Historian Frank Smith will present Sandy Hook and America Cup Races at Bahrs Restaurant, Wednesday, October 15, at 7 p.m.
There is no fee for the program and all are invited to attend. Coffee and cookies will also be served.
Between 1870 and 1920, 13 America’s Cup races were held in Lower New York Bay and off Sandy Hook. Beginning in 1893, six of these races were contested over courses using a start/finish line at the Sandy Hook Light Ship, approximately 6 miles due east of Sandy Hook. It is these 6 races that will be recalled by Frank Smith in the evening’s discussion, as well as anecdotes that involve Highland Beach, the Navesink Highlands, and the New Jersey shore, ranging down to Long Branch.
The program is a presentation made possible by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging Eastern Monmouth County with maritime and water related historical, skill building, environmental, and recreational activities, and encouraging responsible use of the Navesink estuary through its Discover, Engage and Sustain Approach.
Smith is a grandson of Wiliam Sandlass, owner of the Highland Beach Resort and amusement park which was a popular recreational area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Park, the first of its kind in Monmouth County, was located on Sandy Hook, just west of the ccurrent Captain Joseph Azzolina Bridge connecting Highlands and Sea Bright.
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