GRETEL, #KA1, and WEATHERLY, #US17, 2nd race, America's Cup, 1962

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
September 18, 1962
safety film; Kodak Plus X Pan film
overall: 35 mm

35mm Kodak Plus X Pan film photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, Tuesday, September 19, 1962, during the second America's Cup race. Image of GRETEL, #KA1, closeup of starboard side aft on a port tack with Jock Sturrock at the helm in the cockpit and crew members sitting on the port rail. Partial view of WEATHERLY, #US17, starboard bow, in the background. GRETEL was a 70' 12-Meter sloop, #KA1, built by the Australian syndicate to challenge for the America's Cup in 1962. Her designer was Alan Payne and the vessel was built by Lars Halvarsen Sons of Sydney, Australia. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "173293 / JUL(crossed out) 18 1962 / AMERICA'S CUP RACE 1962." Handwritten note: "Tues. 9/18". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.173293.19

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection