Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations (1887)
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller, 1846-1928 · New York, Cassell & company, ltd · leaf 44
architects differ inopinion as to the value of thealteration. The builders ofthe Sappho, to this day, areof the opinion that shewas as fast before asafter the alteration,and that her excessof sail - carryingpower, resulting was remarkable as having had for prizescups presented by James G. Bennett,… … from the hipping, was more than counter-balanced by the increased resistance. Thefact, however, is patent, she was a failurebefore, and a grand success after the altera-tion. The autumn regatta of the New Yorkclub for 1868 was sailed September 22, and members. He was considered by them asort of…
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