page_title: Thistle (yacht)
hierarchical_section_title: Thistle (yacht)
caption_attribution_description: English: The James Bell syndicate's cutter Thistle (George Lennox Watson design, built in 1887 at the David &amp; William Henderson shipyard, Glasgow). She was a challenger for the America's Cup in 1887, and is pictured here in the first race on September 27th, which she lost to the New York Yacht Club's defender Volunteer.
context_page_description: Thistle was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer.
context_section_description: Thistle was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer.
caption: Thistle in September 1887
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