8mR s/y Iroquois

Iroquois homepage The construction is of double planked mahogany on laminated oak frames. She is a scaled down version of the America´s Cup winner Intrepid.

History

Iroquois is designed by Olin Stephens and built at the Minneford Yacht Yard (New York) in 1967 for Eugene van Voorhis, originally for the Canada's Cup. Generally classic 8-Metres have been designed and built prior to the year of the Iroquois, 1967, Iroquois being the first modern eight in the world. Iskareen was the last classic 8-Metre to ever win the World Cup as in 1982 Eugene felt the  ...