Sailing Ships

Americas_Cup

The First America’s Cup Yacht Races [published June 7, 1885]

jpkntz May 22, 2024

Now that it seems to be settled that...

Russian_frigate_Kamchatka_1841

Building and Welcoming Foreign Ships [published May 7, 1882]

jpkntz March 9, 2024

New York ship-builders used to be so famous...

wanderer

Notable Yachts of New York [published June 19, 1881]

jpkntz January 16, 2024

Besides the yacht America, to which I have...

vanderbilt_cornelius

The Best Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Bests [published Aug. 27, 1882]

jpkntz December 13, 2023

[Warning: The following column, published in 1882, contains an...

wpdms_usgs_photo_sandy_hook

Desolate and Lonely Sandy Hook [published July 8, 1883]

jpkntz October 7, 2023

Ninety-nine out of a hundred persons look upon...

Launch_of_the_Yacht_America

Fun and Excitement Among the East Side Shipwrights [published July 23, 1882]

jpkntz August 30, 2023

[CAUTION: THE FOLLOWING NEWSPAPER COLUMN, WRITTEN IN 1882, CONTAINS...

mexicorescue

Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach [published Sep. 4, 1881]

jpkntz August 11, 2023

Everythin’ has been always big about Rockaway, even...

redgal1

Mechanics’ Hose Co. No. 47 of the Shipyards [published Nov. 6, 1881]

jpkntz July 26, 2023

My old friend, John Quigg, once foreman of...

captain1

Old Clipper and Packet Ship Captains [published Jan. 20, 1884]

jpkntz July 22, 2023

The sea captains of New York–those that are...