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...addition, the following men were elected to the Editorial Board. Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough '30, of Boston, Theodore Hall Jr. '29, of Washington, D. C., Charles Staver House '30, of South Manchester, Conn., Ralph Blake Williams '30, of Dover, James Russell Smith '30, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Ernest Stent '29, of San Francisco...
Died. Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, fourth Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, 85, twice challenger for the famed America's (yachting) Cup (with Valkyrie II, 1893 and Valkyrie III, 1895, both designed by Watson; defeated respectively by Vigilant and Defender, both designed by Herreshoff) ; at London...
Yachtsmen were somewhat surprised at the absence of a Herreshoff-designed boat among those picked. The Herreshoffs of Bristol, R. L, are descended from an ancient line of New England boatbuilders. John B. (died 1915) blind from boyhood, was a great ship-designer and head of the firm, but it was Captain "Nat" Herreshoff (brother of John) who made the name famous. He invented a cata maran that sailed 21 m.p.h. He also introduced the "fin" keel for racing sloops, now used the world over...
...Cape Cod will start from Marblehead on Monday. August 3, at the completion of the mid-summer series of races. The ultimate destination will be either Isleboro, Me., or North east Harbor. Prizes for each days run will be awarded and time allowances will be given according to Herreshoff tables...
...SALE.- The racing cat-boat Mojave built and designed by Herreshoff, 30 ft. over all, 21 ft. water line. For further particulars, address Cat-boat, Crimson office...