Marshall Gardiner in the late 1920s and released as a postcard in 1930 inspired the concept of a Rainbow Parade. The poor old Rear Commodore hit a shoal and never came in at all.Ī photograph taken by H. Miss Helen Wilson won an easy third and hasn’t got over the thrill yet. Miss Gennett and her brother made a gallant fight but succeeded in coming in second. Miss Smith had hard luck with her tiller.
Master Cutler won on Wednesday, sailing a fine race and the whole fleet congratulates him. A racing report from July 1927 notes, The Little Rainbow Fleet has proved itself a fine class and everyone is proud and happy. Harrison states in an article: “The new “Little Rainbows” formed a class of their own sailed entirely by children. These Beetle Cats (designed and built by the Beetle Company in New Bedford) were easy for children to handle and very popular throughout New England. “Now these big Rainbows were lovely, very graceful looking,” reminisced the late Helen Wilson Sherman in a past interview, “but there was no ‘body’ in the stem, so they were quite tippy they heeled easily in the wind.” In 1927, smaller, lighter catboats were ordered. These 16-foot catboats had issues of maintenance and some difficulties in handling when running before the wind. According to historian Michael Harrison, “it was Gennett’s idea that the boats wear sails of different colors to distinguish them, and the lively effect this created immediately led to the name “Rainbow Fleet.” In 1921, the Yacht Club under Commodore Henry Lang and Vice Commodore Clarence Gennett commissioned a one-design fleet of 16-foot catboats for young members. In 1910, the club commissioned the design of a 13-foot catboat as a “one-design” for racing. When the Nantucket Yacht Club was founded in 1906, they organized races and encouraged members to buy boats of the same design to eliminate the need for handicapping.
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Since the mid 1800s, the catboat has been a favorite on Nantucket for leisure sailing and for teaching children how to sail. Still, one stalwart sailor mustered courage and strength, getting her miniature sailboat out on the water. Some years ago, the parade date fell on a stormy day, complete with 25-miles-per-hour winds. It’s typical for twenty or more of these little boats to participate in the parade. This Sunday, August 21, the eagerly anticipated Rainbow Parade will sail around Brant Point, preceeding Nantucket’s 50th Annual Opera House Cup Regatta.
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