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Category: VOLUNTEER
1887
Volunteer was the third and last defender designed by Edward Burgess. She was built in the remarkably short time of sixty-six days, and was launched the last day of June.
It won all the races sailed before the America's Cup.
N.Y.Y.C. fleet, Newport harbor - 1888 Aug. 11
The selection trials were held in September. Two races were scheduled, but due to lack of wind, only one was sailed, on September 1887. Volunteer met Mayflower (1886), owned by E.D. Morgan. It easily beat the 'old' defender…
America's Cup races: September 27 to 30, 1887, New York
Best two out of three races.
Thistle vs. Volunteer
Alternating Inside & Outside Course as follows: 20 miles to windward off Scotland Lightship and return
Results:
Volunteer beat Thistle by two wins to nil.
- September 27, 1st race, 32.6 miles, Inside Course: Volunteer beat Thistle by 19 minutes 23 sec in corrected time.
- September 30, 2nd race, 40 miles, Outside Course: Volunteer beat Thistle by 11 minutes 48 sec in corrected time.
Soon after the Cup races, the Eastern YC Commodore, J. Malcolm Forbes, bought Volunteer. He already owned Puritan (1885).
1891
Volunteer was altered as a schooner.
1906
Henry Forbes becomes the new owner of Volunteer.
1909
Spring 1909, Charlie Barr, threetime America's Cup winning skipper, buys Volunteer.
1910
Charlie Barr sails Volunteer to New York, to the junkyard where it is broken up…
Volunteer altered as a schooner - Sept. 8, 1891 |
Wreck of the Volunteer - 1910 |