The Great Ocean Yacht Race. Between the Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta. The "good bye" to the yacht club steamer "River Queen", 4 miles east of Sandy Hook. Light Ship. Decr. 11th. 1866

Book Description

New York: Currier & Ives, 1867. Lithograph, coloured by hand. 23 5/8 x 32 7/8 inches. Currier & Ives view of the start of the first Trans-Atlantic yacht race. This image recalls the start of modern ocean racing: in 1866, under New York Yacht Club rules, three schooners of between 32 and 32.6 metres, raced from Sandy Hook, N.J. to Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Henrietta, owned by American newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett, won, arriving at 5:45 pm on Christmas day in a time of 13 days and 22 hours. The Fleetwing arrived 8 hours later, followed by the Vesta 1 1/2 hours after her. Conningham 2634; Gale 2854

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