Reliance (yacht)

Reliance

Reliance crossing finish line August 25, 1903
Yacht club	New York Yacht Club
Nation	United States
Designer(s)	Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Launched	1903
Owner(s)	Cornelius Vanderbilt III syndicate
Fate	Scrapped 1913
Racing career
Skippers	Charlie Barr
Notable victories	1903 America's Cup
America's Cup	1903
Specifications
Type	Gaff cutter
Displacement	189 tons
Length	LOA 201 ft 0 in (61.26 m) LWL 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m)
Beam	26 ft 0 in (7.92 m)
Draft	20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Sail area	1,501 m2 (16,160 sq ft)
Crew	64

Reliance was the 1903 America's Cup defender designed by Nat Herreshoff.

Reliance was funded by a nine-member syndicate of members of the New York Yacht Club headed by Cornelius Vanderbilt III.

Reliance was designed to take full advantage of the Seawanhaka '90-foot' rating rule and was suitable only for use in certain conditions. The 1903 America's Cup was the last to be raced according to the Seawanhaka rule.