Author: Atlantic Yacht Club, New York HarborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Atlantic Yacht Club
Author: Atlantic Yacht Club, New York HarborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Atlantic Yacht Club
Author: Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic
Author: Sam JeffersonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472916751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pursuit into something altogether more rugged and adventurous. The race also symbolized the beginning of America's 'gilded age', with its associated obscene wealth and largesse (the $90,000 prize put up by the three contestants is about $15 million in today's money), as well as the thawing of relations between the US and UK. The narrative focuses on the victorious yacht Henrietta and her owner James Gordon Bennett. Bennett was the son of the multimillionaire proprietor of the New York Herald, and a notorious playboy. His infamous stunts included driving his carriage through the streets of New York naked, tipping a railway porter $30,000, and turning up at his own engagement party blind drunk and mistaking the fire for a urinal, which led to the coining of the phrase 'Gordon Bennett!'. However, Bennett was also a serious yachtsman and had served with distinction during the civil war aboard Henrietta, and he was the only owner to be aboard his own boat during the race. Other characters include Bennett's captain Samuel Samuels (legendary clipper skipper, ex-convict and occasional vaudeville actor), financier Leonard Jerome, aboard Henrietta as race invigilator (he also happened to be grandfather to Winston Churchill) and Stephen Fisk, a journalist so desperate to cover the race that he evaded a summons to appear as a witness in court and instead smuggled himself aboard Henrietta in a crate of champagne. Using the framework of the race to discuss the various historical themes, there's ample drama, and the diverse and eccentric range of characters ensure that this is a book laced with plenty of human interest, scandal and adventure.
Atlantic Yacht Club
Author: Atlantic Yacht ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A Berth to Bermuda
Author: John RousmanierePublisher: Maritime
ISBN: 9780939511174
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this lavish, heavily illustrated book, yachting historian (and Bermuda Racer) John Rousmaniere tells the story of the remarkable sailors, the great boats, the tactics, the Gulf Stream ordeal, and the lure of Bermuda that make this the world's classic ocean race.
Forest and Stream
Author: Outing
Author: Roosevelt Island
Author: Judith BerdyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738512389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Roosevelt Island captures the fascinating and sometimes curious history of an island located halfway between Manhattan and Queens in the East River. In 1824, the city of New York purchased Blackwell's Island, later Welfare Island, as a site for its lunatic asylum, penitentiary, workhouses, and almshouses. In the years that followed, the island was a temporary home for several of New York City's famous and infamous. William Marcy Tweed, better known as "Boss Tweed," was imprisoned at the penitentiary in the 1870s. Mae West was incarcerated in 1927 at the Workhouse for Women after her appearance in a play called Sex. After many institutions were closed or relocated, Welfare Island was virtually ignored until 1973, when it was reborn as Roosevelt Island, which is now a model planned community and thriving home to almost ten thousand people.
Sailing on the Edge: Alone Across the Atlantic
Author: Peter KeatingPublisher: Book Reality Experience
ISBN: 9780645153231
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
At the age of 57, Australian Peter Keating set out to sail, single-handed, across the Atlantic. This is his account, yet it is also the journey of each one of us, should we decide to peer over the horizon and strike out from safe harbours.
Atlantic Yacht Club
Author: Atlantic Yacht ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Yacht clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description