Yachts

1877 · 16248 — New York: Harper's Weekly 1877. Very good overall. A charming wood engraving from Harper's Weekly dated June 9 1877. Drawn by Schell and Hogan. With a large yacht in the foreground being inspected by its owners while a yacht in the middle ground is made ready to sail. Gowanus Bay was the home of the first facility of the Atlantic Yacht Club which was organized in 1866 when it broke away from the Brooklyn Yacht Club. The Atlantic Yacht Club soon drew the attention of many of Long Island's most prominent citizens and became one of the most active clubs in New York hosting regattas and attracting sailors from around the world for its Atlantic Race Week and Lipton Cup Regattas. For decades the center of the New York sailing and yachting world was located at Gowanus Creek and the Erie Basin in Red Hook Brooklyn. Harper's Weekly unknown