There were several pictures of this boat hanging in the hotel we stayed in this weekend at my daughters soccer tournaments...There was no captions on any of them..
I was wondering if any of you may recognize the boat?..Its spinnaker pole must have been 60' long and the boom close to it...I just cant fathom flying this much sail...what a rush!!
Last edited by Stillraining; 06-03-2008 at 01:31 AM.
Great picture, which hotel were you at? I wonder how large the crew was to handle that much canvas? Looking at the bow wave, they were moving right along. Thanks.
John
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Somebody's sail maker is now retired on a private island...
I'm trying to imagine the Skipper having all his terms correct as he calls sail trim to the crew. "Harden up the brace on the flying-fore-staysail-spinnaker before you loosten the snotter on the yankee-fisherman-spritsl' yard and don't tangle the sheets of the spanker and the golly-wobbler!"
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"J Class yachts were always on a grand scale, huge spreads of canvas on hulls of 120 feet or more, large crew numbers of up to 35, and most of all multi-millionaires able to afford them. It is this class of boat that epitomizes the peak of yachting competitiveness - racing for The America's Cup."
Actually gtod, upon futher research, I believe she's Westward - a 160 foot schooner designed in 1910 by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for Alexander Cochran (World's Richest Bachelor). The boat was actually built at Herreshoff's boatyard in Bristol, RI - barely 10 miles north of where I'm sitting.
Small world.
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