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SAPPHO: DATA TABLE AND LINES

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Sappho was a model widely inspired by the lines of America. It was cut by William Townsend, the main modeller of the C. and R. Poillon Bros shipyard, situated in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and then built in 1867 for Richard Poillon. In fact, he built it on speculation, without a commission, thinking he could quickly sell the beautiful schooner.

For that reason, it was sailed across the Atlantic to Cowes, England, by Captain Tom Baldwin the following year. The crossing took 14 days.

 

SAPPHO : DATA TABLE
 Designer   William Townsend
 Builder   Cornelius & Richard Poillon
 Owner   William P. Douglass
 Club   New York Yacht Club
 Cup   Edition 2 (1871)
 Skipper   Samuel "Sam" Greenwood
 Afterguard   
 Launching   1867 à Greenpoint
 Type   Keel schooner yacht
 Hull material   Wood
 Mast material   Wood
 L.O.A.   42 m
 L.W.L.   36,40 m
 Beam   8,22 m
 Draft   3,90 m
 Mainmast   24,40 m  Foremast   23,60 m
 Mainboom   24,90 m  Bowsprit   6,35 / 13,22 m
 Maintopmast   10,82 m  Foretopmast   9,83 m
 Maingaff   13,38 m  Foregaff   12,15 m
 Displacement   
 Sail area   1170 m²
 Rating   
 End of life   1887: scrapped up in Cowes

 

Lines of Sappho

Source:
The Lawson history
of America's cup
Links:
books.google

 

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