Word: newport
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...evenings by shore-lights and lighthouses, 50 of the finest U.S. sailing ships set out last fortnight on the annual cruise of the New York Yacht Club, principal U.S. yachting event of any summer when there is no racing for the America's Cup. Riding at anchor in Newport before the first day's run was Weetamoe, which Frederick H. Prince of Boston had purchased from the members of the Weetamoe Syndicate and which had won three races the week before the cruise. Riding near was Resolute, which defended the America's Cup in 1920, and Gerard...
...calm again; the fleet had itself towed through the canal at the base of Cape Cod to Buzzard's Bay. There was a fresh breeze for the last day of the cruise but it chopped, changed, and finally almost faded away while Weetamoe led the fleet home to Newport...
...days of racing off Newport ended the cruise. Twenty-two year old Elizabeth ("Sis") Hovey, sailing her father's Istalena, beat Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams (called "Chick" by fellow yachtsmen) in the Vanitie to win the Astor Cup for sloops; Rowe B. Metcalf's Sachem won the Astor Cup for schooners. Next day, in a fine fresh breeze, Weetamoe won the cup presented by King George V, beating Valiant by one second over the 30-mile triangular course...
...Hoover, a seasoned christener, had a new experience last week at busy Newport News, Va. when she sponsored twin ships within an hour. The ships, S. S. Talamanca and S. S. Segovia, were baptized with water from the southern seas they will sail. United Fruit Co., the owners, will build four more fine fruit boats, operate all six under the U. S. flag, be paid for carrying the U. S. mails...
Married. Florence Julia Loew. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Goadby Loew, granddaughter of the late Banker George Fisher Baker; and Robert E. Strawbridge, Jr. of Philadelphia, international poloist; at Newport...