Schooner America setting sail for Rainier - Longview Daily News
Break out of a crust rut with different flours for the dough Your kitchen is lightly dusted with flour, the bowls of ripe fruit are ready to be translated into filling, or maybe a pot of Meyer lemon curd or melted Valrhona stands on the stove. Drivers beware: schools are back in session In a past editorial we talked about not speeding in school zones to avoid getting school-zone traffic camera tickets. If You Go What: Tour the replica of the Schooner "America" of America's Cup fame. Where: Rainier Transient Tie Up Park, 295 East A St. . Cost: Dockside tours, $5 adults, free for kids under 13. Three-hour sailing starting at 4 p. m. is $75 for adults, $55 for children under 13. Purchase tickets online at https://www. Once upon a time, in 1851, a sailing ship swept past Queen Victoria’s royal yacht near the south coast of England. The monarch watched as the ship, a schooner named “America,” passed all the other British sailing ships. The “America,” representing the young New York Yacht Club, went on to win the Royal Yacht Squadron’s 100 Pound Cup. Historians have since called that event more than a boat race: It symbolized a great victory for the new world over the old, a triumph that unseated Great Britain as the world’s undisputed maritime power. Source: tdn.com
