Billing Boats – 1/72 Scale America – 609 Series 600 Yacht Wooden Kit
1851 – Answering a challenge from the Royal Yacht Squadron, the schooner America enters the Hundred Guinea Cup race, a 53-mile race around the Isle of Wight. It easily defeats the 14 British ships and is awarded the Hundred Guinea Cup. On August 25, Queen Victoria herself visits the ship. America returns home and presents the New York Yacht Club with its prize, which is renamed America’s Cup.
Product Id: BB609
Approximate Dimensions:
Length 56cm, Height 45cm & Width 10cm