Another Race Won by the Sappho and the Match Decided

On the morning of the 23rd October, the committee boat Seth Low left the foot of Vestry street shortly after nine o’clock, and proceeded with all dispatch to the anchorage ground, opposite the New York Yacht Club House.

Greater revival of American yacht designing

American yacht designing never had a greater revival than that which followed the acceptance of the second Dunraven challenge. Great progress had been made since the days of Volunteer, which was already far outclassed in theory, if not in actual boats.

SHAMROCK IN PORT AFTER QUICK TRIP

Voyage Made in 14 Days 19 Hours and 54 Minutes.

August 19, 1899 : The cup challenger Shamrock has proved a surprise to America in her introduction. Expected not earlier than some time next week,...

X3D

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

George Steers (Aug. 15, 1819 – Sept. 25, 1856) one of 13 children, was born in Washington, USA. His father Henry Steers was engaged as Naval Constructor for the U.S. Government. He was a native of Devonshire, England, and learned his trade at the Royal dockyard at Devonport, coming to this country in 1819 and securing employment at the Washington navy yard. In 1827 the older Steers removed with his family to New York, where he built the first government dry-dock.

Maarten Platje was born in Rotterdam in 1967.Already in his youth, the Dutch landscape with its waterways and ships was the subject of his drawings and paintings.

Shirley Bickel Evans  learned to paint with seascape artists in Illinois. She has travelled around the world with her art and has illustrated 2 books. Her media are oil and pastels.