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Christopher Billopp or Billop ( c. 1650 – 1725 [ 1]) was an English officer of the Royal Navy in the seventeenth century who commanded various ships of the line, including HMS Greenwich in the Battle of Bantry Bay. He is noted as part of the " Staten Island Legend", a likely apocryphal story that describes Billopp's circumnavigation of Staten ...
Enchantress. (yacht) The Enchantress was a 19th-century racing yacht, winner of several national and international Cups including the Royal Yacht Squadron 's 53-mile (85 km) regatta around the Le Havre to Southampton, and the New York Yacht Club 's 140-mile (230 km) regatta from Owl's Head Point to Sandy Hook Lightship.
Coordinates: 40.555503°N 74.215738°W. The graveyard photographed in 1973. The Staten Island boat graveyard is a marine scrapyard located in the Arthur Kill in Rossville, near the Fresh Kills Landfill, on the West Shore of Staten Island, New York City. It is known by many other names including the Witte Marine Scrap Yard, the Arthur Kill Boat ...
September 17, 1982 [1] Designated NYCL. September 11, 1979 [2] The New York Yacht Club Building is a seven-story Beaux-Arts clubhouse at 37 West 44th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Opened in 1901, the building was designed by architect Whitney Warren of Warren and Wetmore as the sixth clubhouse of the New York ...
To avoid them, Kidd sailed 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) around the eastern tip of Long Island, and doubled back 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) along the Sound to Oyster Bay. He felt this was a safer passage than the highly trafficked Narrows between Staten Island and Brooklyn. [39] [page needed]
www.nyyc.org. The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. As of 2001, the organization was reported to have about 3,000 members. [1]
Beam. 21 m (69 ft) Draft. 7 m (23 ft) Sail area. 1,170 m 2 (12,600 sq ft) The Magic was a racing schooner yacht, of the New York Yacht Club. She was the first American defender during the 1870 America's Cup hosted in New York against the 1st British challenger Cambria, representing the Royal Thames Yacht Club of London. The Magic, had 19 owners.
September 3, 2024 at 1:36 PM. The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection is growing. The luxury brand’s second ship, Ilma, departed on its maiden voyage Monday. The vessel, which will spend its inaugural ...