The yacht Thursday’s Child, zigzagging north against...
The yacht Thursday’s Child, zigzagging north against strong head winds, is expected to arrive in San Francisco Bay today to beat by eight days the New York-San Francisco speed record of 89 days 8 hours, set by the clipper ship Flying Cloud 135 years ago.
Since Nov. 23, Thursday’s Child, a 10-ton, stripped-down racing machine, has logged some 15,000 miles in a voyage around dreaded Cape Horn. The period included a stop at the Falkland Islands to make repairs from a collision with an unknown object.
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