Model No. 1232: Unbuilt Cup Defender for William Ziegler

Model No. 1232


Model by: NGH
Made when: November 1886 (?)
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 40.1" (101.9cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 80' 3" (24.5m)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: America's Cup Contender
Hull Configuration: Keel&Centerboard
Model location: H.M.M. Workshop West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
0 built, modeled by NGH
#188603es [Unbuilt America's Cup Contender for William Ziegler] (1886)

Original text on model:
"70 footer not built 1886 Scale 1/2" " (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model identification:
"Probably newly identified model. Is this the 70-footer modelled for William Ziegler for the 1887 America's Cup? See model discussion. See also NGH design booklet entry for November 11, 1886 with detailed measurements." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. November 9, 2010.)

Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.


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