Document No 780: 283. Colonia at the Goelet Cup

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AUTEUR : John S. Johnston

REF : 283

EDITION : 1893

DATE : 11 Aug 1893

COURSE : 0

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The 85' steel cutter Colonia was built in 1893 by the Herreshoff Company for owners Archibald Rogers, J. Pierpont Morgan, F. W. Vanderbilt & W. K. Vanderbilt as a candidate for the defense of the 1893 America's Cup. It barely lost to Vigilant in the trials to defend the 8th America's Cup in 1893 with Captain Hank Haff. According to Americascup.com, "Vigilant won the 1893 American selection trials for the Cup defence and had beaten Colonia, Jubilee and Pilgrim."

The Archibald Rogers syndicate's sloop Colonia (Nathanael Greene Herreshoff design, 1893), built as a defence candidate for the America's Cup. She is pictured here on the day of the Ogden Goelet Cup in Newport, RI, which she won in a drifting match which ended in fog and a comical quiproquo with the flagship over which of the four cup contenders had actually won. New York Times - Colonia won the Goelet Cup.

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BATEAUX : COLONIA
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SITE LARG HAUT ADRESSE
Library of Congress 1024 814 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994019131/PP/