Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator. He produced a succession of undefeated America's Cup defenders between 1893 and 1920.
Herreshoff circa 1898
New York 30 class design
Reliance ahead of Shamrock III, Sir Thomas Lipton's 1903 America's Cup contender designed by William Fife
Nathanael Herreshoff climbing aboard Defender in 1895; photograph by John S. Johnston
Reliance (yacht)
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Reliance was the 1903 America's Cup defender designed by Nat Herreshoff.
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
…time. His designs ranged from the 12½, a 16-foot (12½ foot waterline) sailboat for training the children of yachtsmen, to the 144-foot America's Cup Reliance, with a sail area of 16,000 square feet. He received the first US patent for a sailing catamaran. The firm built the America's Cup winning Cup yachts…
Reliance crossing finish line August 25, 1903
The extreme design of the hull
Reliance in drydock
Crew of Reliance