Phantom (yacht)
![]() Schooner Yacht Phantom by Nathaniel Stebbins.
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Name | Phantom |
Owner |
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Builder | Joseph D. Van Deusen |
Launched | 1865 |
Homeport | New York City |
Honors and awards | America’s Cup defense in 1870 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Schooner |
Type | keel yacht |
Tonnage | 123.3 tonnage burden |
Length | 106 ft 0 in (32.31 m) on deck |
Beam | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) |
Depth | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
Propulsion | schooner sail |
Sail plan | 2,063.4 sq ft (191.70 m2) sail area |
Crew | twenty-two |
The Phantom was a 19th-century centerboard schooner, built in 1865 by Joseph D. Van Deusen and owned by yachtsman Henry G. Stebbins. She was one of the fastest yachts in the squadron. The Fleetwing was in the famous 1886 transatlantic ocean race for the New York Yacht Club. She came in 12th in an unsuccessful America’s Cup defense in 1870.
Construction and service
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The Phantom was a centerboard schooner built in the summer of 1865 by Joseph D. Van Deusen and owned by yachtsman Henry G. Stebbins and part of the New York Yacht Squadron. She was constructd on the same model as the Sylvia. She was 123.3 tons burden, and 92 length on deck; xx-foot beam and xx-feet depth of hold. She was painted a deep maroon.[1]
June Regatta
In June 1867, the schooner Phantom was in the annual June New York Yacht Club regatta. Commodore H. G. Stebbins was listed as owner. She raced against the Magic, Dauntless, Widgeon, Vesta, and other schooners and sloops. The course was from Owl's Head to the S.W. Split, then across to the Sandy Hook Lightship and back. Phantom came in 1st place at 5hr. 40min, and 57 secs; the Magic 2nd place at 5hr. 48min, and 24 secs and the Dauntless 4th place at 6hr. 7min, and 12 secs.[2][3]
1870 America's cup
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On August 8, 1870, the international 1870 America's Cup (also called the Queen's Cup) was the first America's Cup to be hosted in the United States at New York Harbor. Henry G. Stebbins with his American schooner Phantom was in the competition. The course started from the Staten Island N.Y.Y.C anchorage down through the Narrows to the S.W. Split buoy, across to the Sandy Hook lightship and return to Staten Island. The race was won by the Franklin Osgood's Magic with the Phantom finishing in 7th place. Franklin Osgood's yacht Magic beat 16 competitors from the New York Yacht Club, including James Lloyd Ashbury's English yacht Cambria that sailed to New York on behalf of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and the yachts Dauntless, Idler, Fleetwing, Phantom, America and others.[4] [5][6][7][8]
In September, 1870, there was a single match race for the Newport Cup against Asbury's yacht Cambria, Stebbins yacht Phantom and the yacht Madeline, owned by Jacob Voorhis, Jr. The course was off the New York Harbor. The Cambria was badly beaten by the Phantom and Madeline.[9]
In June 1873, yachtsman William Henry Osgood purchased the yacht Phantom from ex-Commodore Henry G. Stebbins. She was fitted out in New London for the July season.[10][11]
In August 1874, the Phantom was in the Newburgh, New York yacht regatta. She won a silver service as the first prize for first-class yachts. She compited against the Loreled, Startle, Emily, and Le Roy yachts.[12]
On May 12, 1879, the Phantom was sold to Henry S. Hovey of Boston. She was then moved to the Eastern Yacht Club located in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[13]
End of service
July 2, Aug 1882 - Hovey's schooner Phantom; Oct 8, 1882, Hovey to have a new schooner yacht. Aug 1883 - E. V. R. Thayer's Phantom In July 1885, the Phantom was lost and Mr. WhiteErie. E. Van Renselaer Thayer Aug, 1883, to E. Griscom Haven on 21 Mar 1886. Sept 20, 1885 - E.V.R. Thayer on his yacht Phantom
References
- ^ "The Yachting Season. Vessels of the New York Yacht Squadron at New London". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 27 May 1866. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Yachting. The June Regatta of the New York Yacht Club". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 13 Jun 1867. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Yachting. Annual Regatta of the New York Yacht Club". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 14 Jun 1867. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "The Yachts and the Coming Race; Visiting the Cambria, Dauntless and America--Arrangements for the Great Race on Monday Next--The Entries--The Course, &c" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, New York. 4 August 1870. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "The Queen's Cup Race. The Prize Carried Away by the Magic" (PDF). The New York Times. 9 August 1870.
- ^ "Yachting. The Race For The Queen's Cup". The New York Herald . New York, New York. 8 Aug 1870. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "1851-The Queen's Cup-1870. A Brilliant Day and Splendid Scene". The New York Herald. New York, New York. 9 Aug 1870. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ "Yachting. Official Announcement of the Result of the great Race". The New York Herald. New York, New York. 11 Aug 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Yachting. The Match Races Against the Cambria". The New York Herald. New York, New York. 10 Sep 1870. p. 12. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "Yachting Notes". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 20 Jun 1873. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "Death List Of A Day. William H. Osgood". The New York Times. New York, New York. 13 Dec 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "The Newburgh Yacht Races". The New York Times. New York, New York. 15 Aug 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "The Yacht Phantom". Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. 13 May 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
External links
Category:Schooners of the United States Category:Individual sailing vessels Category:Ships built in New York City Category:Yachts of New York Yacht Club members Category:1865 ships Category:America's Cup challengers Category:America's Cup regattas Category:1870 in American sports Category:1870 in sailing