 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2024) |
Defender  USA | |
|---|---|
| Defender club: |  New York Yacht Club |
| Yacht: | Mayflower |
Challenger  Great Britain | |
| Challenger club: | Royal Northern Yacht Club |
| Yacht: | Galatea |
| Competition | |
| Location: | New York City |
| Dates: | 7-11 September 1886 |
| Rule: | NYYC 85ft |
| Winner: |  New York Yacht Club |
| Score: | 2 0 |
← 1885 1887 → | |
The 1886 America's Cup was the 7th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. It was contested as a three-match-race series in New York City, New York, United States between Mayflower owned by Gen. Charles Paine, representing the defender, the New York Yacht Club; and Galatea owned by Lieut. & Mrs. William Henn, representing the Royal Northern Yacht Club. It was the first time a Scottish club challenged the America's Cup.
At the conclusion of the races of Puritan and Genesta, the NYYC took up the challenge of Lieut. Henn of the Galatea, a meeting held October 22, 1885, definitely accepted it, fixing the races for the following year. The conditions arranged for the races were similar to those in the series of the previous year. The course chosen for the first race was the regular one of the NYYC starting from buoy 18, New York harbour, and the same as the one sailed over by the Puritan and Genesta in the "inside" race of 1885.[1]
Henn and his cutter remained in this country until after the races with the Thistle the following year, 1887, and made many friends here.
- ^ Yves, Gary. "THE RACES OF 1886". Retrieved 24 October 2024.