Star Class Sloop TYPHOON, 1949

safety negative

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed March 27 - April 2, 1949; stern view of Star class sloop TYPHOON during the 1949 Spring Championship Series, Nassau, Bahamas; TYPHOON's upper mast has broken off, and the crew has jury rigged the halyard to make a second sheet, with the lower half of the sail staying up by wind pressure; for similar views of TYPHOON see 1996.31.3242-3244; for other views from this race, see 1996.31.3229-3256; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '3350', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Yachtsman's Camera' (1950) pg. 95; REF: 'Log of the Star Class' (1950) pg. 68.