Sailing yachtCayman Islands flagIMO 8731942
Ranger
Moored in Palma de Mallorca.
Signal 10 min ago 39.55727°N, 2.62835°E Destination Palma
This is Ranger
Ranger was a J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup, defeating the British challenger Endeavour II 4–0 at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the last time J-class yachts would race for the America's Cup.
Design
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt funded construction of Ranger, and she was launched on May 11, 1937. She was designed by Starling Burgess and Olin Stephens, and constructed by Bath Iron Works. Stephens would credit Burgess with actually designing Ranger, but the radical departure from the heavy displacement sailing yachts was attributal to Stephens himself who had first used the design in Dorade, winner of the 1931 Trans-Atlantic Race. Geerd Hendel, Burgess's chief draftsman, also had a hand in drawing many of the plans. The hull was all-steel welded by a shielded arc process with a weight-saving aluminum, arc-welded, mast counterbalanced with a 110-ton lead keel supported by an arc-welded steel keel plate.
Recently at sea
She is among the largest 30% of yachts tracked by Yacht Tracker. Over the past 30 days she spent 2 days at sea, covering about 58 km. Of late she has spent most of her time in Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Yacht Tracker has been following her position since October 18, 2026.
Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Specifications
Identification
- MMSI
- 319860000
- IMO
- 8731942
- Call sign
- ZCGY3
Navigation
- Declared destination
- Palma
- Track (24 h)
- 38.7 km
- Speed
- 0.0 knots
- Days at sea (30 d)
- 2
- Tracked since
- October 18, 2026
- Last signal
- 10 min ago
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