Document No 2022: Racing yacht Yankee remodeled at Lawley

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AUTEUR : Leslie Jones

REF : 806013214

EDITION : 1934

DATE : 03 May 1934

COURSE : 0

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NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :

PLAN TO SHARPEN YANKEE IN WATER

Will Straighten Fore Section of Candidate for Defense of America's Cup. BALLAST TO BE REMOVED

BOSTON, Feb. 8, 1934. -- An operation never before attempted on an America's Cup yacht is to be performed on the Yankee, pride of Boston four years ago. The record- holding racer with the full-bronzed hull definitely will make another bid for international defense honors, a syndicate having been organized to finance her second appearance.

YANKEE LAUNCHED AT NEPONSET YARDS

BOSTON, May 3, 1934. -- The all-New England sloop Yankee slipped smoothly into the Neponset River today. Signs were propitious for the rain stopped and the mist rolled seaward when the big bronze boat went overboard.

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