1882 During the year 1881 the Yacht Racing Association altered the measurement rule, which was held to be unsatisfactory as producing vessels of small beam. The […]
1875 The Yacht Racing Association was organized in November of this year by Count Edmund Batthyany, Captain Hughes, and Mr. Dixon Kemp. Its object was to […]
The aftershocks of defeat by the America pervade the description of the Growth of the Sport during the middle years of the century. The account for 1852 starts […]
1852 The America still figures largely in the racing annals of the time, though her owner was Lord de Blaquière, and on occasions she was handsomely beaten. The […]
1870 This year saw the first attempt to win back the America Cup. After endless negotiations, which have frequently been the prelude to these matches, Mr. […]
To the initiative of the Earl of Wilton as Commodore of the Squadron was due the first international yacht race, in which the historic America captured the trophy […]
We have now reached the eighteenth century, and, before giving some notes on the development of rigs which took place, it may be thought advisable to […]
1882 During the year 1881 the Yacht Racing Association altered the measurement rule, which was held to be unsatisfactory as producing vessels of small beam. The […]
1875 The Yacht Racing Association was organized in November of this year by Count Edmund Batthyany, Captain Hughes, and Mr. Dixon Kemp. Its object was to […]
The aftershocks of defeat by the America pervade the description of the Growth of the Sport during the middle years of the century. The account for 1852 starts […]
1852 The America still figures largely in the racing annals of the time, though her owner was Lord de Blaquière, and on occasions she was handsomely beaten. The […]
1870 This year saw the first attempt to win back the America Cup. After endless negotiations, which have frequently been the prelude to these matches, Mr. […]
To the initiative of the Earl of Wilton as Commodore of the Squadron was due the first international yacht race, in which the historic America captured the trophy […]
We have now reached the eighteenth century, and, before giving some notes on the development of rigs which took place, it may be thought advisable to […]