189459 -- 1877 IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION OF SAILING VESSELS Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, Providence, RI wood and brass 10½ x 11½in. A.E.3 EXHIBITED: California State Fair, 1986 Note: This model is by the relatively well known "Captain Nat, The Wizard of Bristol". He designed many of the boats that were the America's Cup contenders and also was the originator of a system of building ships in an inverted position so that it would be easier to fabricate the hull. When the vessel was approximately ready for launching he would rotate the vessel to an upright position and finish the remainder of the construction. In the anecdotal part of the patent specification he relates how he beat all of the vessels in the Governor's Cup Race in New York Harbour in the Centennial Year of 1876. His vessel, the Amaryllis, a catamaran, was promptly disqualified after a protest was registered, primarily for not having living quarters abroad. They were nice enough to give him a plaque verifying that he had sailed faster than any other vessel up until that time. It is obvious that the controversy between multihull and monohull racing vessels is far older than most people realise.
189459 -- 1877 IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION OF SAILING VESSELS Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, Providence, RI wood and brass 10½ x 11½in. A.E.3 EXHIBITED: California State Fair, 1986 Note: This model is by the relatively well known "Captain Nat, The Wizard of Bristol". He designed many of the boats that were the America's Cup contenders and also was the originator of a system of building ships in an inverted position so that it would be easier to fabricate the hull. When the vessel was approximately ready for launching he would rotate the vessel to an upright position and finish the remainder of the construction. In the anecdotal part of the patent specification he relates how he beat all of the vessels in the Governor's Cup Race in New York Harbour in the Centennial Year of 1876. His vessel, the Amaryllis, a catamaran, was promptly disqualified after a protest was registered, primarily for not having living quarters abroad. They were nice enough to give him a plaque verifying that he had sailed faster than any other vessel up until that time. It is obvious that the controversy between multihull and monohull racing vessels is far older than most people realise.
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