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WOMAN IN POWER BOAT RACE.Mr*. Mabel Bacon to Help Sail Yo-Ho In New York-Bermuda Run.5fecial to Tht S'rm York Timu.BATH. Me., June 19.—To Mrs. Mabel Bacon, wife of Henry Douglas Bacon of this city, will belong the distinction of being the only woman who has ever engaged in a power boat race from New York to Bermuda, starting at New York on July 9. She will go as one of the crew of the new cabin cruiser Yo-Ho, built for Frank Page Bacon of Los Angeles, Cal., father-in-law of Mrs. Bacon, and she willtake her regular turn at the wheel with the other members of the crew of three.The Yo-Ho measures 46 f*et 6 inches long and 10 feet beam. She is propelled by two 14 horse power engines, has two steering gears, one on the bridge deck forward and another a^t to to used incase of accident, while a reserve tiller will also be carried on board for use in case of accident to the other two wheela When Mrs. Bacon was a,8,k,ecd ,f 8h®feared the trip 6he replied. Mercy, no. I have been used to the water all my life, and think nothing of going on all kinds of boats In all Kinds of weather. The Bermuda race will be a lark for me.
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Mon, Jun 20, 1910
Page 9
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