Resolute

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Resolute (yacht)

Resolute was a yacht designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Henry Walters to contend the 1914 America's Cup.

The mast of the Resolute currently resides at Camp Resolute, a Boy Scout camp located in Bolton,MA.

Design

Resolute was the last Cup defender to be designed by Herreshoff.

History

Resolute was christened by Grace Vanderbilt and launched on April 25, 1914. In the 1914 America's Cup defender selection trials, skippered by Charles Francis Adams III, she beat Vanitie and Defiance. In so doing, she beat the America's Cup course record off Sandy Hook by sailing 30 miles in 3:16:41. However, the outbreak of World War I caused the America's Cup races for 1914 to be postponed. The race was finally held during the 1920 America's Cup.

In 1920 the America's Cup was reconvened and Resolute again prevailed in selection races before successfully defending the Cup in July, once more with Adams at the helm.Resolute lost the first two matches before recovering to defend the cup 3-2 against Shamrock IV.Robert Wales Emmons, Jr. was the manager of the yacht in 1920.