Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations (1887)
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller, 1846-1928 · New York, Cassell & company, ltd · leaf 64
who had, previous to the start,been informed that he could turn it eitherway, luffed around and secured an advan-tage by doing so. Mr. Ashbury asked thatthis race might be thrown out and anothersailed in place of it, but the committee re-fused. I was on board of the Columbiaduring this race, and I… … reach to the finish, and it was possible for herto have won. As the committee was clearlyat fault in not giving explicit directions asto how the mark should be turned, and asthey had given permission to one skipper toturn either way, and had not given the samepermission to the other, and as it was…
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