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EDITION : 1895
DATE : 07 Sep 1895 - 15:30
COURSE : 1
DESCRIPTION SITE :
First America's Cup race between Defender & Valkyrie III, Defender wonDefender, designed and built in 1895 by N. G. Herreshoff to defend the America's Cup against Valkyrie III. Her bottom was polished bronze, but her topsides, deck beams, and some of her deck framing were aluminum (making her a giant battery with electrolys).
NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :DEFENDER WINS
THE FIRST CUP RACE; Defeated the Valkyrie by 8 Minutes 49 Seconds in a Beat to
Windward and Back. OUTSAILED THE ENGLISHMAN AT EVERY POINT The American Boat Led
in the Thrash to Windward by 3 Minutes 23 Seconds.
September 07, 1895- The first of the series of races between the Defender and the Valkyrie for the America's Cup was sailed outside of Sandy Hook yesterday in a light breeze, and an "old sea" of considerable weight. The course was from a point off Seabright, N.J., fifteen miles to windward, east by south, and return...
LICENCE :Public domain
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