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The boats were then under equal weather conditions , and the sloop showed the better speed , being at buoy 9 three - quarters of a mile in advance of her competitor , and an ...
The boats were then under equal weather conditions , and the sloop showed the better speed , being at buoy 9 three - quarters of a mile in advance of her competitor , and an ...
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Volunteer had the better of the start , for she secured a berth on Thistle's weather quarter . The boats began their twenty - mile beat to windward on the starboard tack , and for about five miles sailed bow to bow , making a beautiful ...
Volunteer had the better of the start , for she secured a berth on Thistle's weather quarter . The boats began their twenty - mile beat to windward on the starboard tack , and for about five miles sailed bow to bow , making a beautiful ...
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With a full mainsail and , if need be , no topsail , she would have done much better . The morning of October 13th , 1893 , was overcast and there was a heavy east wind blowing in from a lumpy sea off Sandy Hook .
With a full mainsail and , if need be , no topsail , she would have done much better . The morning of October 13th , 1893 , was overcast and there was a heavy east wind blowing in from a lumpy sea off Sandy Hook .
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CHAPTER | 1 |
CONTRACT LETTER FOR BUILDING THE AMERICA | 4 |
VOLUNTEER AND THISTLE ON THE INSIDE COURSE OF THE | 8 |
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| Titre | The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty Years |
| Auteurs | Winfield Martin Thompson, Thomas William Lawson |
| Éditeur | Thomas W. Lawson, 1902 |
| Original provenant de | l'Université de Californie |
| Numérisé | 29 juil. 2014 |
| Longueur | 402 pages |
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