AMERICA'S CUP "If we can fly today in the San Francisco Bay, this is because there have been "adventurers" like Walter Greene and Mike Birch.
To understand the future, we must know and respect the past."
Loïck PEYRON (Voiles et Voiliers July 2014)
AN EVENTFUL YACHT-RACE.Copyright © The New York Times - Published: October 14, 1881 : The first of three test races between the first class sloops of the New-York Yacht Club, the object of which is to determine the fastest, so that she may be matched against the new Canadian sloop Atalanta,...
The problems of the New York Yacht ClubThe contest with Canada in 1881 was so unsatisfactory from every point of view that it aroused a strong feeling among the members of the New York Yacht Club that some steps ought to be taken to guard against such fiascos in the future.
The boat which the New York Yacht Club picked to meet the Canadian challenger was the schooner Madeline, owned by John S. Dickerson, then commodore of the Brooklyn Yacht Club. There was no question that this boat was entitled to be called the “champion” American schooner, as she had been the most consistent racer in the fleet since 1873, and in that year is said to have won every regatta in which she started.
Vigilant vs. Britannia ought to be interestingThere is good news from Cannes for the English yachtsmen. The prince of Wales’ Britannia has won the prize of the yacht club of France, beating the Valkyrie. The future king may now grow ambitious and dream about racing the Vigilant. Vigilant vs. Britannia ought to be interesting.
John Beavor-Webb (1849 - March 11, 1927) was an Irish-American naval architect.
He was a designer of sailing yachts, notably the America's Cup challengers Genesta (1884) and Galatea (1885), before emigrating to the United States where he designed very large steamyachts like J.P. Morgan's Corsair II (1891) and Corsair III (1899).
Stewart Joyce is a British painter.
Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'White Heather at full pelt off Old Castle Point, Cowes' sold at Christie's South Kensington 'Maritime' in 2007.
Montague Dawson Is widely considered the best known sea painter of the 20th Century, and one of the most skilled craftsman in the direct line of English marine artists. He is noted for his unerringly beautiful ships, the weight and surging power of his waves and the scudding grace of his skies.
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