12 Metres under Spinnaker, 1939

safety negative

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 17, 1939. Image of 70' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Henry B. Nevins built 12 meter class sloop VIM (built 1939 in City Island) and cutter SEVEN SEAS (built 1935 in City Island, NY). Visible in image: cropped port quarter views of VIM (ahead) and SEVEN SEAS (in foreground) running before the wind under marconi-rigged mainsails and spinnakers, crew are at work on deck, land in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 94 and 117. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “94492F 9/17/39 / Vim + Seven Seas”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection