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72 relations: Alexander Smith Cochran, America's Cup, Anemometer, Bath Iron Works, BBC News, Beam (nautical), Bermuda rig, Camper and Nicholsons, Charles Ernest Nicholson, Charles Richard Fairey, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), Duralumin, Edward VII, Elizabeth Meyer, Endeavour (yacht), Endeavour II (yacht), Enterprise (yacht), Fairey Aviation Company, Gaff rig, Gary Jobson, Genoa (sail), George Lawley & Son, George Lennox Watson, Harold Goddijn, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, Henry Walters, HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht), Holland Jachtbouw, International rule (sailing), James H. Clark, L. Francis Herreshoff, Length overall, Mortimer Singer, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Navigational instrument, New York Yacht Club, Olin Stephens, Post Properties, Rainbow (yacht), Ranger (yacht), River Hamble, Royal Denship, Royal Huisman, Royal Southern Yacht Club, Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Royal Yacht Squadron, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Shamrock V, Shroud (sailing), ..., Spreader (sailboat), St. Francis Yacht Club, Stays (nautical), The New York Times, Thomas Lipton, Thomas Siebel, Thomas Sopwith, Tore Holm, Universal rule, Velsheda, Waterline length, Weather vane, Weetamoe, Whirlwind (yacht), William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, William Fife, William Starling Burgess, Winch, World War II, Yacht, Yankee (yacht), 12 Metre. Expand index (22 more) »
Alexander Smith Cochran
Alexander Smith Cochran (February 28, 1874 – June 20, 1929) was a manufacturer, sportsman and philanthropist from Yonkers, New York.
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America's Cup
The America's Cup, affectionately known as the "Auld Mug", is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two sailing yachts.
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Anemometer
An anemometer is a device used for measuring the speed of wind, and is also a common weather station instrument.
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Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a major United States shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
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Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point as measured at the ship's nominal waterline.
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Bermuda rig
A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.
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Camper and Nicholsons
Camper and Nicholsons are the oldest leisure marine company in the world.
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Charles Ernest Nicholson
Charles Ernest Nicholson (1868 – 26 February 1954) was a British yacht designer.
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Charles Richard Fairey
Sir Charles Richard Fairey MBE, also known as Richard Fairey FRAeS (5 May 1887 – 30 September 1956) was an English aircraft manufacturer.
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Displacement (ship)
The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight, expressed in long tons of water its hull displaces.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.
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Duralumin
Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
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Elizabeth Meyer
Elizabeth E Meyer, was born in Baltimore in 1953.
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Endeavour (yacht)
Endeavour is a J-class yacht built for the 1934 America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England.
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Endeavour II (yacht)
Endeavour II was a 1936 yacht of the J Class and unsuccessful challenger of the 1937 America's Cup.
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Enterprise (yacht)
Enterprise was a 1930 yacht of the J Class and successful defender of the 1930 America's Cup.
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Fairey Aviation Company
The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Lancashire.
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Gaff rig
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff.
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Gary Jobson
Gary Jobson is a sailor, television commentator and author based in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Genoa (sail)
A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating it.
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George Lawley & Son
George Lawley & Son was a shipbuilding firm operating in Massachusetts from 1866 to 1945.
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George Lennox Watson
George Lennox Watson (30 October 1851 – 12 November 1904) was a Scottish naval architect.
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Harold Goddijn
Harold Goddijn (born April 23, 1960) is the CEO of the Dutch consumer/business electronics company TomTom since 2001.
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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family.
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Henry Walters
Henry Walters (September 26, 1848–November 30, 1931) was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery (now the Walters Art Museum) in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public.
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HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht)
His Majesty's Yacht Britannia was a gaff-rigged cutter built in 1893 for Commodore Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.
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Holland Jachtbouw
Holland Jachtbouw is a shipyard specialized in building large sailing yachts.
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International rule (sailing)
The International rule, also known as the Metre rule, was created for the measuring and rating of yachts to allow different designs of yacht to race together under a handicap system.
