The Tiedemann Collection

摘要

If Newport, Rhode Island, is the crown of American yachting, then the pre-World War II 12-Meter yachts GLEAM and NORTHERN LIGHT are the jewels in that crown. Stroll down harborside Thames Street, and you'll see their silky splendors reproduced on poster after poster of Morris Rosenfeld's immortal photograph, "Flying Spinnakers." Pick up a tourist brochure, and these two beauties are sure to be pictured dancing cheek-to-cheek across the waters of Narragansett Bay, still celebrating in their seventh decade together. GLEAM and NORTHERN LIGHT are such a part of the Newport scene, so emblematic of what we think of as yachting or sailboat racing or the rich life, it's hard to consider the city without them.