Sail Number: 14
Type: Victory Class
Victory Class Specifications:
LOA: 31’8″ / 9.69m – LWL: 20’8″ / 6.33m – Beam: 7’0″ / 2.13m – Draft: 4’10” / 1.24m – Hull Number: – Designer: William Gardner – Original Owner: – Current Owner: – Year Built: 1920 – Built By: Henry B. Nevins Shipyard, City Island N.Y – Hull Material: Wood – Displacement: 2,900 lb / 1,315 kg – Ballast: – Rig: Marconi Rigged-Sloop
Historical:
Junius Spencer Morgan III, of West Island, Glen Cove, New York, the son of J. P. Morgan, the renowned financier, was instrumental in forming the Victory Class the year after World War I in the fall of 1919. Twenty yachtsman came forward through his efforts to build the vessel at Henry B. Nevins Shipyard in City Island N.Y. Launched in May of 1920, the raised fore-deck marconi rigged sloop proved to be a very fast dry capable yacht.
The class was formed to revive the sport of yachting after World War I with an affordable one-design class. They were named Victory-class in tribute to the yachtsmen who participated in World War I. Each boat was originally named after a phase of or reference to the war.
