PLANS LAID FOR BIG YACHT RACE Probability Is That Other Ports Will Be Represented in Los Angeles – Honolulu Contest An ultimatum has been sent to Hawaii Yacht club of Honolulu by the South Coast Yacht club that an hour and a half handicap a foot in favor of the smaller boats entered …
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Only 48 days had passed since the U.S. Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service had merged January 28 to form the U.S. Coast Guard. The ill- fated Silvia C. Hall was about to become the service’s first major rescue. The schooner was hit by a howling southeast gale near Cape Lookout, N.C. With …
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At 7:00 PM on the evening of March 15th, 1912, the four-masted schooner Herbert D. Maxwell left her anchorage near the mouth of the Magothy River and sailed southeast across the Chesapeake Bay toward Kent Island. Built in Maine and designed to haul lumber, the 186 foot cargo ship carried 1150 tons of fertilizer from …
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March 15, 2016 – Stuart, Florida — Although most people would consider the Schooner Lily to be a pretty green boat compared to most, it will be even more green this week as she sails for her annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration! St. Patrick’s is a pretty special day for the Schooner Lily and her …
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Passengers are Really Scared but no Injuries NEW LONDON, Conn., March 13, 1893 – The steamboat City of Boston of the Norwich line, for many years the “Queen of Long Island Sound,” ran into the big three-masted schooner Charles W. Church in the lower harbor this morning shortly after mid- night. The steamers …
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