America Limited 32"

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - JUST PULL OUT OF THE BOX AND DISPLAY
NO masts to assemble, NO rigging to tie, NO wrinkled sails, NO hassles!
Don't buy from other sellers until you ask if it is FULLY ASSEMBLED!

32" L x 6" W x 26" H (1:38 scale)

This newly designed Limited Edition museum-quality scale replica America yacht is offered exclusively by Handcrafted Model Ships, and includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 50 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original America yacht, our America model yacht offers features not available by other sellers such as:

-  Arrives fully assembled
-  Cloth flags
-  More accurate and higher-quality deck components and details
-  Separate display base

 The Limited Edition America Yacht features the following upgrades over our regular America model yacht: 

-  Additional and higher-quality deck details
-   2 authentic cloth flags have been added, American flag and pennant
-   Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual America yacht 

- Upgraded deck details including 6 buckets and 9 barrels

- Accurate scale eagle added to the back of the yacht

- Accurate America name added to the stern

-   Additional upgraded structures on the deck have been added, including intricately painted windows

-2 scale tied-down lifeboat on the stern of the deck has been added, to mimic the actual America America's Cup yacht not available on the 24" Limited model
-   The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original America America's Cup yacht.  Look closely on the red hull and you can see the individual planks and wood grain
-   Higher-quality sails with additional rigging:  The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual America yacht at the time it sailed.  We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer.  Also, additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual America yacht
-     Removable base:  The Limited Edition Yacht can be removed from the high-quality wooden display base.  Accordingly it can be cleaned and examined in detail much more easily.  

The America’s Cup is the most prestigious regatta and Match Race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Modern Olympics by 45 years. The sport attracts top sailors and yacht designers because of its long history and prestige as the “Holy Grail” of yachting. Although the most salient aspect of the regatta is its yacht races, it is also a test of boat design, sail design, fundraising, and management skills. The cup, originally offered as the Royal Yacht Squadron cup, is now named after the first yacht to win the trophy, the schooner America. The trophy remained in the hands of the New York Yacht Club of the United States from 1852 or 1857 (when the syndicate that won the Cup donated the trophy to the club) until 1983 when the Cup was won by the challenger, Australia II of Australia, ending the longest winning streak in the history of sport. The skipper of Australia II, John Bertrand, was quoted in saying, “This puts yacht racing back on the map!”.