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Rainbow 26"

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Total Dims: 26" H x 20" L

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Features: Rainbow 26"

Sold Fully Assembled - compare this yacht to other sellers. Just pull this model ship out of the box and display, there is no rigging to tie or mast to assemble.

23" H x 4" W x 20" L (1:56 scale)

Built with rare, high quality woods.

Plank on frame construction (a painstaking process where each individual plank is added to the hull of the ship model one at a time)

Hand painted the actual colors of the Puritan yacht

Fabric sails with detailed stitchingNo plastic parts.

To build this model ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual yacht

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History: Rainbow 26"

Rainbow was designed by W Starling Burgess and launched in 1934 from the Herreshoff yard where she was built in just 100 days. Commissioned and skippered by Harold "Mike" Vanderbilt, Rainbow raced against T.O.M. Sopwith's Endeavor. Losing the first two races, Rainbow went on to win the next four and the cup. Designed by the Starling Burgess and built at the Herreshoff Mfg. Company in Bristol, RI.