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11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey


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The first transatlantic yacht race, from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to the Needles off the coast of the Isle of Wight in England, was the result of a drunken wager between three prominent New York businessmen: James Gordon Bennett Jr., Pierre Lorillard, and George ...
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