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Now! The Most Beautiful of Our Half Hulls
NEW HALF HULL FAMOUS AMERICA'S CUP DEFENDER "RELIANCE" |
Copyright 2006, by Land and Sea Collection, All Rights Reserved
Presented is our NEW launching of a half hull is of the famous America's Cup Defender RELIANCE, the largest single masted vessel to ever sail in this competition. It is built to the same high standards of our full hull models. Endeavour is constructed from scratch by skilled craftsmen, and is true to the original's construction with each plank laid one at a time from scratch. The model is faithful to the original in all details. At each step along the way, all operations are painstakingly done by hand including a finely finished painted white enamel hull with seven coats of hand rubbed paint. The bottom is in gold. It's finely finished form and expensive solid Mahogany backboard makes it a treasured addition to any collection or décor.
In addition to this half hull of the RELIANCE, we offer Enterprise, Shamrock V, Rainbow, Ranger in the J Class, and the Herreshoff 12.5 Doughdish, and Schooner Bluenose, and our NEW Crosby Cape Cod Cat in this series
Don't forget that we are the source for full hull models of the Schooners Adventuress, Atlantic, America, two sizes of Bluenose, the NEW Gertrude L. Thebaud, and Wawona, a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, the much admired Herreshoff 12.5, a Friendship sloop, and S&S's Dorade and Odyssey. The Marshall Sanderling and Beetle catboats, a Classic 1920-30 motor yacht and 1926 raised deck cabin cruiser, the Garwood Speedster, and Chris Craft Barrel Back and Utility. Please inquire or tell us which ones you'd like to see at auction.
Now, you can have a professionally hand crafted, high quality half full model of the "RELIANCE", for a fraction of what other half hull models cost. Compare at up to $450.00.
This Half Hull is mounted on a solid Mahogany board for a traditional presentation.
| All our half hulls are built to the same high standards of our full models. They are constructed from scratch by skilled craftsmen. Plank on frame is true to the original's construction in all details. At each step along the way, all operations are painstakingly done by hand including a finely finished hull in paint and varnish. It's detailing and intricate construction has set a new standard for a quality reproduction at a very reasonable price.
OUR GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION: If not completely satisfied with your purchase it may be returned, if without damage, within three days of receipt in its original packaging. Return items must be insured for their full value. A prior email authorization by us for the return is required. Unfortunately, no refund can be made for the cost of shipping, packaging and handling unless we are at fault.
Approximate Specifications:
Length: 27 in
Draft: 4 1/2 in
Beam: 2 1/2 in
Of Mahogany Backboard: 30 1/4 x 7 3/8 in Weight: 4 lbs
HULL COLOR: Whie enamel with gold bottom paint.
Shipping and Handling: Flat Rate Shipping to 48 contiguous States: $18.00 |
This half hull model was made from scratch and took hundreds of hours to build!!! It was from scratch by hand one plank at a time. As you can see from the pictures above, this model took tremendous skill, is highly detailed and finished in eight coats of glistening hand rubbed enamel.
PARTIAL HISTORY OF RELIANCE:
Cutter L/B/D: 144 × 25.8 × 19.6 feet. Tons: 189 disp Hull: bronze plate on steel frames. Designer, Nathaniel G. Herreshoff Built: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R.I.; 1903.
The largest single-masted vessel ever built, Captain Nat Herreshoff's fourth America's Cup defender, Reliance, was one of the earliest examples of a racing machine. Built for a syndicate headed by New York Yacht Club Commodore C. Oliver Iselin, below deck Reliance was an open, unfinished hull with exposed frames. She was the first America's Cup racer to employ winches below deck, giving her a decided advantage over the challenger, Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock III, which relied on unassisted manpower. Above all it was her massive sail plan that caught the eye. Reliance had a sparred length of 201 feet 6 inches from the tip of the bowsprit to the after end of the boom, her topmast towered 199 feet 6 inches above the waterline, and her spinnaker pole was 83 feet 9 inches long. Her 17,730 square feet of sail—equivalent to that of about eight 12-meter yachts—drove Reliance at speeds reaching 17.5 knots on her maiden voyage, faster than most of the steam yachts that sailed out to watch her.
Under the redoubtable Captain Charlie Barr, in the trial races Reliance easily defeated Columbia, which had defended the Cup against Lipton's Shamrock in 1899 and Shamrock II in 1901. In the first race against Lipton's third challenger, the William Fife-designed Shamrock III, in August 1903, Reliance sailed the thirty-mile course in 3 hours, 32 minutes, 17 seconds, winning with a margin of 7 minutes, 3 seconds. Lipton closed the gap in the second race, losing by only 1 minute, 18 seconds, against Reliance's time of 3 hours, 14 minutes, 54 seconds. The third race was sailed in light airs and neither boat finished within the allotted time.
Reliance finished her first and only season undefeated, for the next year she was broken up. By this point, the "90-footer" America's Cup boats—so called for their waterline length—were so extreme, costly, and even dangerous that Herreshoff was asked to devise a new rating rule. The Universal Rule was first employed in the next America's Cup challenge, held between Resolute and Shamrock IV in 1920. So entered the J Class Era.
From: Herreshoff, H. C., "A History of America's Cup Yacht Racing." Herreshoff, L. F., Captain Nat Herreshoff.
50 x 50 inch full Model available
OUR AMERICA'S CUP J CLASS HALF HULL COLLECTION
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| Enterprise, 1930 |
120ft 9in |
80ft |
23ft |
14ft 6in |
128 tons |
USA |
| Shamrock V, 1930 |
119ft 1in |
81ft 1in |
20ft |
14ft 9in |
134 tons |
UK |
| Endeavour, 1934 |
129ft 6in |
83ft 6in |
22ft |
14ft 9in |
143 tons |
UK |
| Rainbow, 1934 |
127ft 6in |
82ft |
21ft |
15ft |
141 tons |
USA |
| Ranger, 1937 |
135ft |
87ft |
21ft |
15ft |
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USA |
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Buy this unique half hull model now! What a great gift for a person who has everything! What a perfect accessory to your home or office! What a great conversation piece!
INTERNATIONAL Buyers WELCOME, but contact us first. We have customers in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Nova Scotia, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, USVI and the Eastern Caribbean.
THE FINE PRINT: We take extra special care in shipping by FedEx Ground double boxing our models when necessary and additionally require they be insured for your protection and ours. Shipping may be an additional charge to the buyer, but we bill it honestly covering only our out-of-pocket expenses.
We expect to hear from the buyer within 3 days and receive payment no later than 5 days. The preferred method is by PayPal. However, we take VISA, MASTERCARD. We ship worldwide, but request that international customers contact us before buying. |
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