COURAGEOUS’S HISTORY

Courageous is a 12-metre class yacht. She was the third boat to win the America’s Cup twice, in 1974 and 1977, after Columbia in 1899 and 1901, and Intrepid in 1967 and 1970. All three of these boats won for the New York Yacht Club and thus the United States. Courageous was the first all-aluminum-hulled 12-metre class yacht.

Courageous successfully defended the America’s Cup for the USA in 1974 with Ted Hood at the helm. After the 1974 cup, Hood built a new boat which he thought was faster than Courageous and sold Courageous to Ted Turner. Turner won the 1977 America’s Cup defender trials in Courageous, beating Hood in the process, and then went on to successfully defend the America’s Cup later that year.

When preparing Courageous for the 1977 America’s Cup, she was re-measured for compliance with the 12-metre class rule. It was discovered that she was lighter than the weight declared in her original racing certificate for the 1974 America’s Cup. Both Courageous and Intrepid are still sailing and racing today in Newport, Rhode Island. Intrepid is available for charter and Courageous is privately owned.

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Boat specifications:

CODE	SIZE		PACKING VOLUME
YT0022P-60	60L x 11W x 78H (cm)	23.62L x 4.33W x 30.70H (inch)	0.028 m³
YT0022P-80	80L x13W x 100H (cm)	31.5L x 5.20W x 39.37H (inch)	0.056 m³

(Note: The above prices do not include VAT and shipping costs)

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Introduction about Gia Nhien Wooden Model Ships

Over 70 years of establishment and development, manufacturing wooden boat models has become a traditional profession of the Vietnamese craft village. Gia Nhien Company is one of the companies exporting handicrafts. Gia Nhien has a wealth of experience in hand-crafting. Currently, our company produces wooden boat models with many diverse models. We check every detail and color thoroughly before reaching the customer.

The wooden model ship is the entrepreneur’s choice. The wooden boat model is a symbol of success.

In feng shui, the boat is considered a symbol of success. The boat will overcome the storms and win in business and commerce. Therefore, the wooden boat model is always a feng-shui item that is very popular among business people and traders around the world

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