Rainbow (yacht)
The replica Rainbow (foreground) and Velsheda in 2012. | |
| Yacht club | New York Yacht Club |
|---|---|
| Nation | United States |
| Class | J-class |
| Sail no | 4, 5 |
| Designer(s) | William Starling Burgess |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Launched | 15 May 1934 |
| Owner(s) | Harold Vanderbilt syndicate (1934–37) Chandler Hovey (1937) |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1940 |
| Racing career | |
| Notable victories | 1934 America's Cup |
| America's Cup | 1934 America's Cup |
| AC Defender Selection Series | 1937 America's Cup Defender Selections Series |
| Specifications | |
| Displacement | 176 tons |
| Length | 39.95 m (131 ft) (LOA) 27.1 m (89 ft) (LWL) |
| Beam | 6.37 m (21 ft) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
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Rainbow was a J-class yacht built in 1934 and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup. It was ordered by Harold Vanderbilt and designed by William Starling Burgess. Rainbow was scrapped in 1940.