Iron Cutter VINDEX leads a pursuing racer round the New York Yacht Club’s preferred course, consummating in the turn around Southwest Spit Buoy #10 (or #8 if you’re seeking contention) and heads for the finish line. The cutter holds a special place in American yachting as the first ever designed strictly on paper, by Archibald Cary Smith for Robert Center, whose “Maltese Cross” private signal flies on the mast. The story of her build is recorded, in the series “Traditions and Memories of American Yachting” by William P. Stevens.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:James_E._Buttersworth" class="extiw" title="w:en:James E. Buttersworth"><span title="British artist (1817-1894)">James E. Buttersworth</span></a>
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