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Charles E. Nicholson, the one member of the afterguard of the
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America's Cup depends upon one man more than any other, and that man has been less in the limelight than all the rest in the preparations for the international yacht races off Newport next
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class, the name derived from the combined first and last letter of the wives of the three brothers: Gertie (married to Ben Jr), Lucy (married to
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65:Nationality
697:Categories
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472:References
449:Firebird X
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368:Shamrock V
263:Marguerita
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328:Hurrica V
279:Paula III
206:Merrymaid
108:Bembridge
89:Biography
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134:Istria
121:Gelyce
518:(PDF)
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361:Driac
344:Astra
240:Orion
218:Nyria
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