Vigilant (yacht)

Vigilant
Vigilant
Yacht club New York Yacht Club
Nation United States
Designer(s)Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company
LaunchedJune 14, 1893
Owner(s)Syndicate led by Charles Oliver Iselin
FateBroken up in 1910
Racing career
SkippersNathanael Greene Herreshoff
Notable victories1893 America's Cup
America's Cup1893
Specifications
TypeCenterboard sloop
Displacement138 tons
Length124.0 ft (37.8 m) (LOA)
86.19 ft (26.27 m) (LWL)[1]
Beam26.25 ft (8.00 m)[1]
Draft13.5 ft (4.1 m)[1]
Sail area11,272 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Ready for a great contest" (pdf). New York Times. 1893-10-05. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Vigilant". 32nd America's Cup. Retrieved 30 January 2012.