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Sep 13, 2019
Sea Going Yachts Needed for Immediate War Duty
In connection with the quiet campaign of preparedness which is being carried on under the orders of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and about which there has been no previous public announcement, an active effort has been under way during the last month to procure seagoing yachts for immediate war duty.
The Government [...]
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Sep 13, 2019
The Isle of Wight in the Solent has long been the epicenter of yachting in England. In 1851, a schooner painted black arrived there
looking to win races. This was the yacht America, owned by John Cox Stevens, the first commodore of the NYYC and other club members. (Photo shows America, winner of a race in 1851 in England and a trophy that came to be called the America's Cup.)America [...]
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Sep 13, 2019
Image: Illustration of Cleopatra's Barge from Peabody Essex Museum
Yachting, or sailing for recreational purposes, can be traced in the United States to George Crowninshield of Salem, Massachusetts.
Crowninshield, described as a "swell and a dandy," was a member of a prominent and wealthy mercantile family whose trading ships
sailed between American and European ports [...]
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Sep 13, 2019
Gimcrack was the first flagship of John Cox Stevens, first commodore of the NYYC. Later, he was part of the syndicate that owned
America that won what became the "America's Cup" in 1851 in England.
John Cox Stevens and eight other progressive New York yachtsmen met aboard Stevens new yacht Gimcrack during the afternoon of Tuesday, July 30, 1844. Gimcrack was anchored off the Battery [...]
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Published Date
Sep 13, 2019
John Cox Stevens was the first commodore of the NYYC and the prime mover in the America syndicate. The trophy America won in 1851 became the America's Cup. This portrait of Commodore Stevens and his family is excerpted from The Low Black Schooner by author and NYYC member John Rousmaniere.
John Cox Stevens was from one of the more remarkable families in U.S. history. His grandfather [...]
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