This newly designed Limited Edition museum-quality scale replica Columbia yacht is offered exclusively by Handcrafted Model Ships, and includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 250 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original Columbia yacht, our Columbia model yacht offers features not available by other sellers such as:

• Arrives fully assembled
• Cloth flags
• More accurate and higher-quality deck components and details
• Separate display base

The Limited Edition Columbia Yacht features the following upgrades over our regular Columbia model yacht:

• Authentic cloth American flag has been added
• Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Columbia yacht
• Additional and higher-quality solid brass cleats have been added
• Upgraded, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel has been added
• Additional upgraded structures on the deck have been added, including intricately painted windows
• A scale tied-down lifeboat on the stern of the deck has been added, to mimic the actual Columbia America's Cup yacht
• The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original Columbia America's Cup yacht
• Look closely on the red hull and you can see the individual planks and wood grain
• Higher-quality sails with additional rigging
• The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual Columbia yacht at the time it sailed
• We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer
• Additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual Columbia yacht
• The Limited Edition Yacht can be removed from the high-quality wooden display base
• Can be cleaned and examined in detail much more easily