1903 America's Cup

September 2021 August 2013 12th America's Cup Reliance & Shamrock III.jpg 300 Black and white photograph of two racing yacht under full sail Reliance (left) and Shamrock III (right) before the race United States 1903 Burgee of the New York Yacht Club.svg New York Yacht Club Reliance United Kingdom civil Burgee of royal ulster yc.svg Royal Ulster Yacht Club Shamrock III New York City 40 40 N 74 02 W inline,title 1903 Seawanhaka New York Yacht Club 3–0 1901 12th 1920 The 1903 America's Cup was the 12th challenge for the Cup. It took place in the New York City harbor and consisted of a best of five series of races between Reliance, the fourth of Nathaniel Herreshoff's defenders for the cup, entered by the New York Yacht Club; and Shamrock III, representing the Royal Ulster Yacht Club and also the third of Sir Thomas Lipton's Cup challengers. Reliance won the first three races, defending the cup.Beginning (1870-1920) http://www.cupineurope.com/LatestNews/1870-1920-LN.htm Cup in Europe 11 August 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071029/https://www.cupineurope.com/LatestNews/1870-1920-LN.htm 4 March 2012 It was the last race for the America's Cup that would take place under the Seawanhaka rule. Reliance Reliance (yacht) Reliance was designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff, designer of all of the early 20th century America's Cup defenders. She was designed to take full advantage of the fact that the Seawanhaka rule did not take weight into account, leading to a very light and therefore, somewhat unstable yacht. At 144 ft long and 199 ft tall with 16160 sqft of sail the yacht was the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built. Race Reliance won all three races, finishing far enough ahead that Shamrock III was forced to retire before finishing the third race. The course for the race was laid out by Lewis Blix. January 16, 1934 Capt. L.W. Blix Dead; Yacht Race Expert The New York Times http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/01/16/95026817.html?zoom=16.23 September 21, 2020 21 en References Category:America's Cup regattas America's Cup America's Cup