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AMERICA'S CUP 1901 - THE DECISIVE CONTEST

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The third and last race of the series for the America's Cup 1901 was sailed on the fourth of October and concluded with the most magnificent finish ever seen in a yacht race...

Shamrock II was certainly the best boat just like another drawing by George L. Watson (Valkyrie II) eight years earlier.

 

Sir Thomas Lipton would have deserved to win a race :

I would have liked to win one race as a kind of consolation and relief. It is a hard thing to see your boat after racing nearly forty miles of water beaten at the last by a few beats of a pulse. This has been a very severe strain. I won't deny it. I felt it because I have worked so hard to win...