STARS & STRIPES

Model is hand-crafted from wood with planks on frame construction and painted. There is no plastic or molding. The model comes with the display base and a brass name plate. The mast is pre-assembled during the rigging process, then removed and fold flat down to minimize the shipping cost.

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Specifications

Packing Volume

YT0023P-60
YT0023P-80

60L x 13W x 80H (cm)

80L x 16W x 100H (cm)

23.62L x 5.11W x 31.49H (inch)
31.49L x 6.30W x 39.37H (inch)
0.03 m³ = 0.99 ft³
0.05 m³ = 1.76 ft³

Model Sailing Boat Stars & Stripes ready for display

Model Sailing Boat Stars & Stripes Hull View

HISTORY

Stars & Stripes is the name of an America's Cup syndicate operated by Dennis Conner and its racing yachts. The name "Stars & Stripes" refers to the nickname often used for the flag of the United States.

The well funded Sail America Foundation commissioned four 12 meter yachts to support a campaign led by Dennis Conner, representing the San Diego Yacht Club, to win back the America's Cup in the 1987 competition in Fremantle, Australia.

Stars & Stripes 83 (US 53) built in 1985 by Geraghty Marine, designed by Chance/Nelson/Pedrick.

Stars & Stripes 85 (US 54) built in 1985 by Robert E. Derektor Inc., designed by Chance/Nelson/Pedrick. Proved to be faster than Stars & Stripes '83.

Stars & Stripes 86 (US 56) built in 1986 by Robert E. Derektor Inc., designed by Chance/Nelson/Pedrick. Designed with a different keel and more sail area.

Stars & Stripes 87 (US 55) built in 1986 by Robert E. Derektor Inc., designed by Chance/Nelson/Pedrick. Designed and built with the experience gained from the first three designs. Stars & Stripes 87 won the trials to select the challenger and went on to defeat the Australian defender Kookaburra III by 4 races to nil to win the Cup back for the USA.

The movie Wind is loosely based on Dennis Conner's experience, from the 1983 America's Cup loss to his America's Cup win in Perth, and on a number of events that occurred on various competitor boats throughout the match races of the 1987 America's Cup. For artistic reasons, the 12 meter Stars & Stripes 87 was dramatized in the film as Geronimo.

Packing term: Model is packed with mast fold flat down to minimize the shipping cost.