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Rainbow 35" Limited

Item:Rainbow 35
Dimensions:35" H x 4" W x 27" L
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Rainbow 35" Limited Description

    Overall dimensions: 35" H x 4" W x 27" L (1:41 scale)

    This newly designed, Limited Edition, museum-quality, scale replica Rainbow sailboat is offered exclusively by Handcrafted Model Ships. This sail boat includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 100 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original Rainbow sail boat, this Rainbow sailboat offers features not available by other sellers, and has many upgrades over all other sailboat models available.

    This is a pre assembled model. Models are shipped with the sails unassembled. All rigging, lines, and stays have brass hooks attached. They easily hook into eyelets on mast, boom, sprit, or deck. Pictured instructions with numbers on the hooks allow anyone to easily assemble this sailboat model in less than 4 minutes. This allows us to offer the model at a reasonable price. If assembled, the shipping cost alone would increase the cost by an additional $100

    -  Additional and higher-quality deck details
    -  Authentic cloth American flag  
    -  Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Rainbow sailboat
    -  Additional and higher-quality solid brass metal railings and cleats have been added
    -  Highest quality, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel
    -  Accurately detailed structures on the deck including windows
    -  A scale tied-down lifeboat on the stern of the deck, to mimic the actual Rainbow America's Cup sailboat
    -  The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original Rainbow America's Cup sailboat.  Look closely on the hull and you can see the individual planks and wood grain
    -  Highest-quality sails and additional rigging over all other models:  

    The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual Rainbow sailboat at the time it sailed.  We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer.  Also, additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual Rainbow sail boat.

    Our Columbia model sailboat is built with rare, high quality woods. Hand painted the actual colors of the Rainbow America's Cup sailboat. Rainbow America's Cup sailboat model has fabric sails with detailed stitching.


    To build this model ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual Rainbow yacht. Visit our Frequently Asked Questions or call with questions.


Rainbow 35" Limited History

    1934
    USA
    Yacht Club: New York Yacht Club
    Defender, winner of the 15th America's Cup in 1937, defeating Endeavour I by 4 wins to 2.
     
    Original owner: Syndicate with Harold S. Vanderbilt, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, William K. Vanderbilt, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, Gerard B. Lambert, Marshall Field, Edward S. Harkness, George F. Baker, Jr., Charles Hayden, George E. Roosevelt, W.G. McCullough, Joseph P. Day, Henry H. Rogers, Walter P. Chrysler, Ogden L. Mills, Alfred P. Sloane, Jr., Winthrop W. Aldrich.
     
    Keel sloop fitted with centerboard.
    Universal Rule
    Rating: J Class, 76.0. Sail number: J 5.
     
    Designer: W. Starling Burgess
    Tank test facilities: University of Michigan
     
    Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
     
    Sailmaker: Ratsey & Lapthorn, Wilson, New York.
     
    Launched: May 15th, 1934.
     
    First skipper: Harold "Mike" S. Vanderbilt.
    Boatswain: George H. Monsell.
    Mate: Harry Klevfe.
    Afterguard: William Starling Burgess, John Parkinson, C. Sherman Hoyt (relief helmsman), and Prof. Zenas Bliss, Frank C. Paine (spinnaker).
    Crew: 31
     
    Data:
     
    Construction -
     
    Type: Tobin bronze/Steel.
    Ballast keel: lead.
    Frames: steel.
    Planking: - under waterline, Tobin bronze - above waterline, steel.
    Deck: pitch pin.
    Mast: duralumin.
    Boom: wood.
    Spinnaker boom: wood.
     
    Dimensions -
     
    L.O.A.: 38.90 m.
    L.W.L.: 24.99 m.
    Beam: 6.40 m.
    Draft: 4.56 m.
    Displacement: 141 tons.
    Wetted surface: 192.5 m2.
    Sail Area: 700 m2.
    Mast height: 47.08 m.
    Boom: 20.19 m
     
    Year of building  
    Launched 15/05/193

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