Document No 1362: ENDEAVOUR, 1934

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AUTEUR : Rosenfeld and Sons

REF : 0

EDITION : 1934

DATE : 17 Sep 1934

COURSE : 1

DESCRIPTION SITE :

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 17, 1934. Image of 130' Charles E. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson Yard built J class cutter ENDEAVOUR (built 1934 in Gosport, England) underway. Visible in image: port bow view of cutter (J/K4) on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, flying burgee on mainmast and mainsail, large crew seen on aft deck. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 86. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "69627F" and typed: "Sept. 17, 1934 / ENDEAVOUR".

NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :
RACE 1 - SEPTEMBER 17 - 2x15 miles - Départ 11:55
BEAT BROAD
REACH
RACE GAP
1 Endeavour 2:04:43 1:39:01 3:43:44
2 Rainbow 2:04:25 1:41:28 3:45:53 2' 09"

ENDEAVOUR WINS FIRST RACE, A TEST OF MEN AND YACHTS; LEADS BY 2.09 MINUTES

NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 17. - Endeavour won. The British yachtsman, T. O. M. Sopwith, aviator and amateur helmsman, sent his blue hulled craft around the course today 2 minutes 9 seconds faster than Harold S. Vanderbilt could drive the Rainbow.

Endeavour finished at 3:38:44 and Rainbow at 3:40:53. Adding the eighteen seconds she was astern at the start, Endeavour made the fifteen miles with the wind 2 minutes 27 seconds faster than Rainbow.

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BATEAUX : ENDEAVOUR
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