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[Tom Hunter]

Doing a little work avoidance and found these

C.E. Bolles, I am guessing L.I. Sound but maybe Buzzards Bay


http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b18000/3b18500/3b18543r.jpg


Schooners racing, maybe N.Y. Yacht club about 1900
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b13000/3b13600/3b13666r.jpg


Schooners racing, I am guessing New York Yacht club because the photographer is from Brooklyn. Columbia, Iroquoi, Emerald
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b18000/3b18500/3b18542r.jpg

[Tom Hunter]

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b13000/3b13600/3b13667r.jpg

Love this one of Shamrock 1898

Now some closer to home

1898

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b10000/3b10200/3b10285r.jpg

I bet the wait list for a mooring was less than 12 years back then:

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b13000/3b13600/3b13668r.jpg

1915

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b10000/3b13000/3b13600/3b13669r.jpg

[Tom Hunter]

This one is called reaper. I am getting the impression that sailing was more fun back in the day. Judging by the bow wave you can get pretty good speed out of very little breeze if you put up 1,500 square feet of canvas on a 20' hull.

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/det/4a00000/4a04000/4a04600/4a04634r.jpg