A Gilded Age Yacht Makes a Splash in Newport on its Way to Mystic

A crane prepares to lift the Coronet, an 1885 premiere sailing yacht, into the water, as the vessel began its journey from Newport to Mystic Seaport Museum shipyard. (CT Examiner)

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NEWPORT, R.I. — The Coronet, an 1885 schooner that crossed the Atlantic Ocean in just under 15 days, circumnavigated the globe several times, crossed Cape Horn from East to West, and traveled on pray...

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