COLUMBIA's Tender

 22 Jan 22:

Here are a few photos of Herreshoff Yacht COLUMBIA's tender that we took at the Herreshoff Museum in 2019. She was built to meet the requirement that America's Cup yachts carry a lifeboat, so she has watertight compartment on both ends. She is built to the high Herreshoff standards and we imagine that she was also built as light as possible since she rode on COLUMBIA's deck. COLUMBIA was launched in 1899 for defense of the Cup, which she won handily against SHAMROCK. We are sure that the tender played a big role but are not sure if she had a name, so for now her call sign is DELICATO.

Here is COLUMBIA during the 1899 season, with DELICATO possibly on the pier foreground. Check the picture carefully, I think that is Skipper up in the sail loft. 

(Image credit: Herreshoff Museum. Herreshoff of Bristol. Bray and Pinheiro. p.90)