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...racing for the America's Cup has been a bitter and disappointing experience to British challenger Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, the past summer has proved even more distressing to his partner in the aircraft business: bluff, sixtyish Frederick Sigrist. After building the yacht Endeavour II for his second Cup challenge, Mr. Sopwith prevailed upon Mr. Sigrist to charter his previous challenger, Endeavour I, from its new owner, Commodore H. A. Andreae of the Royal Southern Yacht Club, help him bear the expense of taking both boats to the U. S. as alternative challengers. En route, Endeavour I slipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Partners' Summer | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

British airplane maker and yachtsman Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 20, 1937 | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

Answered Mrs. Sopwith: "Why, certainly. I remember. It was a very famous story in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 20, 1937 | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

Suddenly recalled Mr. Sopwith: "By Heavens! Why you are the very man who arrested me." He remembered that he had paid a $5 fine, was informed that the same offense now carries a $25 fine. Exclaimed Yachtsman Sopwith: "That's fine. Conditions are improving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 20, 1937 | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

...colitis aboard his yacht Philante in New Harbor, off Block Island, R. L, lay Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, unsuccessful challenger for the America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 23, 1937 | 8/23/1937 | See Source »

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