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Your article on Henry B. Nevins was extremely good. It is unfortunate, however, that neither was the Baruna mentioned nor her picture printed ... In the 6-meter class you did not mention . . . Llanoria, which is the newest and best of the 6s he built. She was twice Olympic champion and winner of the One-Ton and Seawanhaka Cups...
...yawl Baruna was built by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard. For a picture of Nevins' Llanoria, on which Reader Roosevelt sailed as a crewman when she won her Seawanhaka trophy...
...keep the British-American Cup, which the U.S. has held since 1930. In this week's Seawanhaka Cup competitions, also for Six-Meters, the British challenger Marylette got off to a sad start by snapping her mast in a stiff breeze, while the U.S. defender Llanoria, supposedly left hopelessly behind with a torn mainsail, plodded home to win under Genoa jib and spinnaker...
...Captain Herman Whiton had to reshuffle his whole lineup. But to everyone's surprise the U.S. took the next two races, evened the match. The deciding race was marked by the most seamanlike maneuver of the series. Running bow & bow with Britain's Johan, the American Llanoria suddenly luffed into the wind, forcing Johan to follow suit. The maneuver temporarily becalmed both boats in the lee of a passing ocean liner. Captain Whiton's Goose took the opening and slipped ahead to finish first. Shaking off Johan, Llanoria came in second, got the points needed to give...
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