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Yacht club | New York Yacht Club |
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Nation | United States |
Class | 12-metre |
Sail no | US–17 |
Designer(s) | Philip Rhodes |
Builder | Luders Marine Construction Company |
Launched | 1958 |
Owner(s) | Henry D. Mercer syndicate |
Racing career | |
Skippers | Emil "Bus" Mosbacher, Jr. |
Notable victories | 1962 America's Cup |
America's Cup | 1962 |
Specifications | |
Displacement | 25.65 tons |
Length | 20.39 m (66.9 ft) (LOA) 13.86 m (45.5 ft) (LWL) |
Beam | 3.62 m (11.9 ft) |
Draft | 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in) |
Sail area | 165.6 m2 (1,783 sq ft) |
Weatherly (US 17) is a 12-metre racing yacht that was an unsuccessful defense candidate for the 1958 America's Cup and victorious defender in the 1962 America's Cup.