Tuesday, December 20, 2016

WHAT IS GREEN AND BANNED FROM NEW YORK YACHT CLUB ?

 
ANSWER : A Magnetic Island  frog  , spotlighted ,  above,  who regularly takes  up a position  at  night atop an expensively framed  photograph   of the British   188 ton schooner Cambria , the first to challenge  the New York Yacht Club for  the America's Cup .On the way to the  race, in 1870  , Cambria  beat   Dauntless, owned  by   New York Herald  boss Gordon Bennett , racing across the  Atlantic from Ireland  to New York . In the   America's Cup challenge ,  Cambria  was up against  14 yachts  from  the  New York  Yacht Club and  came  eighth .