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Sail Away!

by The Library of Congress

Sail into September boats from the Prints & Photographs Division. Spot catamarans, schooners, sloops, and even a few toy sailboats as they set off to the open sea...or to a city pond.

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A sailboat in the harbor of Piraeus, Greece (LOC)

"Sailing o'er a crystal sea"--Singhalese catamaran gliding through the surf at Wellawatta, Ceylon (LOC)

Takanawa no zu (LOC)

Sloop yachts Mischief and Atalanta in the race for "The America Cup" (LOC)

"The River" Sailing, St. Lawrence River, Thousand Islands (LOC)

Sports Illustrated - Mackinac to Chicago sail (LOC)

[Mary Elizabeth Parkman Peabody, Life: "Great Ladies"] (LOC)

Sailing on the Nile (LOC)

Boat marina, Seward, Alaska (LOC)

[At the sea shore, Batum] (LOC)

[Crew lying on high side to balance the yacht Reliance, winner of 1903 America's Cup] (LOC)

[Crew hoisting mainsail on the yacht Reliance, winner of 1903 America's Cup] (LOC)

[Chillon Castle, and Dent du Midi, Geneva Lake, Switzerland] (LOC)

Lisboa. Praça do Commercio (LOC)

[American service man standing in a beached outrigger sailboat] (LOC)

[Yachts and sailboats sailing from downtown Chicago to Mackinac Island] (LOC)

Galilee. Galilee Sea. Fishing sailboat (LOC)

Along the waterfront, Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands (LOC)

Sicilian boys with their sailboat. The people are returning pretty much to normal since the cessation of hostilities (LOC)

Start of the race - Miniature "defenders" [toy sailboats] on the pond, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (LOC)

[Sailboat, Potomac River] (LOC)

Sailboat array in late fall, past the usual sailing season, at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club in Norfolk, Virginia (LOC)

University of Wisconsin-Madison students hang out on a sailboat pier on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin's capital city (LOC)

[Side view of the yacht Reliance, winner of 1903 America's Cup, from end of unidentified sailboat] (LOC)

[Sailboat] (LOC)