12 meter yacht intrepid

Sparkman & Stephens INTREPID

Sail Number: US-22

Type: 12 Metre (Third Rule)

Intrepid Specifications:

LOA: 64’0″ / 19.50m – LWL: 48’0″ / 14.63m – Beam: 12’3″ / 3.73m – Draft: 9’0” / 2.74m – Design Number: 1834 – Designer: Olin J. Stephens – Original Owner: Intrepid Syndicate, U.S.A. – Current Owner: John P. Curtain, Jr. (Intrepid Charters LLC) – Former name(s) Windancer Year Built: 1967 – Built By: Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, NY – Hull Material: Double-planked mahogany on white oak frames – Gross Displacement: 60,000 lbs / 27,215kg – Sail Area: 1,756 sq ft

Historical:

Designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built and launched by the Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, NY in 1967. Design number 1834 was S&S’s 6th 12 Metre, incorporating a revolutionizing innovative hull shape, first fin and skeg configuration with a trim tab. Adding to greater stability the crew and winches were moved below deck to facilitate a lower innovative bending boom, with the top portion of the mast was made out of titanium. She easily won the 1967 America’s Cup Races 4-0 against Dame Pattie.

For the 1970 Cup defense INTREPID was modified by Britton Chance. Her keel was redesigned and recast, she was given a longer waterline, a reduced wetted area and her weight increased. She became the second yacht (after Columbia 1899 and 1901) to successfully defend the America’s Cup twice, the first 12 metre to do so. Intrepid won the Caritas Cup (NYYC) in 1970 and the Chandler Hovey Gold Bowl (NYYC) in 1967 and 1970.

Redesigned yet again by Olin Stephens and his team at S&S, she was back again for a third time in 1974 under the command of Californian Gerry Driscoll. Intrepid came within one race of becoming the only three time America’s Cup Defender in history, losing the final race of the Defender trials to Ted Hood on the brand new Courageous.

Intrepid had many home ports from Miami, FL to Seattle, WA to Monaco, FRA where she was briefly owned by the L’Association Francaise pour La Coupe de l’Amerique (Marcel Bich) in 1979. From there she was returned to the US to Luskegon MI, renamed Windancer and was hired for charters on Lake Champlain. In 1993, Intrepid Sailing Inc. brought her to Seekonk, MA, she was run aground on the Nantucket breakwater in 1994.

Now owned by Intrepid Charters LLC (John P. Curtain, Jr.) she was completely rebuilt at Brewer’s Cove Haven Marina in Barrington, RI under the direction of Herb Marshall (American Eagle) and George Hill (Weatherly) of America’s Cup Charters. She had a new deck and deck beams, floor timbers, ring frames, bottom planking and ballast keel. She is actively sailed and raced in the Newport fleet.

Chartering Information: America’s Cup Charters

Content Credit: The Twelve Metre Class by Dyer Jones & Luigi Lang | America’s Cup Charters

Provenance. (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner: (1967-1971) – Intrepid Syndicate, U.S.A. Captain: Bus” Mosbacher (1967 America’s Cup Winner) Captain: Bill Ficker (1970 America’s Cup Winner) Owner: (1971-1972) – International Oceanographic Foundation, Miami Owner: (1972-1976) – George F. Jewett Captain: Gerry Driscoll (1974 Defender Trials) Owner: (1976-1978) – Robert H. Fendler, Seattle, WA Owner: (1978-1980) – Pierre G. Goemans, Monaco Owner: (1979) – Marcel Bich (AFCA) Owner: (1993-1996) – Intrepid Sailing Inc Owner: (1996) – John P. Curtin, Jr. (Intrepid Charters LLC)

Gaff-Rigged Ketch LEADER
John G. Alden MAYAN
Ernest Collins NORADA
L.F. Herreshoff “Quiet Tune”

l2 US 22 Intrepid

1967 & 1970 winner of the america's cup.

Year Built: 1967 Yacht Designer: Sparkman & Stephens Yacht Builder: Minneford Yacht Yard, City Island, NY Syndicate: N/A

Twice Winner of the America’s Cup, the incomparable 12 Meter Intrepid is close to the hearts of many sailors. 12 US 22 is one of the most famous racing yachts of all time.

Built of double planked mahogany on white oak frames, Intrepid marked a major breakthrough in Twelve Meter design, separating the rudder from the keel, including a “bustle” or “kicker”, and adding a trim tab. This unique underbody type, designed by the legendary Olin Stephens, was imitated on every subsequent Cup boat until Australia II , came out with her winged keel in 1983.

Skippered by “Bus” Mosbacher, she completely crushed the competition, including the unfortunate Australian challenger Dame Pattie , to win the Cup in 1967. After being revamped by Britton Chance in 1970, with Bill Ficker at the helm, Intrepid sailed to her second America’s Cup victory, defeating Gretel II .

Intrepid remained very competitive well into the era of the aluminum 12 Meter yachts. Redesigned yet again in 1974 by Olin Stephens and his team at Sparkman & Stephens, she competed for an unprecedented third time under the command of Californian Gerry Driscoll. Intrepid came within one race of becoming the only three time America’s Cup Defender in history, losing the final race of the Defender trials to Ted Hood on the brand new Courageous .

ACC proudly offers the incomparable Intrepid for charter out of Newport, RI – strong, fast and graceful she provides a lifetime of cherished memories for all who sail her,

Have questions?

This 12-Metre proved a breakthrough in design and Olin Stephens regards ‘Intrepid’ as his “most innovative twelve”.

She was the first to separate the rudder from the keel, include a ‘bustle’ or a ‘kicker’ and use a trim tab. The steering system involved two rudders in tandem, a deep one on the keel and a shallow one on the skeg. This was used to drive the boat to windward and enable a quicker turn when tacking. Stephens’ design also involved locating all the winches below deck allowing the ‘kicker’ to hold the boom down low which in turn reduced the “induced drag”.

The design was so successful that ‘Intrepid’ successfully defended the America’s Cup twice, in 1967 and 1970. By 1974 the newer and lighter Stephens design, ‘ Courageous ‘ took on the defenders role.

12-Metre World Championships, 2019

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