Taking Spray Aboard INTREPID, 12 meter sloop at America's Cup Third Race, 1967

safety negative

35mm safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1967. Image of crew taking spray aboard 64.5' Britton Chance Jr. designed, Minneford Yacht Yard built 12 meter sloop INTREPID (built 1967 in City Island, NY) at third race of America's Cup. Visible in image: cropped starboard quarter view of INTREPID on port close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail and genoa, in a trough of waves with wave cresting along the starboard quarter and spray flying through the air as four crew members drive the boat aft. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “9/ /1967 / 184370 / A.C.-3RD RACE / 15“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection