Aug. 22 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1851, the U.S.-built schooner America outran a fleet of Britain's finest ships around England's Isle of Wight in an international race that became known ...
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In the first match the schooner America, representing the New York Yacht Club, came over to the Isle of Wight and beat the best the Royal Yacht Squadron could muster to claim the ‘Auld Mug’.