Yacht racing
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Roderick Stephens collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-163
Abstract
Logs, navigator's notebooks, scrapbooks, guest registers, notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and other papers, chiefly relating to Stephen's activities as navigator and/or captain of various vessels in long distance racing, but also reflecting his and his brother, Olin Stephens' personal and business affairs. Includes materials relating to the yawls DORADE and STORMY WEATHER, winners of the Transatlantic and Fastnet races, and races aboard his personal sloop MUSTANG; his...
Dates:
1931 - 1990
Found in:
Manuscripts
W. Starling Burgess Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-193
Abstract
The W. Starling Burgess Papers consists of 19 document boxes, containing approximately 3800 pieces of manuscript material. About 40% of the collection provides information relative to Burgess' involvement with the design and construction of various yachts, especially the J-Boat RANGER (1936-1937). Here, one will also find information on RAINBOW, ENTERPRISE, and other yachts, along with data regarding new techniques in design and construction
Dates:
1935 - 1946
Found in:
Manuscripts