Published: 15 October 2015 Yves GARY Hits: 3522
"Mischief... magnificently handled, easily outdistanced the Atalanta, a new yacht, hastily built... and bungled around the course by an alleged crew, who would have been overmatched in trying to handle a canal boat anchored in the fog".
This was the description of a Spirit of the Times journalist in his article about the 1881 challenge.
Published: 15 October 2015 Yves GARY Hits: 4196
Four Sloops for one defenderThe preparations for the contest involved a departure which marked the birth of the custom of building boats specially to defend the cup, though, as events transpired, the defence that year was made by a boat not built for the purpose.
Published: 15 October 2015 Yves GARY Hits: 3447
The first raceThe first race was to have been sailed on November 8th, but light wind made a postponement necessary. Both Gracie and Mischief were on hand, a claim of the right to defend the cup being made for each. The committee made its choice of Mischief that day.
Published: 13 August 2016 Yves GARY Hits: 1849
THE ATALANTA BADLY BEATEN.The first race of the America's cup resulted in a decisive defeat of the Atalanta. Both the Gracie and the Mischief beat her badly, the former 31m 17¼s, time allowance (7:41) deducted, and the latter 23m 30¼s. In fact, before one-quarter of the course has been sailed over the Atalanta was a hopelessly...
Published: 16 August 2016 Yves GARY Hits: 2021
SECOND AND FINAL VICTORYA bright day and a brisk wind cheered the hearts of yachtsmen yesterday morning and gave promise of a fine day’s sport.
Published: 19 October 2015 Yves GARY Hits: 2709
Not a lot of inspirationVery few paintings of this fourth challenge, the lack of suspense in the competition and the outside appearance of Atalanta were painters and spectators away.
Published: 22 October 2015 Yves GARY Hits: 2485
