Puritan (yacht)
Puritan was the 1885 America's Cup defender.
.Design
Designed by Edward Burgess, she was built at the George Lawley & Son yard in Boston, Massachusetts and launched May 26, 1885.
Puritan was an early combination of American and English designs with some of the depth of a cutter but beam and power of a sloop. It was built and skippered by John Malcolm Forbes.Career
She defeated the New York club's Priscilla then went on to defend the America's Cup against the British yacht Genesta, a traditional cutter. Immediately following the contest, they began work on an improved version which would be called the Mayflower.
