Rainbow (foreground) and Velsheda in 2012.
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Yacht club | New York Yacht Club |
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Nation | United States |
Class | J-class |
Sail no | 4, 5 |
Designer(s) | William Starling Burgess |
Builder |
Herreshoff Yard Bristol, RI, USA |
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 |
Rainbow was a 1930 yacht of the J Class 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.
A replica, Rainbow, was launched in 2012 at Holland Jachtbouw. In January 2015 it was reported that she was for sale with an asking price of €10,450,000 VAT paid.