Wednesday, July 1, 2009

America's Cup Contenders 1901


J.P. Morgan's yacht "Columbia" beat "Shamrock II" to win the 1901 America's Cup race. "Columbia" had previously won in 1899 against Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock I."

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i cant believe it! after digging up sir thomas`s medal in my garden ive finally found out where and why he won it...