Sail Number: 6/US80
Other numbers: A12, last reported: FIN67 (2008)
Ex; Suka, La Argentina
Type: International 6 Metre (Rule 3)
LOA: 36’9″ / 11.24m – LOD: 36’9″ / 11.24m – LWL: 23’9″ / 7.28m – Beam: 5′ 11″ / 1.55m – Draft: 5’7” / 1.73m – Hull Number: – Designer: Sparkman & Stephens – Original Owner: Henry S. Morgan – Current Owner: – Original name: Suka – Year Built: 1938 – Built By: Henry Nevins, City Island NY – Hull Material: Wood – Gross Displacement:
Historical:
Built for America’s Cup Hall of Fame honoree Henry S. Morgan, Esq. Not to be confused with the owners other commission of the same name built in 1965 design number 1791. Built alongside the sistership six-metre GOOSE in 1938 at the Henry Nevins Shipyard, NY.
Djinn is one of the few boats to have competed in the Olympics twice. In 1948 she won the silver medal in Torbay, Great Britain, and in 1952 she came 5th in Helsinki, Finland. On both occasions she was sailing under the Argentinian flag.
In 2003 Djinn was sold to a new owner in Finland. She was shipped to Red Sky Yachts at the Kotka Wooden Boat Centre where she underwent restoration to replace around 70% of her original wooden material.
She has a double skinned hull with ceder inside and Honduras mahogany on the outside.
Known Racing History:
1948: Silver medal for Argentina in Olympics in Torbay, UK
1947: Won the Seawanahaka Cup in Scotland
1939: Prince of Wales Cup (Bermuda) second to Goose of 7 in the field
1938: King Edward VII Gold Cup, Bermuda 5th of 8
1938: Trials for Scandinavian Gold Cup 3rd of 6
1938: British-American Team Race 3rd of 6 in overall points
1938: DJINN won the Seawanahaka Yacht Club’s Roosevelt Memorial Cup.
Provenance. (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1938) Henry S. Morgan
Owner/Guardian: Private