![]() Schooner Yacht Idler at the New York Yacht Club Regatta by James E. Buttersworth.
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History | |
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Name | Idler |
Namesake | John Parkinson Idler |
Owner |
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Operator | Edward Colby |
Builder |
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Launched | 1864 |
Out of service | July 7, 1900 |
Homeport | New York City |
Honors and awards | America’s Cup defense in 1870 |
Fate | Sank 1900 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Schooner |
Type | schooner-yacht |
Tonnage | 85 tonnage burden |
Length | 95 ft 7 in (29.13 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Sail plan | 1,934.6 sq ft (179.73 m2) sail area |
The Idler was a 19th-century schooner-yacht built in 1864 by Samuel Hartt Pook from Fairhaven, Connecticut, and owned by yachtsman Thomas C. Durant. She was one of the fastest yachts in the New York squadron. Idler came in 2nd place in the America’s Cup defense in 1870. She was sold as a racing yacht several times before she capsized and sank in 1900.