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Loïck PEYRON (Voiles et Voiliers July 2014)

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Resolute Wins Third Race. Yachts sail dead head but Handicap Gives Cup Defender the Victory

Lipton's Boat Passes Rival Near Finish

THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1920 - The Atlantic ocean melodrama did not have the gallery that saw the two fiascos outside the channel.

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PURITAN ET GENESTAX3D

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The Final Voyage of the PortlandThe Final Voyage of the Portland

On November 27, 1898, the steamer Portland departed Boston for her scheduled run to Portland, Maine. She was never seen again. That evening a storm arose in the waters off New England. Before it abated the following day, hundreds of vessels and shore properties were damaged.

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00017VAs originally built the Maria had a full, round bow, though with a shallow and easy entrance, in effect not unlike the "scow" bow of racers of today, her draft at the cutwater being only 8 inches.
Her original lines are said to have been suggested by those of the North River sloop Eliza Ann, which, though not a yacht, showed great speed for those days. When launched the Maria was 92 feet long on deck.

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01245VSir Richard Francis Sutton, 5th Baronet (20 December 1853 – 25 February 1891) was the owner of the racing yacht Genesta with which he raced the Puritan for the America's Cup in 1885.
He was married to Constance Corbet, daughter of Sir Vincent Corbet, Bt., and had a son (Sir Richard Vincent Sutton, 6th Baronet, see bellow) who succeeded him posthumously. He was Sheriff of Berkshire in 1887.

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MichauxMVPeintre surréaliste narratif.

MICHAUX, né en Belgique à Charleroi en 1937, peint depuis qu'il sait tenir un pinceau. A 4 ans, il dessine des camions, à 12 ans, il peint sa première toile qui se trouve toujours dans son atelier.

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SandersLVLeslie was a self-taught painter who was influenced early on, growing up and sailing the waters of Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

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