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James H. Clark
James Henry Clark (born March 23, 1944) is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist.
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L. Francis Herreshoff
L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor and author of books and magazine articles.
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Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.
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Mortimer Singer
Sir Adam Mortimer Singer, KBE, JP (25 July 1863 – 24 June 1929) was an Anglo-American landowner, philanthropist, and sportsman, who was one of the earliest pilots in both France and the United Kingdom.
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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator.
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Navigational instrument
Navigational instruments refers to the instruments used by nautical navigators and pilots as tools of their trade.
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New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.
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Olin Stephens
Olin James Stephens II (April 13, 1908 – September 13, 2008) was an American yacht designer of the 20th century.
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Post Properties
Post Properties, Inc. was a publicly-traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia that invested in apartments.
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Rainbow (yacht)
Rainbow was a 1930 yacht of the J Class and successful defender of the 1934 America's Cup.
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Ranger (yacht)
Ranger was a J-class racing yacht that successfully defended the 1937 America's Cup, defeating the British challenger Endeavour II 4-0 at Newport, Rhode Island.
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River Hamble
The River Hamble is a river in Hampshire, England.
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Royal Denship
Royal Denship was a Danish multi-facility conglomerate ship and yacht builder.
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Royal Huisman
Royal Huisman is a Dutch shipyard that specialises in the building and repair of sailing yachts.
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Royal Southern Yacht Club
The Royal Southern Yacht Club is a yacht club in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, England.
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Royal Ulster Yacht Club
The Royal Ulster Yacht Club is located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, on the south shore of Belfast Lough.
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Royal Yacht Squadron
The Royal Yacht Squadron is one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the world.
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Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club is one of the oldest yacht clubs in the Western Hemisphere, located in Centre Island, New York, with access to Long Island Sound.
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Shamrock V
Shamrock V was the first British yacht to be built to the new J-Class rule.
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Shroud (sailing)
On a sailboat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side.
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Spreader (sailboat)
A spreader is a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast.
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St. Francis Yacht Club
The St.
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Stays (nautical)
Stays are ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run fore-and-aft along the centerline from the masts to the hull, deck, bowsprit, or to other masts which serve to stabilize the masts.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet, KCVO (10 May 1848 – 2 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Irish parentage who was a self-made man, merchant, and yachtsman.
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Thomas Siebel
Thomas M. Siebel (born November 20, 1952) is an American business executive.
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Thomas Sopwith
Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer, business executive and yachtsman.
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Tore Holm
Tore Anton Holm (25 November 1896 – 15 November 1977) was a Swedish yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor who competed in the 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.
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Universal rule
The Universal Rule (Universal Rule for Yachts) determined a yacht's eligibility to race in the America's Cup from 1914 to 1937 and for this the J-class was chosen.
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Velsheda
The J-class yacht Velsheda was designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built in 1933 by Camper and Nicholsons at Gosport, Hampshire.
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Waterline length
The waterline length (originally Load Waterline Length, abbreviated to LWL) is the length of a ship or boat at the point where it sits in the water.
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Weather vane
A weather vane, wind vane, or weathercock is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind.
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Weetamoe
Weetamoe was a 1930 yacht of the J Class.
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Whirlwind (yacht)
Whirlwind was a 1930 yacht of the J Class.
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William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose
William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954), was a British newspaper publisher.
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William Fife
William Fife Jr. (15 June 1857 – 11 August 1944), also known as William Fife III, was the third generation of a family of Scottish yacht designers and builders.
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William Starling Burgess
William Starling Burgess (December 25, 1878 – March 19, 1947) was an American yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect.
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Winch
A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the "tension" of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable").
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yacht
A yacht is a watercraft used for pleasure or sports.
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Yankee (yacht)
Yankee was a 1930 yacht of the J Class.
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12 Metre
The 12 Metre class is a rating class for racing sailboats that are designed to the International rule.
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J Class yacht, J boat, J-Boat, J-Class yachts.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-class_yacht
