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1851-1937

   "If we can fly today in the San Francisco Bay, this is because there have been "adventurers" like Walter Greene and Mike Birch.
   To understand the future, we must know and respect the past."

Loïck PEYRON (Voiles et Voiliers July 2014)

RESOLUTE - 1920

Category: HALF HULLS

HALF HULL OF RESOLUTE - SCALE 1/50

Resolute1S Resolute2S

The start of the second raceRANGER SCORES BY 3 MILES FOR SECOND VICTORY IN ROW

Ranger won her second straight of the America's Cup races, and in doing so administered to the challenger, Endeavour II, the worst defeat over a triangular course of thirty miles in the long history of the prized trophy.

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The sources

It's the last Cup for the faithful John S. Johnston, who died several weeks later of a heart attack near Niagara Falls. John thank you for all your work ...

The yacht photography of John S. Johnston
The Library of Congress (Detroit Publishing Co)

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X3D is an open standard for 3D content delivery. It is not a programming API, nor just a file format for geometry interchange.

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EdSycamoreVTHE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, OCT 3, 1901 (races not finished)

Captain Sycamore and Captain Barr are emphatically men of the day and men of the week, though they may have no mention as yet in “Men of the Times.” Their names have gradually displaced, on the popular tongue, the names of Shamrock II and of Columbia, and we have had a duel in New York waters ...

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ChamptRVAfter studying art in Belgium, Remy chose to pursue a career on the water. He sailed around the world, and in 1980 he immigrated to Michigan, joining family already in Northern Michigan. His sailing career on the Great Lakes includes classic freighters and tugs.

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MooreRVRobert Moore was a painter who was born in 1905. Robert Moore has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Forum Gallery and at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art. Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Astra off the Needles' sold at Sotheby's Olympia 'British & Continental Pictures including Sporting and Marine Paintings' in 2007 for $10,240.

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