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Yacht club | Royal Northern Yacht Club |
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Nation | United Kingdom |
Designer(s) | John Beavor-Webb |
Launched | May 1885 |
Owner(s) | Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. |
Fate | Sold for scrap January 1912 |
Racing career | |
America's Cup | 1886 |
Specifications | |
Length | 31.22 m (102.4 ft) (LOA) 26.45 m (86.8 ft) (LWL) |
Beam | 4.57 m (15.0 ft) |
Draft | 4.16 m (13.6 ft) |
Sail area | 675.45 m2 (7,270.5 sq ft) |
Galatea was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the sixth America's Cup race in 1886 against American defender Mayflower.