Word: rainbows
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the ticket sale, attendance at the Jubilee is estimated at 700; further admissions at the door will be $4.50 single, $5.50 couple. Al Douahue fresh from Radio City's Rainbow Room, will supply the music, and supper will be served at midnight...
...Murdoch Sopwith of England's Royal Yacht Squadron hopes to win this summer the prize that U. S. skippers have successfully defended since 1851. One was Endeavour II, built a year ago and raced by Skipper Sopwith in English waters last summer. The other was Endeavour I, which Rainbow defeated...
...mechanical gadget except an altimeter. Like Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Sopwith shares her husband's hobby. In addition to christening his boats, she also sails them. In 1934 she acted as timekeeper, often took the helm of Endeavour before and after races. Endeavour I proved herself much faster than Rainbow by winning the first two races of the 1934 series. She lost the next four principally because of faulty handling by Skipper Sopwith and his inexperienced amateur crew...
...Like Rainbow, which Skipper Vanderbilt sold last winter, Endeavour I has changed hands since 1934. Her new owner. H. A. Andreae, loaned her to her old owner for this year's trial series with the understanding that if she proves faster than Endeavour II, Skipper Sopwith can buy her back. Endeavour II, blue like her predecessor, is 87 ft., 164 tons-4 ft. longer on the water line and 20 tons heavier than Endeavour I. Last summer she won nine races out of 18 starts, lost her mast twice, proved better in calm than stormy weather...
...last winter's most important job was five U. S. destroyers (TIME, Nov. 23), Ranger, first America's Cup yacht in 25 years to have an all-steel hull, was whacked together in 140 days. She inherited most of her sails, deck fittings and cabin equipment from Rainbow, which Skipper Vanderbilt dismantled before selling. She inherited her name from Captain John Paul Jones's flagship, captured by the British at Charleston...