Ranger Limited 26"

SOLD FULLY ASSEMBLED - JUST PULL OUT OF THE BOX AND DISPLAY
NO masts to assemble, NO rigging to tie, NO wrinkled sails, NO hassles!
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26" H x 4" W x 20" L (1:81 scale)

This newly designed Limited Edition museum-quality scale replica Ranger 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 250 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original Ranger yacht, our Ranger 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 RangerYacht features the following upgrades over our regular Ranger model yacht: 

-  Additional and higher-quality deck details
-   Authentic cloth American flag has been added
-   Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Ranger yacht
-   Additional and higher-quality solid brass metal railings and cleats have been added
-   Upgraded, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel has been added
-   Additional upgraded structures on the deck have been added, including intricately painted windows
-   A scale tied-down lifeboat on the stern of the deck has been added, to mimic the actual Ranger America's Cup yacht
-   The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original Ranger 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 Ranger 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 Ranger 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 J-class yacht Ranger won the 1937 America's Cup, defeating 4-0 the Endeavour II of Britain, raced at Newport, Rhode Island. It would be the last time huge J-class yachts would race in the America's Cup.

Construction

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt funded construction of the Ranger, and it launched on May 11, 1937. It was designed by Starling Burgess and Olin Stephens, and constructed by Bath Iron Works. Stephens would credit Burgess with actually designing the Ranger, but the radical departure from conventional J-class design was more likely attributable to Stephens himself. Geerd Hendel, Burgess\'s chief draftsman also had a hand in drawing many of the plans.

Ranger was constructed according to the Universal Rule which determined how large various dimensions of racing yachts, such as sail area and length, could be. Often referred to as the super J, the Ranger received a rating of 76, the maximum allowed while still fitting within Universal Rule constraints.

Specifications

• Overall length: 135 ft
• Length at water line: 87 ft
• Beam (width): 21 ft
• Draft: 15 ft
• Displacement: 166 tons

Data comparison

This table compares some of Ranger\'s measurements with some of the other famous large America\'s Cup yachts:

	LOA	LWL	Sail Area	Mast height	Displacement
Ranger	41.15 m	26.51 m	701 m²	46.98 m	166 tons
Reliance	43.89 m	27.43 m	1501 m²	67.05 m	189 tons
KZ1	36.57 m	27.43 m	627 m²	46.78 m	39 tons