Newport Bermuda Race, Class C start, 1958

safety negative

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Newport to Bermuda Race in 1958. Long shot of several of the Class C sailing vessels racing, all starboard beam views. In the foreground on the left is the sloop, THE PANIC, sail number unclear, with sails running free and the spinnaker being set by the crew. Slightly in back of THE PANIC is sail #312 which is the 47'5" aux. yawl, FIGARO III (DS: S&S; BU: Johnson, 1955). To the far right is sail #375, NUTMEG, a 45' aux. sloop (DS: Rhodes; BU: Heitmann, 1953). Many other sailing vessels are in the background. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "159766F / NEWPORT-BERMUDA 1958 / [Box] 5650". Handwritten: "Start Class C". Typed caption in with neg.: "159766F - At[sic] gusty class C start of Newport-Bermuda Race / THE PANIC owned by Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. rolls to leeward on her beam ends as crew sets spinnaker." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection