Word: nylandska
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...Nylandska Jaktklubben (Royal Finnish Yacht Club) put up a golden nautilus shell, no larger than a lady's hand, to stimulate international competition at six-meter yacht racing, an old Scandinavian specialty. No longer than it took them to say smorgasbord, rich U. S. yachtsmen began to build six-meter boats (almost one-fourth the length of America's Cup yachts), found them fun to maneuver and comparatively inexpensive to maintain (about $3,000 a year in addition to some $8,000 initial outlay). Within four years there were enough good six-meter sailors...
...Swedish six-metre boat May Be won the Scandinavian Gold Cup from the boats of eight nations last week at the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L. I. The cup, donated by the Nylandska Jakt-klubbens (Finnish yacht club) was won for the U. S. last year by the yacht Lanai. Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Holland, Germany and England (with a bright scarlet sailboat) challenged. The U. S. defender Lea and all but Sweden, Norway and Finland were eliminated in preliminaries. Each then won two races; Sweden drifted through an almost airless afternoon to win a third...
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