Sound Interclub Class start, 1932

safety negative

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 13, 1932. Image of 29' Charles Mower designed, Henry B. Nevins built Sound Interclub class sloops BANDIT, SEAWAN, BEE, PO, PEGETY, LOTUS, CHINOOK, SKYLARK, and two unidentified (built 1926 in City Island, NY). Visible in image: starboard beam views of BANDIT (ISC/13), SEAWAN (ISC/17), BEE (ISC/21), THETIS (ISC/22), PEGETY (ISC/24), LOTUS (ISC/19), CHINOOK (ISC/9), and SKYLARK (ISC/18) on port close reaches under marconi-rigged mainsails and jibs, the sloops are kicking up a bow wave and the waves are beginning to have white caps. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 76 and 114. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “8/13/32 / Start Interclubs / Box 3617” and stamped: "61889F".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection