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42. MV Derbyshire was a British ore-bulk-oil combination carrier built in 1976 by Swan Hunter, as the last in the series of the Bridge-class sextet. She was registered at Liverpool and owned by Bibby Line. [2] Derbyshire was lost on 9 September 1980 during Typhoon Orchid, south of Japan. All 42 crew members and 2 of their wives were killed in ...
Island Yacht Club of Alameda 16 March 2008 Matthew Gale (USA), 68, Mill Valley, California Anthony Harrow (USA), 72, Larkspur, California Daisy, Cheoy Lee Offshore 31 [12] Cowes-Cherbourg Race Royal Ocean Racing Club June 2011 Chris Reddish (GBR), 46 Lion, Reflex 38 [13] Chicago-Mackinac Race: Chicago Yacht Club: July 2011 Mark Morley (USA), 51
The America's Cup is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. [1][2][3] The cup was originally known as the 'R.Y.S. £100 Cup', awarded in 1851 by the British Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. The winning yacht was a schooner called America, owned by a syndicate of members ...
The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race was conceived by Herbert "Blondie" Hasler in 1956. The whole idea of a single-handed ocean yacht race was a revolutionary concept at the time, as the idea was thought to be extremely impractical; but this was especially true given the adverse conditions of their proposed route — a westward crossing of the north Atlantic Ocean, against the prevailing winds.
The recovery plan used the special-purpose salvage vessel Glomar Explorer. In the summer of 1974, Glomar Explorer attempted to raise the Soviet vessel. [111] [112] However, during the recovery, a mechanical failure in the ship's grapple caused half of the submarine to break off and fall to the ocean floor. This section is believed to have held ...
1. Rig type. Gaff. [edit on Wikidata] Jolie Brise is a gaff-rigged pilot cutter built and launched by the Albert Paumelle Yard in Le Havre in 1913 to a design by Alexandre Pâris. After a short career as a pilot boat, owing to steam replacing sail, she became a fishing boat, a racing yacht and a sail training vessel.
Draft. 7 ft 10 in (2.16 m) Propulsion. Sail and Engine (GMC 130hp) Ticonderoga, also called Ti or Big Ti, is a 72-foot (21.9 m) ketch, designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and launched in 1936 at Quincy Adams Yacht Yard in Massachusetts. [1] She was known under the name of Tioga II until 1946. [2][3]
C&C Yachts. C&C Yachts was a builder of high-performance fiberglass monohull sailboats with production facilities in Canada, Germany, and the United States. [1] C&C designed and constructed a full range of production line cruiser-racer boats, as well as custom one-off and short production run racing and cruising boats.