A century of unpredictable offshore races
Jun 11, 2020
1 minute
All the early transatlantic races were extraordinary quests, as the history of Yachting World relates, writes Nigel Sharp.
The inaugural transatlantic race predates our first issue (in 1894), taking place in the winter of 1866. It was arranged, so it, finished at the Needles on Christmas Day having sailed all the way from Sandy Hook, Connecticut, without tacking. The second boat, , lost six men overboard on the eighth day out – there was no hope of retrieving them.
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