Category: Crews
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When the mast broke on “Yankee”
It is August 31, 1935. Off Dartmouth on the southwestern coast of England, four magnificent J-class boats are meeting up for the very last race of the season. For the crew of “Yankee”, most of whom from Tysnes, it will be a highly dramatic day at sea. Just over twenty minutes after the start, “Yankee”…
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Unique footage from “Resolute”, 1926
Tysnes yacht sailor museum researcher Knut Arne Grøteide has spent numerous hours surveying yacht sailors from Tysnes, accidentally leading him to a video clip from a yacht known to many a Tysnesing, the “Resolute”, shot in 1926. The clip is an amateur film of a cruise taken by a group of friends or family members…
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A call for crewmen portraits
For almost 50 years Norwegian crew members dominated the yachts competing in America’s Cup and other regattas, many of whom from Tysnes. Last December the Tysnes yacht sailor museum released an online listing of more than 100 of them, inviting descendants to provide pictures and additional information, if available. “As of mid-January 2025 we have…