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The ''Coronet'', a wooden-hull schooner yacht built in 1885, is one of the oldest and largest schooner yachts in the world. ==History== The schooner ''Coronet'' was designed by William Townsend and built for Rufus T. Bush by the C. & R. Poillon shipyard in Brooklyn. Bush then put forth a $10,000 challenge against any other yacht for a transatlantic race. The ocean race between the ''Coronet'' and the Caldwell Hart Colt's yacht ''Dauntless'' in March 1887 made Rufus T. Bush and the victorious ''Coronet'' famous—the New York Times devoted its entire first page for March 28, 1887 to the story (as seen at left).〔 〕 After winning the 3,000-mile race and the $10,000 purse, Rufus T. Bush decided to sell the ''Coronet'' and listed the vessel in England for $30,000. Rufus and his son Irving T. Bush then circumnavigated the globe on the ''Coronet'' in 1888. The ''Coronet'' was the first registered yacht to cross Cape Horn from East to West. After crossing the Pacific Ocean and stopping in Hawaii, the ''Coronet'' made port in China, Calcutta, Malta and elsewhere.〔A timeline of the yacht's history is available in PDF format at (Backgrounder: ''Coronet History and Milestones" )〕 The ''Coronet'' was sold before Rufus's death in 1890〔 The vessel then passed through six different owners (Arthur E. Bateman, John D. Wing, Arthur Curtiss James, Fred S. Pearson, John I. Waterbury, and Louis Bossert) by 1905. The Coronet circumnavigated the globe several times and was used for a Japanese-American scientific excursion during an eclipse. The Kingdom, a religious organization founded by Frank Sandford, purchased the ship in 1905 for $10,000 and took it around the world on prayer missions, including to Palestine. The ''Coronet'' took a poorly planned missionary voyage to Africa in 1911 which resulted in six persons on board dying of scurvy. After the voyage, The Kingdom kept the yacht moored at Portland, Maine and owned her until 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coronet (yacht)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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