Historical In 1913, governed by Fritz P. Day, fourteen members of the Wianno Yacht Club, in Osterville, Massachusetts, commissioned the Crosby Yacht Yard to design and build a small fast yacht capable of sailing and racing in the choppy-shoal-ridden sailing grounds of Cape Cod’s South Shore. Fourteen Wianno Seniors were built and delivered in …
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NEW YORK – (AP) — Acadia Insurance Co. is suing the owner of an 18th-century replica sailing ship that sank during Superstorm Sandy. Newsday http://nwsdy.li/1sQF1ur reported Nov. 14, 2014 that Acadia Insurance Co. sued Robert Hansen this month. The suit seeks to recoup $5 million in payouts after the HMS Bounty sank off North …
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Stenbäck “Hai” Specifications: Class: One Design – LOA: 31′ 0″ / 9.6m * LOD: 31′ 0″ * LWL: 22′ 0″ / 6.6m * Beam: 6′ 3″ / 1.9m * Draft: 3′ 7″ / 1.1m * Ballast: Solid iron – 870 to 1050kg * Displacement: 3,700 lbs / 1,700kg * Sail Area: 231 sq ft / …
THE “TEN-TEN” Briggs Swift Cunningham II (January 19, 1907 – July 2, 2003), American sportsman, entrepreneur, and heir to the Proctor & Gamble fortune. Was an accomplished car and yacht racer, having been inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame in 1993, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1997, and …
American author, Nathaniel Philbrick, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and currently lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Nathaniel graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earned his bachelor’s degree in English at Brown University, and his master’s degree in American literature at Duke University. Nathaniel is married to Melissa Douthart Philbrick, the Executive Director of …
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