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Sceptre (yacht)

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Yacht club
  
Royal Yacht Squadron

Sail no
  
K–17

Owner(s)
  
Hugh Goodson syndicate

Length
  
21 m

Class
  
12-metre class

Nation
  
United Kingdom

Designer(s)
  
David Boyd

Skippers
  
Graham Mann

Beam
  
3.56 m

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Builder
  
Alexander Robertson & Sons

Sceptre (K-17) was the unsuccessful challenger of the 1958 America's Cup for the Royal Yacht Squadron.

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Design

Designed by David Boyd and built by Alexander Robertson and Sons, Sceptre was built especially for the 1958 America's Cup challenge.

Career

Sceptre was owned by a syndicate headed by Hugh Goodson, plus Richard Dickson, William H. Northam, William G. Walkley, and Noel Foley. Sceptre lost 4-0 to defender Columbia of the New York Yacht Club. She is now owned and sailed in British waters by the Sceptre Preservation Society.

References

Sceptre (yacht) Wikipedia