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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)

SHAMROCK II - 1901

Category: HALF HULLS

HALF HULL OF SHAMROCK II - SCALE 1/50

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On her arrival at New York, Shamrock was rigged promptly for racing, and was given several trials off Sandy Hook, in which she appeared to be a veritable witch in light airs. On September 13th she met with an accident, her steel gaff buckling until it collapsed. It may be mentioned here that her spars and gear were too light for her sails, which defect caused a loss of speed. She was finely handled by Capt. Archie Hogarth, assisted by Capt. Robert Wringe.

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R6VVANDERBILT PILOTS YACHT TO VICTORY

NEWPORT, R.I., Sept. 25. -- The America's Cup will remain in the United States. The most bitterly contested series of races for the famous old yachting trophy ended today when Rainbow, the defender, boiled over the finish line fifty-five seconds ahead of Endeavour.

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A painting of the Puritan, which hangs in the dining room on the Eastern Yacht ClubTHE YANKEE OUTFOOTS THE GENESTA AND BEATS HER AT EVERY POINT

Copyright © The New York Times : Published: September 15, 1885
Capt. Jake Schmidt's sloop yacht Alice, resplendent with bunting, was anchored off 0wl’s Head as the stakeboat, and the Luckenbach, having sounded the call to the line at 10:10 o'clock, was dropped anchor about 300 yards due west of her.

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01056V1Skipper of RESOLUTE (1920) and YANKEE (1930 & 1934)

Charles Francis Adams III (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954) was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman. Charlie Adams, as he is known among his friends, is the head of the Adams family, one that has been famous in the history of this country.

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KirkWUVWilliam Umpleby Kirk was a pioneering photographer. He took one of the first photographs of a vessel in motion ever taken in Britain using a continuous shutter. These were pictures of Queen Victoria’s yacht Alberta steaming into Cowes at a speed of 10 knots and earned him a royal warrant.

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HansenIVBorn in Bordertown SA 1948, Ian's childhood years were spent on the foreshore of Hervey Bay. It was here that his deep love of ships and the sea developed. By the age of 8 he was actively painting with water colours moving to oils when he was 11. His first oil survived and hangs in his Hunters Hill studio.

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