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Stephen J. Renard (b.1941)
Lot 117

Stephen J. Renard (b.1941)

The America's Cup Elimination Trials, 1930: Whirlwind and Weetamoe Cross tacking at the start

Closed3 December 2008

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USD 7,500

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Stephen J. Renard (b.1941)
The America's Cup Elimination Trials, 1930: Whirlwind and Weetamoe Cross tacking at the start
signed 'Stephen J. Renard' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.8 cm.)

Specialist note

Weetamoe was designed by Clinton Crane for Junius Morgan's syndicate and was also built in the Herreshoff yard on Rhode Island. Another sloop, she was registered at 123 tons gross & net (193 Thames), measured 126 feet in length with a 20 foot beam, and, like Yankee, sported 7,550 square feet of canvas under full sail.