Document No 4319: Defender & Valkyrie

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AUTEUR : Nath. L. Stebbins

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EDITION : 1895

DATE :

COURSE : 1

DESCRIPTION SITE :

First America's Cup race between Defender & Valkyrie III, Defender won.

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

BATEAUX : DEFENDER VALKYRIE III
LIENS VERS CE DOCUMENT
SITE LARG HAUT ADRESSE
Historic New England 850 679 http://www.historicnewengland.org/collections-archives-exhibitions/collections-access/collection-object/capobject?gusn=GUSN-278787&searchterm=defender