A Punishing Jibe

t might be called the most famous jibe in America’s Cup history—and it proved a disaster for the British entry in the 1871 contest. Marine artist Russ Kramer pictures, headed by J.L. Ashbury, led coming up to the stake boat with the New York Yacht Club’s defender, , trailing to weather. To leave the mark to starboard, ’s captain, J.R. Woods, jibed in what one viewer described as “a gale of wind.”