ENDEAVOUR AGAIN SAILS HOME FIRST BEATING RAINBOW IN SECOND RACE BY 51 S.

NEWPORT, R.I., Sept. 18. - Today's race was triangular, first a close reach to the east of Block Island, then a beat to windward toward Point Judith and finally a broad reach back to the mark.

THE DECISIVE RACE FOR THE QUEEN’S CUP - OCT. 23, 1871
THE HARPER'S WEEKLY: Published November 11, 1871

The decisive race for the Queen's Cup, so gallantly won by the yacht America in 1851 from the flower of the English yachts, was sailed on Monday, October 23, between the Livonia and the Sappho. Our artist was a witness of the friendly contest from the start to the close; and on this page records the triumph of the American yacht in a series of pictures which show the position occupied by each of the competing vessels at different hours during the progress of the race.

Victory of the British Yacht in the Third Race.

Still, though defeated not dejected, Capt Woods and his crew set to work to get the Livonia for the third race which was fixed for the 19th, on the day after the previous match and it was the prevailing idea that either the Dauntless or the Palmer were to be the Livonia's antagonist this time

The Final Voyage of the Portland

On November 27, 1898, the steamer Portland departed Boston for her scheduled run to Portland, Maine. She was never seen again. That evening a storm arose in the waters off New England. Before it abated the following day, hundreds of vessels and shore properties were damaged.

Whirlwind was the last of the four "J" class yachts to be ordered in 1929, and for this reason her designer choose composite construction for her, as the very limited number of workmen trained in light plating for yachts were already absorbed by the other three "J's" Enterprise, Weetamoe and Yankee. And so, Whirlwind's construction is very similar to that of Britannia, she should last as long as the royal cutter which was still racing after a long life of forty-two years.

Gallery "Sir Thomas Lipton"

On November 2, 1899, Shamrock leaves New York and is towed back to Great Britain by Lipton's steam yacht Erin, via the Azores. It is dry-docked on arrival.

Each thumbnail presented here contains a link to the original photo on the Mitchell Library' s website.

Skipper 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.

Alfred John West (1857–1937) was a British award-winning marine photographer in the Gosport firm of G. West and Sons from 1881 and from 1897 at the age of 40, a pioneer cinematographer. He was then active in both roles until 1913 when he sold his copyright in negative plates of yachting studies to Beken of Cowes, and his stock of positive moving film to a distributor in Glasgow who quickly went out of business and disappeared with the material without completing the purchase.

Robert 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.