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EDITION : 1895
DATE : 07 Sep 1895
COURSE : 1
DESCRIPTION SITE :
As a windward course could not be laid from the Sandy Hook light-vessel with the wind in this quarter, the starting line was shifted to a point three miles northeast from Seabright, N. J., the line being formed by the committee boat Luckenbach and another tug. The wind having hauled to E. by S., the course was laid in that direction, fifteen miles to windward.
NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :DEFENDER WINS THE FIRST CUP RACE; Defeated the
Valkyrie by 8 Minutes 49 Seconds in a Beat to Windward and Back. OUTSAILED THE
ENGLISHMAN AT EVERY POINT The American Boat Led in the Thrash to Windward by 3
Minutes 23 Seconds.
September 07, 1895- The first of the series of races between the Defender and the Valkyrie for the America's Cup was sailed outside of Sandy Hook yesterday in a light breeze, and an "old sea" of considerable weight. The course was from a point off Seabright, N.J., fifteen miles to windward, east by south, and return...
LICENCE :Autorisation en cours
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