The America’s Cup

NICHOLAS KING

Newport, Rd.—The America’s Cup is the most aristocratic and fetish-ridden of yachting events, and the fact that it is held off Newport redoubles its glamor. There are the ocean, the green-gold landscape, the magnificent sailing craft —mysterious in their action, cloud-like in their beauty. There is the city too, historical and worldly. The city and the Cup race co-exist in harmonious imperturbability, for the event is fleeting, yet it recurs with the predictability of the tides.

Featured Tags

NICHOLAS KING

Newport, Rd.—The America’s Cup is the most aristocratic and fetish-ridden of yachting events, and the fact that it is held off Newport redoubles its glamor. There are the ocean, the green-gold landscape, the magnificent sailing craft —mysterious in their action, cloud-like in their beauty. There is the city too, historical and worldly. The city and the Cup race co-exist in harmonious imperturbability, for the event is fleeting, yet it recurs with the predictability of the tides.