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By Richard V. Simpson

ISBN-10: 1625451016

ISBN-13: 9781625451019

** This digital variation contains forty eight black-and-white and 27 color illustrations **

Thomas J. Lipton s the USA s Cup Campaigns is the saga of 1 guy s 3 decade obsession with profitable the the US s Cup. this is often writer Richard V. Simpson s 5th identify about the quest for the the United States s Cup the Blue Ribbon prize for the game of enormous ocean racing yachts. during this e-book, Simpson relates short tales of a few of the main fascinating of the early races for the Cup which lead as much as the Lipton demanding situations. The narrative covers the advance of the early sloops and schooners from wooden, to steel and the demanding situations confronted by means of designers. For this narrative Simpson has searched century-old tabloids for early recreation writers predictions and statement of the contestants; he has resurrected many lengthy- forgotten modern money owed relative to past due 19th- and early twentieth-century yachts equipped in particular as the USA s Cup racers. This old account of the Lipton and Herreshoff face-offs is a sterling learn for pro, novice, and armchair sailor.

** This digital version contains forty eight black-and-white and 27 color illustrations **

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