The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty YearsThomas W. Lawson, 1902 - 402 pages |
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... close by the Clifton shore another three hundred feet had been added , while she still held the weather position . 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 ...
... close by the Clifton shore another three hundred feet had been added , while she still held the weather position . 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 ...
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... close to the windward end of the line , the wind then being light from the south . followed directly in her wake , on the same tack , and crossed at 12.34.584 . She at once began to close the gap between herself and Thistle amid the ...
... close to the windward end of the line , the wind then being light from the south . followed directly in her wake , on the same tack , and crossed at 12.34.584 . She at once began to close the gap between herself and Thistle amid the ...
Page 234
... close reach home . In the preliminary skirmish for position Capt . Barr tried tac- tics that he had employed with success on Constitution , by getting on his rival's weather and pouncing on him as if to scare him into giving way . Old ...
... close reach home . In the preliminary skirmish for position Capt . Barr tried tac- tics that he had employed with success on Constitution , by getting on his rival's weather and pouncing on him as if to scare him into giving way . Old ...
Table des matières
CHAPTER | 1 |
COLUMBIA SCHOONER FIRST Defender of the CUP IN 1871 | 2 |
CONTRACT LETTER FOR BUILDING THE AMERICA | 4 |
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The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty Years Thomas William Lawson,Winfield M B 1869 Thompson Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty Years Thomas William Lawson,Winfield M. B. Thompson Aucun aperçu disponible - 2017 |
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America America's cup Ashbury Atalanta August ballast beam beat bowsprit breeze built Cambria Capt centre-board challenge Columbia Commodore Stevens contest Corrected Time H. M. S. Countess of Dufferin course crew cup committee cup defence cup races cutter Dauntless deck deed of gift defend the cup designer drawing by W. G. Elapsed Time H. M. S. England English feet 6 inches finish fleet Galatea Genesta George Steers Herreshoff hull Independence jib-topsail keel knots Lawson leeward length Livonia load water-line Lord Dunraven mainsail mast match Mayflower miles to windward minutes Newport October outer mark owner pen drawing Puritan racers Reef Royal Yacht Squadron Sandy Hook Sappho schooner Schuyler September Shamrock Sir Thomas sloop spars speed spinnaker sport starboard tack steamers Thistle tons topmast trial races trophy Valkyrie Valkyrie III vessel Vigilant W. G. Wood weather wind yachtsmen York Yacht Club