Launch Of "Weetamoe": A photograph from the Edwin Levick Collection
HMCo #1147s Weetamoe
WEETAMOE: SPECIFICATIONS AND LINES
WEETAMOE: SPECIFICATIONS AND LINES
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J BOAT WEETAMOE HULL REFINISH & COLOR SAND RC SAILBOAT J CLASS PART 2
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Weetamoe
Weetamoe was a 1930 yacht of the J Class built as a contender for the New York Yacht Club's defence of the 1930 America's Cup.She was ordered by a syndicate headed by Junius Morgan, designed by Clinton Hoadley Crane, [4] and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [4] Weetamoe was unsuccessful in her bid to become the Cup defender, an honor that went to Enterprise.
America's Cup Defenders 'Weetamoe' and ...
As the defending yachts prepared for the 1934 America's Cup, Weetamoe competed against Vanitie in a series of races along the New England coast. On July 9, 1932, the last leg of the series ran from Rockport to Marblehead. Weetamoe beat Vanitie by 14 minutes to break a tie and capture the series win. Weetamoe was designed by Clinton Crane and ...
J Class (yacht)
J Class yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs. The J Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in 1903 and rates double-masted racers (classes A through H) and single-masted racers (classes I through S). From 1914 to 1937, the rule was used to determine eligibility for ...
THE WEETAMOE'S STORY
THE WEETAMOE'S STORY. In answer to Lipton's challenge of 1929 the Americans designed four J-Class yachts as possible defenders. Enterprise, Whirlwind, Yankee and Weetamoe were launched within a month of each other; Weetamoe and Enterprise from the Herreshoff yard and Yankee and Whirlwind from Lawley & Son's yard in Bristol.
1930
1930 was no different. In response to Lipton's challenge of 1929 the Americans designed and built four J-Class yachts as possible defenders. Enterprise, Whirlwind, Yankee and Weetamoe were launched within a month of each other; Weetamoe and Enterprise from the Herreshoff yard and Yankee and Whirlwind from Lawley & Son's yard in Bristol.
WEETAMOE: SPECIFICATIONS AND LINES
Specifications and lines of Weetamoe, one of four J-Class designed for the defense of the America's Cup in 1930. Weetamoe was designed by Clinton Crane for syndicate headed by George Nichols and Junius S. Morgan. ... so Weetamoe may be looked upon an excellent example of a yacht to the "J" class rule, for even when the rule calling for ...
WEETAMOE and ENTERPRISE, America's Cup, 1930
This scene is set on Long Island Sound between June 11th and June 17,th1930. These four new J Class yachts were built to defend the 1930 America's Cup Race, racing together for the first time along with the 1919 America's Cup defender Resolute and her close rival Vanitie.Both Vanitie and Resolute had been converted to race with the new contenders as 'trial horses.'
Britannia Rules the Waves and America Waives the Rules
New class rules had come into effect in the J-Class which eliminated below-deck winches and demanded certain standards of accommodation but alongside the commissioning of the new Rainbow, the Morgan family's yacht Weetamoe and the heavily modified Yankee, that was shortened and slimmed around the mid-point in a remarkable Herreshoff ...
Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné
"The closing of a contract last week to construct a second yacht for the trial graces to determine the selection of a boat to defend the America's cup in the races against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V, off Newport, in September, 1930, gives assurance of busy times at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company's plant here during this fall and the coming winter and spring.
Weetamoe
Actual: Model : Overall Length: 125.5 ft. 94.1 in. Waterline Length: 83 ft. 62.25 in. Beam: 20.3 ft. 15.23 in. Draft* 15 ft. 11.25 in. Mast Above Deck: 153 ft. 114.75 in.
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Weetamoe was a 1930 yacht of the J Class built as a contender for the New York Yacht Club's defence of the 1930 America's Cup.She was ordered by a syndicate headed by Junius Morgan, designed by Clinton Hoadley Crane, [4] and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [4] Weetamoe was unsuccessful in her bid to become the Cup defender, an honor that went to Enterprise.
As the defending yachts prepared for the 1934 America's Cup, Weetamoe competed against Vanitie in a series of races along the New England coast. On July 9, 1932, the last leg of the series ran from Rockport to Marblehead. Weetamoe beat Vanitie by 14 minutes to break a tie and capture the series win. Weetamoe was designed by Clinton Crane and ...
J Class yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs. The J Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in 1903 and rates double-masted racers (classes A through H) and single-masted racers (classes I through S). From 1914 to 1937, the rule was used to determine eligibility for ...
THE WEETAMOE'S STORY. In answer to Lipton's challenge of 1929 the Americans designed four J-Class yachts as possible defenders. Enterprise, Whirlwind, Yankee and Weetamoe were launched within a month of each other; Weetamoe and Enterprise from the Herreshoff yard and Yankee and Whirlwind from Lawley & Son's yard in Bristol.
1930 was no different. In response to Lipton's challenge of 1929 the Americans designed and built four J-Class yachts as possible defenders. Enterprise, Whirlwind, Yankee and Weetamoe were launched within a month of each other; Weetamoe and Enterprise from the Herreshoff yard and Yankee and Whirlwind from Lawley & Son's yard in Bristol.
Specifications and lines of Weetamoe, one of four J-Class designed for the defense of the America's Cup in 1930. Weetamoe was designed by Clinton Crane for syndicate headed by George Nichols and Junius S. Morgan. ... so Weetamoe may be looked upon an excellent example of a yacht to the "J" class rule, for even when the rule calling for ...
This scene is set on Long Island Sound between June 11th and June 17,th1930. These four new J Class yachts were built to defend the 1930 America's Cup Race, racing together for the first time along with the 1919 America's Cup defender Resolute and her close rival Vanitie.Both Vanitie and Resolute had been converted to race with the new contenders as 'trial horses.'
New class rules had come into effect in the J-Class which eliminated below-deck winches and demanded certain standards of accommodation but alongside the commissioning of the new Rainbow, the Morgan family's yacht Weetamoe and the heavily modified Yankee, that was shortened and slimmed around the mid-point in a remarkable Herreshoff ...
"The closing of a contract last week to construct a second yacht for the trial graces to determine the selection of a boat to defend the America's cup in the races against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V, off Newport, in September, 1930, gives assurance of busy times at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company's plant here during this fall and the coming winter and spring.
Actual: Model : Overall Length: 125.5 ft. 94.1 in. Waterline Length: 83 ft. 62.25 in. Beam: 20.3 ft. 15.23 in. Draft* 15 ft. 11.25 in. Mast Above Deck: 153 ft. 114.75 in.