Document No 3312: Vigilant and Britannia close-hauled in Mount's Bay off Penzance

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AUTEUR : Brian J. Jones

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EDITION : 1893

DATE : 28 Jul 1894

COURSE : 9

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BRITANNIA FRONT AGAIN; THE CUTTER DEFEATED THE YANKEE SLOOP EASILY.
The Prince of Wales's Boat Led from Start to Finish

PENZANCE, July 28 -- A light and variable breeze made the American centreboarder Vigilant an easy victim for the Prince of Wales's cutter Britannia in the race off this harbor to-day. The time, considering the gentleness of the breeze, was very fast, the Britannia averaging nearly eight knots an hour..

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