MODEL SAILBOAT RELIANCE
Meticulously detailed model of the famous RELIANCE sailboat, based on the original plans.
Brass fittings, hand-sewn sails.
4 coats of paint are airbrushed onto the hull, followed by a coat of finishing varnish. Intermediate sanding between each coat and finishing polish.
The model is delivered fully assembled in a wooden crate protected by cardboard and strapped to a pallet!
Exceptional quality!
Information about this model :
Reference : R REL
Length: 88 cm / Width: 14 cm / Height: 117 cm
1695,00 €
History of this model :
The pinnacle of gigantism: Reliance is the last of the giants before the creation of the J class.
It cost a fortune to build, with William Rockfeller , Henri Walters and Cornelius Vanderbilt contributing to the financing. Aluminum is used to save weight.
She has a flat-bottomed hull and a long, slender keel. Her phenomenal sail area - nearly 1500 square meters on a single mast - enables her to pick up speed as soon as the breeze picks up.
At the helm, Charlie Barr mastered the monster and its immense sail area, and beat the other defenders to the punch.
In the final, Sir Lipton's Challenger, Shamrock III, designed by William Fife, is smaller and can't do anything, is made of nickel steel and has a bulbous ballast. But her sail area is 200 m² smaller.
Reliance won the America's Cup in 1903.