Shamrock V and Enterprise America's Cup 1930
- oil on canvas
- 12 x 16 in
- Richard M. Firth
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$5000. - 7000. Both J-class yachts Shamrock V was commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth and last America's Cup challenge while Enterprise was built for the Vanderbilt syndicate of the defending New York Yacht Club. Outfitted with the world's first duralumin mast Enterprise captured the first four races in the best-of-seven series between the two as skipper Harold Vanderbilt denied Lipton the victory that had always eluded him.