Showing posts with label America's Cup Frog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America's Cup Frog. Show all posts

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 .