Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . Durant, at that time owner of theschooner Iti/cr, gave one at Newport, andthere was an ocean sweepstakes from ClarksPoint, off New Bedford, twenty miles to seaand return, and to be made in five course, it was not made in thiit Poillons, meanwhile, not having beenable to secure a purchaser for the Sappho,had sent her to England for sale, andshe sailed a match around the Isle ofWight. It was a sweepstakes, ^2entrance money; the race to be madein nine hours. The Sappho enteredat 310 tons. Cutters were to havetwo
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . Durant, at that time owner of theschooner Iti/cr, gave one at Newport, andthere was an ocean sweepstakes from ClarksPoint, off New Bedford, twenty miles to seaand return, and to be made in five course, it was not made in thiit Poillons, meanwhile, not having beenable to secure a purchaser for the Sappho,had sent her to England for sale, andshe sailed a match around the Isle ofWight. It was a sweepstakes, ^2entrance money; the race to be madein nine hours. The Sappho enteredat 310 tons. Cutters were to havetwo thirds of their tonnage were no square sails allowed,but in fore and aft canvas there wasno limit. No greater amountof time than twenty minutesto be allowed in any event. Evidently, the big Yankeeschooner did not frightenJohn Bull to any great ex-tent, for the cutter Owiaraundertook to sail the Sapphoon even terms, whilerespected English yachts, shewas to have two-thirds ofher tonnage added, and wasto be classed at 275 other yachts were the. MARIA AS SCHOONER MAUD. cutter Condo? (215), and the schooners who came here last summer with the cutter Cambria {\^:^ 2i^A Aline {2\2). The Cam- Genesta. The above were the measure- bria was owned by Mr. Ashbury, and the ments sailed under, the real measurements Aline by Mr., now Sir Richard, Sutton, of the Oimara and Condor being 165 and THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. 39 129 tons respectively. The allowanceswere: Sappho allows Oimara ,00; Condor^; Aline^ 9-12; Cambria, Oi??ia?^a,allows Condor ; Aline, ; CambiHa, There was a fine breeze northwest,and the yachts came in: The Cambria,; Aline, ; Oimara, ;Condor, ; Sappho, The Sappho lost jib boom off Ventnor,and about half way over the course. Sheought not to have started at all. The gen-tleman in charge of her, a good navigatorand thorough business man, was not ayacht-racing skipper, and this defeat set-tle
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