She was built for Thomas Sopwith who used his aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the most advanced of its day with a steel hull and mast.

J class rainbow 1934. Replica of original Rainbow designed by Starling Burgess in 1931 and hastily revisited for the 1934 Americas Cup Defence. She was built to defend the Americas Cup against Endeavour in 1934. Rainbow designed as model yacht.

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On May the 15th 1934 the William Starling Burgess Design J Class Rainbow was launched at the Herreshoff Yard in Bristol Rhode Island USA. A Harvard Law graduate he successfully defended the Americas Cup three times with Enterprise 1930 Rainbow 1934 and the mighty Ranger 1937. Vanderbilt who expressly wanted this yacht to challenge the strong contender Endeavour.

And even more delighted when his yacht saw off Sir Thomas Sopwiths Endeavour by. The first 2 races were tough for Rainbow but the last 4 races she beat the Challenger Endeavour. She was built to defend the Americas Cup against Endeavour in 1934.

Her owner Harold Vanderbilt was pleased William Starling Burgesss design had been brought to fruition in time for Rainbow to defend the Americas Cup. On 15 May 1934 the spectacular 40 metre J Class Rainbow was launched after a mere 100 days of construction at the Herreshoff yard in New England. The award-winning J Class yacht Rainbow was launched at the Holland Jachtbouw shipyard in 2012.

The replica of the famed 1934 Americas Cup winner Rainbow gently touched salt water for the first time in mid-February christened by the owners daughter. Taller Diseño de un auto a escala Dia Exteriores_Fusion 360_Jonas Vidal II. Ez egyben azt is jelentette hogy az 1934 es Kupagyőztes 78 év után újra vitorlázhatott.