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00974VVIGILANT WON BY FORTY SECONDS. THE CUP CAN BE PUT BACK IN THE SAFE

LogoNYTCopyright © The New York Times - Published October 13, 1893
- That there would be a wet sheet and a flowing sea and wind enough to bend the “gallant mast,” nobody familiar with the sea doubted yesterday morning on the way down to the Sandy Hook Lightship.

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Forty seconds before the start of the third raceSHAMROCK DISABLED, ENTERPRISE SAILS ON TO WIN THIRD RACE

British Expert at Newport Also Says the American Crew Is Excellent.

NEWPORT, R.I., Sept. 17.-- Enterprise, defender of the America's Cup, swept on today to her third straight victory over Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger.

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The launch of Ranger from the Bath Iron Works boathouse.  This was Harold Vanderbilt's third J-class yacht, and it was built soley for the America's Cup races.  From the Edwin Levick Collection.J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup

Ranger was built as the answer to T.O.M. Sopwith's second challenge for the America's Cup with his Endeavour II. But, unlike Enterprise and Rainbow, the new defender was not a syndicate yacht. All attempts by the New York Yacht Club to form a syndicate in 1937 had failed.

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COIselinVCharles Oliver Iselin (June 8, 1854 – January 1, 1932) was a New York businessman and member of the firm of "A. Iselin & Co." Wall Street bankers, as well as a noted sportsman. He was born on June 8, 1854 to Adrian Georg Iselin and Eleanora O Donnell. His great great-grandfather Isaac Iselin came to America in 1801 from Basel, Switzerland, where the Iselin’s had been merchants, public officials, and military and professional men since the 14th century.

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ConradPVGraphiste pour des chantiers navals,architectes navals, entreprises nautiques et maritimes (Beneteau, Stardust, Cunard, Coupe de l'America, etc...) Philippe Conrad a acquis une grande expérience dans ces domaines, et ensuite est devenu peintre de marines.

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MichauxMVPeintre surréaliste narratif.

MICHAUX, né en Belgique à Charleroi en 1937, peint depuis qu'il sait tenir un pinceau. A 4 ans, il dessine des camions, à 12 ans, il peint sa première toile qui se trouve toujours dans son atelier.

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