Reliance
The largest yacht ever to defend the America’s Cup, with enormous sails and long overhangs.
Reliance carried almost 1,500 square metres of sail and won the America’s Cup in 1903. She was so specialised that she was scrapped the following year.
Materials: Steel frames, bronze and aluminium; gaff-rigged sloop
Manufacture: Built in Bristol, Rhode Island.
The very long overhangs at bow and stern.
The vast sail area.