RELIANCE JUST MISSES FINISHING ON TIME

Cup Yacht Race Fails to be Decisive by Six Minutes. Shamrock III, Outsailed in Light Winds, Drops Far Astern of the Defender

Aug. 28, 1903 - The light winds that prevailed yesterday about Sandy Hook and off the Jersey coast were not strong enough to drive Reliance and...

INVESTIGATION TO BEGIN

Committee Will Inquire Into Lord Dunraven's Charges To-day.

Dec. 27, 1895 - The investigation will be in the model room of the New-York Yacht Club this morning at 10 o'clock.

The Return to Yachts of Moderate Dimensions and Wholesome Type

© 1913 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC : August 9, 1913 - THE New York Yacht Club has recently announced that the Royal Ulster Yacht Club has signed the conditions for a match for the "America's" cup, and that the first race will be sailed Thursday, September 10th, 1914, the second, September 12th; ...

Souvenir. 1893 Contest for America's Cup

The following results are extracted from booklet of presentation of the race "Souvenir. Contest for 1893 America's Cup" published by Thomas Manning.

It contains publicity on page 2 for Champagne LOUIS ROEDERER that I reproduce here for my friend Christian of Domaines OTT*.

Crew of SHAMROCK IV at Gosport in 1914.

Peter Bibby writes:
In 1914 when SHAMROCK IV sailed to America to compete for the cup the following Tollesbury men were onboard: Edward Heard, 1st mate; Leonard Frost, mastheadman; Albert Heard, bowsprit-end man; Uriah Leavett, Uriah Heard; Walter Bibby; Walter Leavett; Ben Heard; Arthur South and Jack Layzell. Uriah Leavett was drowned from the VERUNA [VARUNA ?] off Clacton in 1926.

W. Starling Burgess was born in 1878, and was an aeronautical engineer and naval architect. His father, Edward Burgess, designed the America's cup defenders PURITAN, MAYFLOWER and VOLUNTEER. Orphaned by the age of 12, after his parents died within months of each other (typhoid Fever, pneumonia), Burgess was raised by relatives, and mentored by many of his father’s legendary colleagues, including George Lawley Jr,...

Vincent del Piano has been a marine painter for over 25 years with lifelong experience as a sailor and boat builder. He was born in Boston, MA in 1939 and was a resident of Winthrop and Marblehead until the year 2001. He is currently residing in Vienna, Maine.

David Thimgan was without a doubt one of the leaders of a new generation of marine artists. Specializing in re-creating scenes of America’s seafaring past with emphasis on the West Coast and Pacific Rim waterways, David’s technique developed to near perfection.