Newport to Bermuda Yacht Race, yachts racing, 1978

copy color slide (35mm only)

PHOTOGRAPHS - 35 MM SLIDES
Rosenfeld, Stanley Z.
USA, RI, Newport
1978-06
safety film, Kodachrome; cardboard mount
overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in.

35mm color slide copy photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the beginning of the Newport to Bermuda Yacht Race, June, 1978 off of Newport, Rhode Island. Image of four sloops undersail racing, starboard quarter view on a starboard tack with crews visible on the starboard rails. From left to right: WILDFLOWER, of Ocean City, New Jersey, sail #US 23311, then CARINA, sail #315, then GEM of Wyoming, sail #95, and SCARAMOUCHE, sail #20981. WILDFLOWER was a custom built 40'7" auxiliary sloop, sail #US 23311, built by Crane and Randle R. Scarborough from designs by Britton Chance, ca. 1979 for Randle R. Scarborough. CARINA, sail #315, was a 48'3" masthead sloop and ocean racer, believed to be the 3rd one of this name, built by Paasch Marine Service of Erie, Pennsylvania from designs by McCurdy & Rhodes in 1969 for Commodore Richard S. Nye. GEM was a 44'6" auxiliary sloop, sail #95, built by Robert E. Derecktor, Inc. of Mamaroneck, New York from designs by Scott Kaufman and her owner in 1978 was William Ziegler III. SCARAMOUCHE, sail #20981, was a 42'1" auxiliary sloop built by Handy Boat Service from designs by Eve Marie Tanton by the 1970's and her owner in 1978 was Merle Hallett. Mount info. stamped: "10". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Stanley Z. Rosenfeld photographer.

BOX.1984.187.178.14.17

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Stanley Z. Rosenfeld photographer