Sappho (yacht)
''Sappho'' was one of two defender yachts at the second America's Cup challenge, stepping in when defender ''Columbia'' was damaged in the third race. Design ''Sappho'' was built by Cornelius & Richard Poillon Bros. on speculation for Richard Poillon to a design by William Townsend based on the lines of ''America''. Career ''Sappho'' was launched from the C. & R. Poillon shipyard at the foot of Bridge street, on May 25, 1867. In 1868, ''Sappho'' sailed across the Atlantic to England. There she entered the Round the Isle of Wight Race. Competing against the yachts ''Aline'', ''Cambria'', ''Condor'', and Oimara, ''Sappho'' finished last. Her poor showing encouraged ''Cambria''s owner, James Lloyd Ashbury, to be the first to challenge the New York Yacht Club for the America's Cup. Following her defeat, ''Sappho'' returned to the US where she was sold to New York Yacht Club member William Proctor Douglas. Douglas turned her over to Captain Robert "Bob" Fish who altered h ...
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1871 America's Cup
Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Constitution of the German Confederation comes into effect. It abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence, and property ownership, but exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain in effect. * January 21 – Giuseppe Garibaldi's group of French and Italian volunteer troops, in support of the French Third Republic, win a battle against the Prussians in the Battle of Dijon. * February 8 – 1871 French legislative election el ...
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