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Vintage 1950 Stamford Yacht Club Vineyard Race Sterling Silver 1st Place Trophy

Vintage 1950 Stamford Yacht Club Vineyard Race Sterling Silver 1st Place Trophy

$ 171.6

Availability: 44 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Age: Post-1940
  • Brand: Gorham
  • Composition: Sterling Silver
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Minor scuffing/scratching from handling and age. No significant damage, no spots of deep tarnish or corrosion. Pictures taken after a light polishing.
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days

    Description

    Vintage 1950 Stamford Yacht Club Vineyard Race Sterling Silver 1st Place Trophy
    Vintage 1950 Stamford Yacht Club Vineyard Race Sterling Silver 1st Place Trophy
    Description
    Historic Stamford Yacht Club - 1950 Vineyard Race
    Class B, 1st Place Finish Trophy - Awarded to Yacht "Dirigo"
    This beautiful and significant trophy is a hallmarked Gorham Sterling Silver platter, measuring 12-1/2" x 7" x 1-1/4", weighing 374g (12.0 ozt.).
    The Vineyard Race:
    Labor Day weekend's Vineyard Race is a classic American yachting event. This 238-mile course stretches from Shippan Point through the swirling currents of Plum Gut past Block Island, and on to the light tower at the entrance to Buzzard's Bay. Once reached, sailors return by leaving Block Island to starboard en route to the finish in Stamford Harbor.  Begun in 1932, it has attracted the finest sailors and fastest boats for nearly 80 years, and its intricacies and challenges bring them back time after time. Those who are successful nearly always credit local knowledge of these tricky waters and a good deal of luck.  The Vineyard Race was described in Yachting Magazine as, "The greatest distance races of the world have several things in common - a challenging course, competitive fleets and an interesting array of famous yachts. By those standards, the Stamford Yacht Club's Vineyard Race rates close to the top. Like a miniature Fastnet, the Vineyard has a combination of coastal cruising, where currents play a big role, a stretch of ocean sailing, and a mark to round - the Buzzards Bay tower - before returning."
    SYC History
    : The Stamford Yacht Club was organized on October 16, 1890.  The incorporators were William A. Lottimer, James D. Smith, William W. Skiddy, Albert C. Hall, Walter M. Smith, W.L. Brooks, A.M. Hurlbutt, Schuyler Merritt, Archibald H. Smith, Henry K. McHarg, James I. Raymond, and Samuel Fessenden, all of Stamford.  The Club’s earliest members were active people living in interesting times. The Merritt Parkway is, indeed, named after the second Vice Commodore whose Commodore, Henry K. McHarg, built a railroad town in Texas that is still called Stamford.
    Will be carefully packed and promptly shipped, USPS Priority Mail, insured for full purchase price.
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