Columbia Yacht, Red Balloons 31 x 31 x 31

31 x 31 x 31 cms

ideal for displaying flowers or as a standalone decorative accent

or as a décor piece in the bookcase

With a sleek

she was designed to remain afloat with any two of three compartments flooded and to withstand a collision at the joint of any two compartments

Columbia Yacht, Red Balloons 31 x 31 x 31Columbia was an American racing yacht designed by Nathanael Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owners J. Pierpont Morgan and Edwin Dennison Morgan of the New York Yacht Club in 1899. She had a nickel steel frame, a tobin bronze hull, and a steel mast. She was the defender of the tenth America s Cup race that same year against British challenger Shamrock, as well as the defender of the eleventh America s Cup race and again