Published on Nov 30, 2016 November 29 and the head of the fleet are in the Indian Ocean trumping towards the Southern Ocan and heavy weather. Once again the Nov 29 daily report, Alex Thomson and the panel in Paris with the extended version of discussion with VG Live. Hope you enjoy it as We …
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New York Lumber Ship Strikes Cape Ann Rocks November 30, 1918 Gloucester, MA – The three-masted schooner Harold B. Cousens was wrecked today at Brace’s Cove, Cape Ann. Captain Carey and his crew and his crew of eight men were rescued. The schooner probably will be a total loss. She was bound from St. N. …
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Portland Maine Nov 29, 1902 – The captain of a steamer that arrived here this afternoon reported that the famous old schooner Polly was ashore at Owls Head near Rockland. As the craft was light it is believed that she will be floated. The Polly is the oldest sailing vessel in commission. She was built …
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San Francisco November 28, 1912 – Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenge to race in the 23 metre class at the Panama-Pacific International Expedition regatta in 1915, has been accepted by a syndicate headed by Thomas L. Miller president of the West Coast Life Insurance Company. The Challenge reads: “On behalf of a syndicate, yet to be …
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Old Barkentine Is Abandoned by Hpp Pppw Ilvl VlVHi – November 27,1905 Tampico Sights Her Adrift With Sails , Torn and Rudder Gone. Ten Men and a Dog Are Taken Off and Landed Safely in This City • by the Steamer Homer. Somewhere in the northern seas the old barkentine Quickstep, waterlogged, deserted and rudderless, …
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