The Lawson History of the America's Cup: A Record of Fifty YearsThomas W. Lawson, 1902 - 402 pages |
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... weather and lack of a breeze were , there- fore , a disappointment . In the early forenoon the wind was from the northeast , and varied from six to eight knots . As a wind- ward course could not be laid from the Sandy Hook light ...
... weather and lack of a breeze were , there- fore , a disappointment . In the early forenoon the wind was from the northeast , and varied from six to eight knots . As a wind- ward course could not be laid from the Sandy Hook light ...
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... weather quarter with the gun , and won the honors of the closest start ever made in a cup race , crossing two seconds ahead of the home boat , at 11.00.14 . That this weather gauge was of the first importance the wind- ward work in the ...
... weather quarter with the gun , and won the honors of the closest start ever made in a cup race , crossing two seconds ahead of the home boat , at 11.00.14 . That this weather gauge was of the first importance the wind- ward work in the ...
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... weather , and both stood shore- ward on the starboard tack , Columbia pulling rapidly through Shamrock's lee . When they next tacked to port , at 1.20 , the question of supremacy in windward work was settled , for Colum- bia was now ...
... weather , and both stood shore- ward on the starboard tack , Columbia pulling rapidly through Shamrock's lee . When they next tacked to port , at 1.20 , the question of supremacy in windward work was settled , for Colum- bia was now ...
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 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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