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Columbia

Columbia (right) in 2011
Yacht club	New York Yacht Club
Nation	United States
Class	12-metre
Sail no	US–16
Designer(s)	Olin Stephens
Builder	Nevins, City Island, Bronx
Owner(s)	Henry Sears syndicate
Racing career
Skippers	Briggs Cunningham
Notable victories	1958 America's Cup
America's Cup	1958
Specifications
Type	Monohull

Columbia (US-16) was the successful defender of the 1958 America's Cup for the New York Yacht Club, besting the British challenger Sceptre.

Columbia was designed by Olin Stephens and built by Nevins. Built to compete for the right to defend the '58 America's Cup, she was owned by a syndicate headed by New York Yacht Club members Henry Sears, Gerard B. Lambert, Briggs Cunningham, Vincent Astor, James A. Farrell, A. Howard Fuller, and William T. Moore.

Columbia was helmed by Cunningham, the inventor of the cunningham downhaul, with syndicate head Sears as navigator. After defeating Sceptre in the Cup challenge, she went on to a long career competing in the Defender trials for the 1962, 1964, and 1967 America's Cup competitions.

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