Schooner Tidal Wave (1880s)
Atlantic Yacht Club Commodore William Voorhiss´s (1820 - 1890) schooner Tidal Wave photographed in the 1880s. My colorization of a Detroit Publishing Co. image in the Library of Congress archive. Tidal wave, designed by Abraham A. Schank, was built in 1870. It was a defender in the 1870 Queen´s Cup race.
An excerpt from the Rockland County Journal´s obituary on January 11, 1890:
"William was given a common school education, and through his love for the water he commenced business life as a boatman on the Hudson River. He became captain of a vessel at the age of 16 years, and knew well by that time how to handle a vessel. Through the whole of his life the Commodore retained his fondness for boats and aquatic sports. He built and sailed the yachts Tidal Wave, Gracie, and Addie V., boats which became widely celebrated for their speed and beauty. During his prime of life he was Commodore of the Atlantic Yacht Club, and Nyack people well remember that on one Fourth of July be brought that famous Club up the Hudson to this place and treated them royally"
Schooner Tidal Wave (1880s)
Atlantic Yacht Club Commodore William Voorhiss´s (1820 - 1890) schooner Tidal Wave photographed in the 1880s. My colorization of a Detroit Publishing Co. image in the Library of Congress archive. Tidal wave, designed by Abraham A. Schank, was built in 1870. It was a defender in the 1870 Queen´s Cup race.
An excerpt from the Rockland County Journal´s obituary on January 11, 1890:
"William was given a common school education, and through his love for the water he commenced business life as a boatman on the Hudson River. He became captain of a vessel at the age of 16 years, and knew well by that time how to handle a vessel. Through the whole of his life the Commodore retained his fondness for boats and aquatic sports. He built and sailed the yachts Tidal Wave, Gracie, and Addie V., boats which became widely celebrated for their speed and beauty. During his prime of life he was Commodore of the Atlantic Yacht Club, and Nyack people well remember that on one Fourth of July be brought that famous Club up the Hudson to this place and treated them royally"