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By Richard V. Simpson

For over 100 and fifty years, the America's Cup has been the most well known prize as yachtsmen were pitted opposed to sailors from all over the world with a purpose to win this prestigious race. The race takes its identify from the champion schooner the United States, which used to be created due largely to the efforts of recent York Yacht membership founder John Cox Stevens. writer Richard V. Simpson sheds new mild on long-forgotten tales of the early quests for the coveted Cup. one of the outstanding yachtsmen profiled are Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, who earned a unique award for being the race's most sensible loser, and Ted Hood, who owned a sail-making corporation that constructed the Dacron textile from which the twelve-meter sails have been lower. This heritage involves existence with intriguing descriptions of the yachts, the races and the colourful personalities of these who longed to catch the best prize in yacht racing.

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