1958 America's Cup

17th America's Cup

Photograph of Columbia on the right overtaking two other yachts.

Columbia (right) in 2011
Defender  United States
Defender club: New York Yacht Club New York Yacht Club burgee
Yacht: Columbia
Challenger  United Kingdom
Challenger club: Royal Yacht Squadron Royal Yacht Squadron burgee
Yacht: Sceptre
Competition
Location: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Dates: 20–26 September 1958
Rule: 12-metre
Winner: New York Yacht Club
Score: 4–0

The 1958 America's Cup marked the first Cup match sailed in 12-metre class yachts. With twenty years having gone by since the last Cup match in 1937 the New York Yacht Club looked for a cheaper alternative to the J-class yachts in order to restart interest in the Cup. In 1956 Henry Sears[1] led an effort to replace the J-class yachts with 12-metre class yachts. The Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain agreed to challenge with a new yacht, Sceptre. The New York Yacht Club defended with their new 12-meter yacht, Columbia, winning the Cup four races to none.

Defender Series

Four yachts competed in a summer long regatta to determine which yacht the NYYC would name as defender in the match. Competing were Columbia (US-16), Weatherly (US-17), Easterner (US-18), and the Olin Stephens designed Vim (US-15) from 1939. Columbia, the new Olin Stephens boat, was chosen as defender after a very close set of races only beating the 19-year-old Vim by 12 seconds in the final selection race.

The Races

Date Course Winner Loser Winning
Time		 Delta Score Winner's Velocity
on Course
September 20, 1958 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi), windward leewarda Columbia Sceptre 5:13:56 7:45 1-0 4.59
September 24, 1958 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi), triangularb Columbia Sceptre 3:17:42 11:42 2-0 7.28
September 25, 1958 24 nmi, windward leeward Columbia Sceptre 3:09:07 8:20 3-0 7.61
September 26, 1958 24 nmi, triangular Columbia Sceptre 3:04:22 7:05 4-0 7.81
^a Each leg 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi); twice around the course

^b Each leg 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi); first leg upwind.

References

  1. ↑ "America's Cup Hall of Fame : Henry Sears, 1995 Inductee". Retrieved 2012-04-26.

External links

America's Cup Competitions

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