Crossing the Finish Line, 1971
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1971-06
paper
11 x 14 x in.
11x14 gelatin silver print from 35 mm color slide photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons June 1971. Image of sloops 41' C&C Yachts designed, Lindsey Plastics, Ltd. built Newport 41 racing sloop AQUARIUS (built circa 1969 in Gloucester, VA), 35' C&C Yachts designed, Hinterhoeller built Redwing 35 sloop ARROW (built circa 1971 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.), 35.5' Bill Lapworth designed, Jensen Marine built Cal 36 sloop TERRAPIN (built circa 1966 in Costa Mesa, CA), 42' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Derecktor Shipyard built Gulfstream 42 auxiliary sloop SONNET (built circa 1970 in Mamaroneck, NY), 41' Herreshoff sloop BONES (built circa 1970) and unidentified sloop crossing the finish line at Block Island Race Week. Visible in image: port quarter views of "AQUARIUS /NY" (2663), "ARROW / LUDLOW VT" (10078), "TERRAPIN / ANNAPOLIS" (1579), unidentified sloop (?59? possibly CHARISMA (2459), VAMOOSE (3795), or RHUMB LINE (2959)), SONNET (4421) and BONES (4747) running before the wind under mainsails and spinnakers over the finish line, bluff and houses in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 212. Stamped on back in purple: “PHOTO © / STANLEY ROSENFELD” and handwritten: "Spinnaker finish-Block Island / 144 / 90765-P2".
BOX.1984.187.126.30.9.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection