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Mayflower (yacht)

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Mayflower
Mayflower
Yacht club New York Yacht Club
Nation USA
Designer(s)Edward Burgess
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son
Launched1886
Owner(s)Charles Jackson Paine
Racing career
SkippersMartin V.B. Stone
Notable victories
America's Cup1886
Specifications
Displacement110 tons
Length30.55 m (100.2 ft) (LOA)
26.06 m (85.5 ft) (LWL)
Beam7.19 m (23.6 ft)
Draft3.00 m (9.84 ft)(centerboard up)
6.10 m (20.0 ft)(centerboard down)
Sail area774 m2 (8,330 sq ft)

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

Design

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Uncle John McManus Dead". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 12 Oct 1893. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Mayflower Sold to a Long Islander". Times Union. Brooklyn, New York. 3 Apr 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Guy H. Scull, Harvard Treasure Huner, Succeeds Baker's Secretary". The Sun. New York, New York. 17 Dec 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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