Resolute (yacht)

Resolute
Resolute circa 1914
Yacht club New York Yacht Club
Nation United States
Designer(s)Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company
Launched1914
Owner(s)Henry Walters syndicate
E. Walter Clark (1925–)
Racing career
SkippersCharles Francis Adams III
Notable victories1914 defender trials
1920 America's Cup
America's Cup1920
Specifications
TypeMonohull
Displacement105.5 short tons (95.7 t)
Length106 ft (32 m) (LOA)
75 ft (23 m) (LWL)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Sail area8,650 sq ft (804 m2)[1]

Resolute was a yacht designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Henry Walters to contend the 1914 America's Cup.[2]

  1. ^ "Challenger and Defenders of the America's Cup". Scientific American: 622–623. June 5, 1920.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cup was invoked but never defined (see the help page).