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Sydney Harbour scene of four small yachts racing

from Powerhouse Museum

• Ian Sanderson said:

  Probably the famous 18 Foot Skiffs. There are some modern reconstructions sailing on the Harbour

• beachcomber australia said:

  Taken from Bennelong Point where Sydney Opera House now is (Fort Macquarie then), judging from the alignment of Fort Denison and Bradleys Head. It's a tremendous action picture of what was then a new sport: www.18footers.com.au/index.php/18ft-skiff-racing/early-18... .

Columbia Alumni - "Boat Race" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Sarah said:

  Those zany college students...

• Boring Straw said:

  cool!

Pugh of the "Disturber" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Harry Angstrom said:

  Wrigley Trophy Trouble in Court. August 22, 1912, Thursday Page 7, 335 words CHICAGO, Aug. 21. -- James A. Pugh, owner of the motorboat Disturber III., to-day obtained an injunction in the Circuit Court, restraining officials of the Associated Yacht and Power Boat Clubs of America from awarding the Wrigley Trophy and a $1,500 cash prize to J. Stuart Blackton of New York, owner of the Baby Reliance II. ... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801EFDA123CE633A...

• Richard Norton said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Trophy