Newport Bermuda Race, Class C, 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. Image of several of the Class C sailing vessels racing, all starboard bow views. In the foreground is the 42'2 Naval Academy yawl, VIGILANT, #NA12 (DS: Luders; BU: Mt. Desert, 1943). In the center to the right is the British sloop, UOMIE, sail #817, with sails running free and the spinnaker being set. To the right of UOMIE in the background is the sloop, THE PANIC. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "159767F / NEWPORT-BERMUDA 1958 / [Box] 5650". Handwritten: "Start Class C". Typed caption in with neg.: "159767F / UOMIE, in center, No. 817 owned by Geoffrey Pattinson of England, breaking out spinnaker at start of Newport Bermuda race at Newport R.I. / In left foreground crew aboard the Naval Academy Yawl Vigilant prepare to hoist their spinnaker while the one aboard The Panic, right background is hoisted in stops." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection