Document No 805: 226. Defender Photo date: Aug. 29, 1895. 2nd Trial Race. (Probably America's Cup trial.) | |||||||||||||||
REF : 0 EDITION : 1895 DATE : 29 Aug 1895 COURSE : 0 DESCRIPTION SITE : NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP : DEFENDER WINS EASILY; Beat the
Vigilant Eighteen Minutes, Three Seconds Over 24 Miles. SAILED IN VERY FLUKEY
WEATHER Defender Splits Her Jib in a Squall, but Was Handled with Fine Judgment.
VALKYRIE FOLLOWS THE YACHTSThe Defender and the Vigilant met in their second trial race yesterday, and, although the former won by 18 minutes and 8 seconds, over a triangular course of twenty-four miles, the America's Cup Committee decided to start them again to-day, chiefly because fluky breezes yesterday precluded the possibility of a beat to windward... LICENCE :Public domain |
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BATEAUX : DEFENDER | |||||||||||||||
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