Life ring from America's Cup defender COLUMBIA (Cutter, 1899)

life ring

SHIP & BOAT GEAR - LIFE RINGS
textile; cork; oil paint
Overall: 21 x 21 x 3 1/2 in

Life ring from the yacht COLUMBIA. Racing is not always safe. COLUMBIA's life ring probably saw service in 1903 when she tucked her bowsprit into green water off Newport. Several men were washed overboard. Carl B. Olsen was lost.


1947.965

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