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Vanderbilt´s   J-Class yacht Rainbow (1934) | by frankmh

Vanderbilt´s J-Class yacht Rainbow (1934)

Harold s. vanderbilt´s j-class boat rainbow photographed on august 17 1934 during the king´s cup race off newport, rhode island. my processing and colorization of a photo in the maritime museum archive in stockholm (fo134393). the photographer is not known. the rainbow, which successfully defended the america´s cup in 1934, was built in 1930 in just 100 days by the herreshoff manufacturing co. in bristol r.i. the constructor was william starling burghess..