Set Sail!
New painting by CAy Broendum 2020
Painted with brushes on canvas the old fashioned way
200 x 150 cm
As history ygoes (From American Sailing Assosiation) asa.com/news/2017/12/16/history-of-the-yacht/
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1851 August 22,
around the Isle of Wight, racing against 15 yachts of the Royal Yacht
Squadron in the club’s annual 53-nautical-mile (98 km) race around the
Isle of Wight.
Finishing 8 minutes ahead of its closest rival.
America had won the Royal Yacht Squadron’s “
Hundred Guinea Cup“, later called the America’s Cup in honor of the yacht that won it.
Watching the race was Queen Victoria, who supposedly inquired, “
Which is first?” Told it was
America, she asked, “
Which is second?” “
Ah, Your Majesty, there is no second,” was the reply.
The NYYC defended that trophy from 1870-1983.
This has been described by journalists as “
the longest winning streak in sports“.
Artwork Set Sail by Cay broendum in Studio Copenhagen.