Colored lithograph depicting a moment during the Great Ocean Yacht Race of 1866 between the yachts 'Henrietta,' 'Fleetwing,' and the 'Vesta,' in which the 'Fleetwing' took a sea aboard while scudding before a hard gale. The incident washed out six of her crew out of the cockpit, and she was obliged to lay for five hours. 'Henrietta' won first place and 'Fleetwing' came in second.
Inscriptions
Type
graphite
Location
verso, top left
Text
"Fleetwing" Dec: 1866. / Ocean Yacht Race from Sandy Hook to the Needles. / with "Henrietta" and "Vesta"
Type
graphite
Location
verso
Text
6-33
Type
graphite
Location
verso, lower half
Text
yacht "Fleetwing" / In the Ocean Race from Sandy Hook to the Needles, December, 1866