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The Marquis and the Genius Behind America’s Boat
The New York Yacht Club formed in 1844 and built the seahooner America designed by George Steers. A York banker Marquis of Anglesea visited aboard and, after a paint stain incident, praised Steers as the genius who designed the vessel. The Steers brothers then left the schooner America and sailed home, as America won the famous cup.
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New York Yacht Club
John C. Stevens
Gimcrack
Hoboken
Southwest Spit
Stevena
America
Isle of Wight
England
George Steers
William H. Brown
Hast Twelfth Street
Steers
Marquis of
Anglesea
Stevens
Steers Brothers
New York
New York Post