Document No 4081: Defender, showing broken gaff

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AUTEUR : Nath. L. Stebbins

REF : 0

EDITION : 1895

DATE : 02 Aug 1895

COURSE : 0

DESCRIPTION SITE :

Goelet Cup, Newport; N. L. Stebbins took photos from the Amadis (Boston Globe, Aug. 3, 1895, p. 1-2). Volunteer won the slop class (after Defender had been disabled by a broken gaff); Emerald the schooner class.Defender, 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 BREAKS DOWN; Snapped a Hollow Gaff in Goelet Cup Races. VIGILANT THEN SECURED THE PRIZE Defender Was Well Ahead When the Accident Happened and Would Have Won. JUBILEE BEATEN BY THE VIGILANT The Cup Defender Again Shows Her Superiority.

NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 2. -- George J. Gould has won a Goelet cup with his yacht Vigilant. She was in luck to-day, and won the much-coveted trophy through the Defender's breaking down. The Defender had led all around the course, and was only five miles from the finish when her gaff snapped just about the middle of the spar, and she was put out of the race.

LICENCE :
Public domain
BATEAUX : DEFENDER
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SITE LARG HAUT ADRESSE
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