wife Dame Pattie Menzies.
At the same time, Sir Frank Packer launches a challenge for the 1967 America's Cup with his redesigned Gretel I (1962). Challenger selection trials are organised. It's an eventful series for Gretel I, which loses its mast in August, but the same fate befalls Dame Pattie on September 7.
1967
A seven race series is sailed off Sydney in January. The Dame wins six times, but loses one with another broken mast.
A second series is held in May. Gretel I is beaten three times and Dame Pattie is selected as the challenger for the 1967 America's Cup.
On arrival in Newport, the American 12-metre Nefertiti is chartered as the trial horse.
The America's Cup
September 12 to 18, 1967, off Newport, Rhode Island
Dame Pattie races against the American 12-metre Intrepid in the best of seven series.
Course
Olympic course - total distance: 24.3 nautical miles.
Start: buoy anchored seven miles, SSE (magnetic) towards the Brenton Reef Light Tower.
First leg: directly into the wind (windward leg).
Second and third legs: reaching across the wind
Fourth leg: to windward
Fifth leg: running downwind
Sixth and final leg: upwind to the finish.
Results
Intrepid beats Dame Pattie by four wins to nil
September 12, first race. Wind at start: NE, 18 knots. Wind at finish: NE, 15 knots. Intrepid beats Dame Pattie by five minutes and 58 seconds.
September 13, second race. Wind at start: NE, 7 knots. Wind at finish: NE, 11-14 knots. Intrepid beats Dame Pattie by three minutes and 36 seconds.
September 14, third race. Wind at start: NE by E, 12 knots. Wind at finish: NE ˝ E, 16 knots. Intrepid beat Dame Pattie by four minutes and 41 seconds.
September 18, fourth race. Wind at start: SW, 12 knots. Wind at finish: SW, 8 knots. Intrepid beats Dame Pattie by three minutes and 35 seconds.
Intrepid crushes Dame Pattie. The lack of domestic competition and a technology lag proves fatal for the Australian challenge. America has a better boat, a better skipper and a better crew.
1967 - 1970
The "America's Cup" Challenger Syndicate owns Dame Pattie. She sails as a trial horse for the Australian challenger candidate in 1969.
1970 - 1980
Dame Pattie is sold to G.W. O'Brien and re-named Endless Summer. Its homeport becomes Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. It is altered to an ocean racer under the IOR rule. An engine is fitted in 1972 and a second, newer one is installed in 1975.
1988
The boat is bought for charter. It is re-named Dame Pattie and has a cruising conversion. Paul Gartside, Sidney, British Colombia, Canada, oversees the refit at the Bent Jespersen shipyard in Sidney, British Colombia.
2005
Still sailing for charter, from Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada.
J.T.
Dame Pattie
1967
Sail number: KA 2
International 12-metre rule sloop
Australia
Yacht club: Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Sydney, Australia.
Unsuccessful challenger for the 1967 America's Cup
Owner: The "America's Cup" Challenger Syndicate Emil Christensen and a group of 15 commercial firms.
Designer: Warwick J. Hood
Tank test facilities: University of Sydney towing tank
Builder: William H. Barnet, Pty., Ltd., Memohon's Point, N.S. Wales, near Sydney, Australia
Sailmaker: Joe Pierce of Hood sails Australia & Bradford Cotton Mills Ltd.
Year of building: 1966
Launched: August 22, 1966.
Home port: Sydney, Australia
Skipper: Alexander S. "Jock" Sturrock
Afterguard: Norman G. Booth, Norman J. Wright as navigator
Crew: 11
Data
Construction
Construction: Wood
Sails: Weaved from the Australian version of Dacron, called 'KAdron'
Dimensions
Length overall (LOA): 19.85 m
Length waterline (LWL): 14.35 m
Beam: 3.71 m
Draft: 2.77 m
Sail area: 158.50 m2
Displacement: 28.250 tons
Mast height: 25 m
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Year of building
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1966 |
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Launched
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22/8/1966 |
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Edition 20(1967)
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Crew
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11 |
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Hull
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Wood |
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Mast
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Wood |
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L.O.A
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19.85 |
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L.W.L
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14.35 |
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Mast
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25 |
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Beam
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3.71 |
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Boom
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Sail Area
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Displacament
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28.25 |
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Draft
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2.77 |
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Rating
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12 Meter |
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Ballast
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