Shamrock Model Yacht
Limited Quantity Of This Item!
Shamrock V was commissioned by the most celebrated yachtsman ever, Sir Thomas
Lipton of Lipton Tea Fame. After his IV lost the America’s Cup race, Lipton
decided it was time for a new sloop and he turned once again to the ingenious
man he knew could design him a beautiful and lightening fast ship, the designer
of Shamrock V, Charles Nicholson. Shamrock V was built to compete in the 1930
America’s Cup as the U.K. challenger against Resolute. In the series of seven
races Resolute won four, and Shamrock failed to score a single victory.
Enormous J Class boats were sailed in the America’s Cup races in Newport between
1930 and 1939. A stunning and massive ship, the Shamrock was designed for speed
with her three incredible masts reaching nearly 160 feet into the sky.
A recently restored vessel, and the oldest true J Class Sloop, Shamrock V joined
Endeavour and Velsheda in Cowes, England to celebrate an America’s Cup 150th
year Jubilee in August 2001. Newport’s International Yacht Restoration School
on the Thames St. waterfront were the owners of Shamrock V, however now she
is privately owned, and she remains a rare and impressive sight when seen sailing
along the eastern seaboard.
Click
on image above to view!
Want to look back at the Yacht
Models? Or maybe you're looking for a Model
Yacht thats a little bigger?
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
