The yacht Thursday’s Child, zigzagging north against...
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The yacht Thursday’s Child, zigzagging north against strong head winds, is expected to arrive in San Francisco Bay today to beat by eight days the New York-San Francisco speed record of 89 days 8 hours, set by the clipper ship Flying Cloud 135 years ago.
Since Nov. 23, Thursday’s Child, a 10-ton, stripped-down racing machine, has logged some 15,000 miles in a voyage around dreaded Cape Horn. The period included a stop at the Falkland Islands to make repairs from a collision with an unknown object.
