Gracie (yacht)
The Gracie was a 19th-century racing sloop yacht built in 1868 by James E. Smith shipyard at Nyack, New York. She raced the America's Cup defender Mischief in the trails off Sandy Hook in 1881. Gracie raced at the New York Yacht Club, Atlantic Yacht Club and other eastern yacht clubs. After a 42-year career in racing, she was sold in 1909 and converted to a freight boat sailing from Milton Point, off Long Island to New York.
The yacht Gracie. | |
| Yacht club | New York Yacht Club |
|---|---|
| Nation | United States |
| Designer(s) | Abraham A. Schank |
| Builder | James E. Smith |
| Launched | July 1868 |
| Owner(s) | Charles Ranlett Flint, Joseph P. Earle |
| Fate | Sold |
| Racing career | |
| Skippers | Joseph P. Earle |
| Notable victories | 1868, 1878, 1881 |
| America's Cup | 1881 |
| Specifications | |
| Type | Centerboard sloop |
| Displacement | 776 T |
| Length | 58 ft 6 in (17.83 m) (LOA) 81 ft 1.5 in (24.727 m) (LWL) |
| Beam | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Sail area | 5,400 sq ft (500 m2) |
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