Weetamoe 1

Weetamoe was the narrowest and with her graceful sheer the most beautiful of the four new Js built to defend the Cup in 1930, Her underwater profile was practically a triangle giving her a minimum wetted surface area making her a little tender a times.  At her best in light to moderate winds Weetamoe proved to be the chief rival to Enterprises during the season of 1930.

At the end of the 1930 season Weetamoe was bought by Frederick Prince, one of the richest men in America and was the only J fitted out and raced in 1931,32 and 33. It was long rumoured that she was to race in England, and it may have inspired the building of Velsheda in 1933.

For the selection trials of 1934 Weetamoe was radically altered in an attempt to improve her stability but as these changes proved a failure and they were quickly reversed.  She was again fitted out in 1936 but her hull lacked the power to carry the double headed rig and subsequently she did not participate in the 1937 trials,

Weetamoe was eventually broken up in 1938

Specifications

Designer Clinton Crane

Builder Herreshoff manufacturing Company

Construction Tobin bronze Glassy smoothness, light and strong

Launch date 10th May 1930

Dimensions

Length overall………………….125.9 feet

Length water line……………..83ft

Breadth…………………………….20ft

Draft…………………………………15ft

Displacement……………………143tons

Sail Area……………………………7568sqft

Mast ht heel to truck ……….164ft

Deck to mast head sheave 152ft

Reference

Reference Ian Dear “Enterprise to Endeavour”

Harold Vanderbilt “Enterprise”

Norman L Skene “ Elements of Yacht Design”

Charles Lane Poor “Men against the Rule”