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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2017 St Barths Bucket Regatta: Results Pursuit Classes Series after two races Pursuit Classes Race 1 17 March 2017 (pdf) Pursuit Classes Race 2 18 March 2017 (pdf) J Class Overall: after four races (pdf) J Class Race 1: 16 March 2017 (pdf) J Class Race 2: 16 March 2017 (pdf) J Class Race …
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17 Mar 2017 – St. Barths Bucket Regatta – Barby MacGowan – While some Bucketeers started practicing as early as Monday (especially the J Class sailors who started their regatta a day before the rest of the teams), others began later in the week, with their rides arriving one-by-one until the inner and outer harbors …
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A Good Day to be an Old J 16 Mar 2017 – St. Barths Bucket Regatta – Barby MacGowan Velsheda’s clean, smart start at the race committee end of the line this morning foreshadowed her brilliant performance to come over the rest of the race and the day, as the J Class started its Bucket …
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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