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Young America 30" Description
Total Dimensions: 30" H x 4" W x 17" LNOT A MODEL SHIP KIT
Attach Sails and the Young America model yacht is Ready for Immediate Display
Enjoy the freedom of the seas, the thrill of the race and the sweet taste of victory with the Young America model yacht of the famous America's Cup racing yacht.
30" High x 4" Wide x 17" Long (1:55 scale)
•Individual plank on frame construction of the hull
•High quality woods include birch, maple and yellow siris
•Amazing Details, includes:
◦Modern fabric sails matching the period of the yacht
◦Individual deck planks visible
◦Hull features on deck include helm wheel, capstains, rope coils and many others
◦Hand-painted to match the real Young America racing yacht
•Sturdy wooden base attached to model with brass supports and metal nameplate
•Extensive research guarantees accuracy using museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual Young America yacht
•Pre-assembled, simply attach the masts and display
◦Ready to display in less than five minutes
◦Separate pre-assembled hull and sails ensure safe shipping and lower cost
◦Insert mast in designated hole and clip brass rigging hooks as shown in illustrations
◦Sails and rigging already complete
Young America 30" History PACT 95, the syndicate owner of USA-36, asked Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), the New York artist among the leaders of the Pop Art movement, to decorate the boat before its launching in 1993. It would be one of the last ‘pieces’ he would complete before his death.
“The challenge was to create a design which mirrored the young, fresh spirit of the crew. It was then that I though of the mermaid, a colourful, mysterious character whose is comfortable and confident in her ocean home. I hope this blond will turn heads.“
And that is why the rural Storm King Art Centre became the definitive Young America home port; a choice venue for an exceptional piece of art to rest.
With the aim of repelling the 1995 America’s Cup challengers, three American teams dashed into the fray to take up the defence. For the San Diego Yacht Club, it was a question of defending the trophy re-won in Fremantle by Dennis Conner in 1987. It had already been defended triumphantly twice; firstly in 1988 by Dennis Conner, with his small catamaran, and then in 1992, by Bill Koch, in the first challenge of the America’s Cup Class era.
In 1995 each team built a ‘new generation’ boat. This may account for the American’s lack of success. Dennis Conner went with Stars and Stripes USA-34; Bill Koch supported the unforgettable female team with his Mighty Mary USA-43. Finally, John Marshall, and his PACT 95, representing the New York Yacht Club, built Young America USA-36.
The initiative of the syndicate from the state of Maine was original, to say the least. John Marshall was proud of it: “In the history of the America’s Cup, no other syndicate has offered anything like PACT 95’s education program." Targeted towards the students of elementary and secondary schools this educational program suggested using the excitement engendered by the America’s Cup races to entice young people to discover and to learn the sciences and new technologies.
But beyond the educational posting, the major axis of PACT 95 was to produce a credible and effective defender, capable of winning the ultimate race. The chief designer of Young America, Bruce Nelson, benefited from the contribution of the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and the sheer horsepower of their great Cray supercomputers. Other American industrial leaders, Boeing, Ford, and MIT among them, made contributions as well.
Built in four and a half months at Goetz Custom Sailboats in Bristol, Rhode Island, the boat was christened with its emblematic mermaid painted on the side of the hull on January 7th, 1994. At this time, the skipper of the syndicate, Kevin Mahaney, a silver Olympics medalist in Soling Class in Barcelona’ 1992, trained with a brilliant team of young sailors, albeit inexperienced in the match racing atmosphere of the America’s Cup. But they were effectively prepared aboard Spirit of Unum USA-16, ex-Il Moro di Venezia IV by John Marshall, who used seven campaigns of experience to bolster his leadership.
Young America
On October 1994, in San Diego, USA-16 finished fourth out of the seven boats competing in the IACC World championships. On January 12th, 1995 the defence selection trials, the Citizen Cup, began. But just one week before racing, the PACT 95 syndicate had to deal with a calamity that could have ended the entire campaign before racing even began. On January 4th, the tornado "Dorothy" came down on San Diego. The sail-loft of the syndicate collapsed on the shed where Young America was stored. The hull suffered considerable damage.
But in just eight days, the team succeeded in repairing the boat and were ready for the first day of racing. Carrying the nicknames Mermaid or Blonde Mermaid, Young America now picked up yet another appellation from the tornado: Dorothy! This would not be the last ordeal the boat would experience…on March 12th, 1995, USA 36 was struck by a wave of more than three metres causing extensive damage to the entire structure.
Mighty Mary, Stars & Stripes and Young America thus competed to become the Defender. At the conclusion of the first four Citizen Cup round robins and semi-finals, the PACT 95 team was at the top of the table, looking strong with a 21 - 7 record.
But during the defender finals, Stars & Stripes made good an unexpected comeback that was vintage Dennis Conner. The Stars & Stripes squad won six of eight matches to become the eventual Defender. Young America collapsed with just three wins against five defeats.
But it was the opinion of nearly every observer that Stars & Stripes was the slowest and Young America the fastest of the three candidates. “Four months of defender trials have proven Young America’s hull has speed advantages,” said Dennis Conner. “This boat and the proven strengths of the Stars & Stripes team will be a winning combination in the upcoming America’s Cup.“
So Conner convinced PACT 95 to give his crew Young America to sail in the America’s Cup Match. The deal was made, but it wouldn’t be enough to secure the defence. Team New Zealand (also known as Black Magic) NZL-32 skippered by Peter Blake and helmed by Russell Coutts crushed Team Dennis Conner and Young America, sweeping the America’s Cup Match by five races to none. Black Magic would overpower the mermaid.
YOUNG AMERICA
First nicknamed Blonde Mermaid or Mermaid then, after January 4 1995 and after suffering damage from a tornado, Dorothy.
1995
Sail number: USA-36
USA
Yacht Club: New York Yacht Club / San Diego Yacht Club, San Diego, California, USA
Unsuccessful defender of the 29th 1995 America’s Cup Challenge
Owner: Syndicate PACT 95 (founded in 1992), Partnership for America’s Cup Technology, Bangor, Maine, USA, with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), The Ford Motor Company, Cray Research, and the Boeing Company.
President: John K. Marshall.
Chief operating officer: Robert Hopkins, Jr.
International America’s Cup Class IACC
Sloop
Design team lead by Principal Designer Bruce Nelson of Nelson/Marek Yacht Design
Design team manager: John Kuhn of SAIC
Design team: Jim Teeters from S & S, Carl Scrag (SAIC fluid dynamicist) and Karl Kirkman (SAIC expert on tank and wind tunnel testing)
Computer time and associated technical support: Cray super computers.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), appendages design and wind tunnel test supervision (keel fins, ballast bulbs, wings, rudders and canards): Boeing
Scale model tests (towing tank and wi
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