Lucie

Lucie was designed in 1931 by Clinton H. Crane and built by Nevins for Briggs Cunningham, the Americas Cup skipper. She came to the Solent as one of the US team for the British-American Cup races which the US won in four straight races.

She was named after Briggs Cunningham’s wife, Lucie Bedford Cunningham.

She has been totally restored and brought up to date by Matt Brooks.

In competition, at World Championships she finished 6th (out of 45) at the 2011 Classic Worlds in Helsinki. She then came 5th in the 2013 World Championships at Flensburg, Germany and in 3rd at the 2015 Worlds in France.

Lucie also finished in 5th place at the 2012 Europeans at Nynashamn, winning the August Ringvold Cup, and in 5th place in the 2016 European Championship in Brunnen, Switzerland.

Thanks to Fiona Brown and Tim Street for information contributing to this profile.

Boat ID

1931US02

Boat Names

Original name: Lucie Other names: Stork (name changed in 1940) Thisbe II Last name recorded: Lucie

Build Year

1931

Build Country

US

Sail Numbers

First number recorded: US55 Last number reported: USA55

Designers

Crane

Builders

Henry B. Nevins Boatyard

Restored or rebuilt

Significant Dates

Boat Measurements

LOA - 37′ LWL - 23′ Beam - 6′ Draft - 5′ 6″

Rule Number

Rule 2

Website

http://lucie.org/

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