| Rainbow | |
| Nat: |  |
| Class: | J-class |
| Designer: | William Starling Burgess |
| Builder: | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Launched: | 15 May 1934 |
| Owner: | Harold Vanderbilt syndicate (1934–37) Chandler Hovey (1937) |
| Wins: | 1934 America's Cup |
| Ac Year: | 1934 America's Cup |
| Cc Year: | 1937 America's Cup Defender Selections Series |
| Sailno: | 4, 5 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1940 |
| Displacement: | 176 tons |
| Length: | 39.95m (131.07feet) (LOA)27.1m (88.9feet) (LWL) |
| Beam: | 6.37m (20.9feet) |
| Draft: | 4.8m (15.7feet) |
Rainbow was a J-class yacht built in 1934[1] and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup. It was ordered by Harold Vanderbilt and designed by William Starling Burgess. Rainbow was scrapped in 1940.[2]
A replica, Rainbow, was launched in 2012 at Holland Jachtbouw.[3] In January 2015 it was reported that she was for sale[4] with an asking price of €10,450,000 VAT paid.[5]