America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans - And How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race EverSheridan House, Inc., 2004 - 148 páginas The America's Cup is the oldest international trophy in competitive sports, yet few know the inspirational story of the dedicated seamen behind the original historic race. In 1850, a brilliant young boat designer struck a terrible deal with the New York Yacht Club: he would attempt to build them the world's fastest boat, but he would receive no payment unless the vessel emerged victorious at The Great Exhibition in England. With its revolutionary design and striking beauty, the yacht AMERICA would have to beat fourteen of the best boats that Britain the world's greatest maritime nation could bring to the line. It seemed an impossible task. Yet AMERICA's small, unlikely team of humble, hardworking men faced the might and arrogance not only of their British competitors, but also their own backers, and achieved the unthinkable. |
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Contenido
Two TRAGIC Loss | 10 |
FOUR THE COMMODORES PRIDE | 27 |
SIX DECISION | 45 |
EIGHT TILTED ODDS | 66 |
NINE QUIET DEPARTURE | 82 |
ΤΕΝ TO OPEN SEA | 97 |
ELEVEN TURN OF SPEED | 110 |
THIRTEEN STAYING THE COURSE | 130 |
FOURTEEN WELCOME LANDFALL | 141 |
SIXTEEN RELUCTANT RIVALS | 162 |
EIGHTEEN FEVERISH ANTICIPATION | 187 |
TWENTY WINDS OF VICTORY | 207 |
Afterword | 217 |
Requiem | 233 |
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America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans, and how ... David W. Shaw Vista de fragmentos - 2002 |
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aboard America aboard the yacht ahead America's Cup anchor ashore boom bowsprit breeze Britain British yachts brother built canvas Captain Brown challenge close coast cockpit commodore Cowes Cox's crew cutter deck Dick Brown east England English Channel fast feet fleet flying jib foremast foresail forward gaff topsail George Steers Hamilton Havre heaved hull island Isle of Wight James Steers jibboom John Cox Stevens Lavrock Le Havre looked main gaff mainsail Maria Mary Taylor mast miles Nelson Comstock ocean owners packets pilot boat port race rail ready rigging Royal Yacht Squadron sailors Sandy Hook Sandy Hook Pilots schooner Schuyler ship shipyard shoals shouted shrouds side sloop spar speed starboard steamer steamship Steers's stern syndicate tacked tide turned United vessel victory watched waves weather wind windward yacht America yacht sailed yard York Harbor York Herald York Yacht Club