Boston fait front à la menace britannique

Après la visite en Amérique de M. George L. Watson, l'architecte naval de premier plan de la Grande-Bretagne, tout le monde pensait que son prochain yacht aurait une vitesse phénoménale, combinant les points forts des bateaux de course américains et anglais.

U. S. Yachts to Race in Three Series of Tests

March 26, 1937.— There will be three trial series for the defense candidates as in 1930 and 1934. They again will be the preliminary series, the observation one and the final trials. The first two will consist of approximately seven races each, and the last will be carried out until the cup committee selects the defender.

From THE SUN, April 11, 1901 (pas de traduction)

Through the courtesy of B. B. Crowninshield, the designer of the Independence, THE SUN is able to give the sail plan of the yacht built for Thomas W. Lawson of Boston which is to meet the Constitution in a series of races to be sailed off Newport during the coming summer.

Dans la troisième course du défi 1934 RAINBOW perd deux courses à zéro et est mené dans la troisième quand C. Sherman Hoyt a pris la barre. Cela a été le moment le plus proche jusqu'en 1983 où le N.Y.Y.C. était en position de perdre sa précieuse Coupe. Hoyt était connu comme un excellent barreur de petit temps à cause de son étrange capacité à ressentir de légers changements de vent, et cette fois n'a pas fait exception à la règle.

Thomas Goldsworth Dutton is considered not only the finest nineteenth century lithographer (and also one of the most prolific) to record shipping and shipping scenes, he is also a noted watercolorist and oil painter. He is most widely recognized for his lithographs, yet his excellent marine paintings are also widely collected when they can be found.

A Delaware artist, Scott Cameron paints the simple elegance of the America's Cup races, serene coastal marsh scenes, timeless landscape vistas and historic steamboats in a style reminiscent of the era in which they reigned.