Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations (1887)
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller, 1846-1928 · New York, Cassell & company, ltd · leaf 42
s same year, the Sapphowas again entered by her builder, Mr.Poillon, in a race off Newport, the coursebeing from Brentons Reef to a stake boatanchored about a mile east by north fromthe lighthouse on Sandy Point, Block Island,returning to a point off Port Adams, therace to be made in eight hours.… … WANDERER. in size, this was a bad beat for the newschooner, from which so much had beenexpected. Here are the dimensions of thetwo boats: Sappho^ keel; 274.4 tons; 3146.0 feetarea. /^/w^r, center-board; 294.2 tons; 2371.9feet area. 1868 was notable as being the yearwhen the club established itself…
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