Length Overall: 139'
Beam: 24'
Draft: 10' 6"
Sail Area: 5,600 sq. ft.
Rig: Schooner
Built: 1995 New York
Home Port: San Diego, California

America is a replica of the schooner that was the first winner of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s race around the Isle of Wight for a cup of one hundred sovereigns in August of 1851. Henceforth, the cup was named the America’s Cup, named after the yacht, and is the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing and the oldest active international trophy in sport. Tragically the original America was crushed by a heavy snowfall landing on its boathouse roof in 1942. George Steers was the original designer of America in 1850, but in 1995, an America’s Cup enthusiast had America re-built in New York. It was later sold as a personal yacht in 2005, and then acquired by “Dennis Conner’s America’s Cup Experience” for private charters.