Ireland s Eight America s Cup Challenges Are Now Remote History
27th February 2021
No longer at the races……The AC75 American Magic at an early stage of the selection trials for the current 2021 series, when she seemed well able to cope with awkward seas. But she was actually in smoother water some weeks later when she became airborne in squally weather on starboard tack, and in crashing back to sea level, the port foil snapped like a stick of celery, holing the hull
When the low black schooner America won what was to become an historic race around the Isle of Wight on Friday 22nd August 1851 from a small fleet of varied English yachts, thereby winning a silver ewer which was eventually to become The America s Cup, the British Empire was approaching its world-girdling all-powerful peak. As for the United States of America, they were expanding with such vigour that they overcame a destructive Civil War ten years later to enter an era of such growth and strength that inevitab
WE THINK digital photographs are pretty nifty today, but in terms of quality, they don’t begin to compare with the glass negatives taken more than 100 years ago. The photograph of the Prince of Wales pub, 174-175 Ryde High Street, was taken by William Hogg of Ryde, who produced postcards which he sold from his post office in George Street they are highly sought after by collectors today. The photograph comes from one of more than 400 of Mr Hogg’s glass negatives now owned by myself and Colin Fairweather. Each one measures a hefty 17 x 11 cms, 6¾ x 4½ inches in old money, and capture details to a degree that still beats any of today’s digital cameras.