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On the next tack she caught a six - knot breeze as she passed out of the Narrows , and at 11 o'clock was a good quarter of a mile to the fore . Genesta had in the meantime set her jibtopsail again . In the next half - hour Puritan had ...
On the next tack she caught a six - knot breeze as she passed out of the Narrows , and at 11 o'clock was a good quarter of a mile to the fore . Genesta had in the meantime set her jibtopsail again . In the next half - hour Puritan had ...
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The new boat presented to date several undesirable features , among them a bad balance , which gave her a strong weather helm in a breeze , a badly fitting suit of sails and a badly handled crew . It was expected that these things would ...
The new boat presented to date several undesirable features , among them a bad balance , which gave her a strong weather helm in a breeze , a badly fitting suit of sails and a badly handled crew . It was expected that these things would ...
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Another trial took place next day in a good sailing breeze and smarter sea , the start being at Warner Fort , the course to Nab Rock buoy , and back to the light - vessel . Shamrock II . was troubled with a slacking of her bobstay ...
Another trial took place next day in a good sailing breeze and smarter sea , the start being at Warner Fort , the course to Nab Rock buoy , and back to the light - vessel . Shamrock II . was troubled with a slacking of her bobstay ...
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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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