Published on May 20, 2013 Hard to Windward – Courtesy of the Tasmanian Archive/Heritage Office, and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia – the film of the 1956 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 1956 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, was the 12th annual running of the “blue water classic” Sydney to Hobart Yacht …
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Published on Dec 10, 2016 Today’s Report is a wap of the past week and the daily report of Dec 09. Individual reports from the Great American, Sebastiem Desmarau, Jean Le Cam, Alex Thomson more
December 11, 1900 – Captain Joshua Slocums’ “Spray” beached at Castillo Chicos, about seven miles south of the dividing-line of Uruguay and Brazil. A boy and his horse came to Joshua’s aide, “Buenos dias, muchacho,” Joshua later offering to trade ship biscuits for butter and milk. The boy quickly returned with butter, milk, eggs and …
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A Famous “Blubber Hunter” to be exhibited at Chicago. December 10, 1891 – At one of the wharves of New Bedford, Mass., lies in a half dismantled’ condition the old whaler Franklin. She is but a 73-ton schooner, yet she was famous In the palmy days of whalers and sealers, was built at Eastport, Me., …
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“CAPT. TIBBETT GLAD TO BE ALIVE” “The Crew of the Mildred Safe in Port. Londonian Passengers Not So Lucky” NEW YORK. Dec. 8, 1898 — Within a short sailing distance of this port and twice beaten back, after a two months’ voyage, was the story told by the little schooner Mildred, which has arrived …