&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Jsjvigilant.jpg) Vigilant | |
| Yacht club |  New York Yacht Club |
|---|---|
| Nation |  United States |
| Designer(s) | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Launched | June 14, 1893 |
| Owner(s) | Syndicate led by Charles Oliver Iselin |
| Fate | Broken up in 1910 |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Nathanael Greene Herreshoff |
| Notable victories | 1893 America's Cup |
| America's Cup | 1893 |
| Specifications | |
| Type | Centerboard sloop |
| Displacement | 138 tons |
| Length | 124.0 ft (37.8 m) (LOA) 86.19 ft (26.27 m) (LWL)[1] |
| Beam | 26.25 ft (8.00 m)[1] |
| Draft | 13.5 ft (4.1 m)[1] |
| Sail area | 11,272 sq ft (1,047.2 m2)[2] 1,014.5 m2 (10,920 sq ft)[3] |
Vigilant was the victorious United States defender of the eighth America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger Valkyrie II. Vigilant was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built in 1893 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. She was Herreshoff's first victorious America's Cup defender design.
- ^ a b c Winfield M. Thompson; Thomas W. Lawson (September 1986). The Lawson history of the America's Cup: a record of fifty years. Sheridan House, Inc. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-907069-40-9. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Ready for a great contest" (pdf). New York Times. 1893-10-05. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Vigilant". 32nd America's Cup. Retrieved 30 January 2012.