Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . ered some-thing of a feat to have crossed the At-lantic in either of them in the month of wonder of the undertaking, and finally,the passages made by all three of theyachts, all being little, if any, above therecord made by the best appointed sailingpacket ships, and below or about the aver-age of steamer time in those days, placedthe crowning glory on the enterprise, andI think, therefore, I am correct in callingthis the most remarkable race of any kindon record. Certainly, it was the most remarkable yacht race ever sailed, w
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . ered some-thing of a feat to have crossed the At-lantic in either of them in the month of wonder of the undertaking, and finally,the passages made by all three of theyachts, all being little, if any, above therecord made by the best appointed sailingpacket ships, and below or about the aver-age of steamer time in those days, placedthe crowning glory on the enterprise, andI think, therefore, I am correct in callingthis the most remarkable race of any kindon record. Certainly, it was the most remarkable yacht race ever sailed, whether as regards the length and nature of the course, the season of the year, the amount of money involved, or the result, and therefore, I think I shall be justified in giving a more minute description of this race than I have been able to of any other within the limits of this article. For it was this race which lifted American yachting to a level with any in the world, and placed the New York club on an equality with the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great YvidlcSrCoS^e nREAI)NAt;C,IIT. December, but that they should start withracing spars and canvas to go across atracing speed, was something which all sea-men would have considered in^, too, the magnitude of the stakeraced for, $90,000—a much more impor-tant amount then than now—added to the As we have seen, American yacht ownershad been yearly becoming more adventur-ous. The old club course had becometoo limited for tiiem, and they had laid outa race track, a part of whi( h was on theocean. This had not satisfied them, andthey had sailed races of hundreds of miles 34 THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. out on the ocean entirely, and on oneoccasion the track of a race had encircledLong Island. Owners of the New York Yacht Clubthen, far more than now, were practicalyachtsmen; that is, they sailed or knew howto sail, their own craft. Of course, somedo this even now, but the proportion ofexperts among t
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