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RELIANCE WINNER BY GOOD MARGIN
Aug. 23, 1903 - A fine breeze and a good sea yesterday made the first real race between Reliance and Shamrock III. a splendid contest, and a bright ...
Boston faced up to the British threatAfter Mr. George L. Watson, the leading yacht designer of Great Britain, had visited America, it was then reported that his forthcoming yacht would be of phenomenal speed, combining the best points of American as well as English racers.
VICTORY OF THE MADELEINE.Copyright © The New York Times - Published: August 13, 1876
Inasmuch as the contest of yesterday between the Madeleine and the Countess of Dufferin was the outside or ocean race, it had been decided that the steam-boat Gladwish would leave the battery at 7:30.
Columbia, owned by Franklin Osgood, was a centre-board vessel 107.11 feet over all, 96 feet on the water-line, 25.1 feet beam, 8.3 depth and 6 feet draft without her board. She was built in 1871 by J. B. Van Deusen, and was specially adapted to light and moderate breezes.
Skippered by Andrew J. Comstock, Columbia won the first two 1871 races against Livonia.
Above all, he was modest.Roderick Stephens, Jr. (1909-1995) was a renown yachtsman of the twentieth century. Born in New York City in 1909 Stephens began his sailing career off Cape Cod in 1919. In 1928 Roderick Stephens left Cornell University after one year to work up through the ranks at the Henry Nevins boat yard on City Island.
Arthur Wellington FOWLES a été baptisé à Ryde, Île de Wight le 22 Janvier 1815. Il était le plus jeune fils de William et Susan FOWLES (née KEETCH). William est né sujet britannique dans les Antilles. Il est venu à l'île de Wight étant jeune homme et a épousé Susan Keetch en 1808.
Paul was born in Dartmouth, England in 1953 to a family with strong nautical and artistic traditions. He moved with his family between England and Ireland before setting off to sea in the Merchant Navy as a young sailor.
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