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Yacht races are, apparently, usually started with the shot of a starting cannon. An example cannon used is the Winchester Model 1898 Breech Loading Signal Cannon ( German article, work on which motivates my question). Several sources back it up to be the most popular cannon for this purpose in the USA. According to the manufacturer, this cannon was also used for "the prestigious America's Cup series at Newport", held there 1930-1983. But this is not backed up by any other source available on the web. This is not exactly a contra-indication, as those were pre-internet times, and friends of sailing sports have other priorities than the type of the starting cannon. Still, Google image search for "yacht" and "starting cannon" returns other types, unsurprisingly replicas of naval cannons. Does anyone know about the cannon types used for such events in the USA, especially for the America's Cup, and sources for this - including images, videos... which may not explicitly name the type of the cannon? -- KnightMove ( talk) 04:40, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
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Yacht races are, apparently, usually started with the shot of a starting cannon. An example cannon used is the Winchester Model 1898 Breech Loading Signal Cannon ( German article, work on which motivates my question). Several sources back it up to be the most popular cannon for this purpose in the USA. According to the manufacturer, this cannon was also used for "the prestigious America's Cup series at Newport", held there 1930-1983. But this is not backed up by any other source available on the web. This is not exactly a contra-indication, as those were pre-internet times, and friends of sailing sports have other priorities than the type of the starting cannon. Still, Google image search for "yacht" and "starting cannon" returns other types, unsurprisingly replicas of naval cannons. Does anyone know about the cannon types used for such events in the USA, especially for the America's Cup, and sources for this - including images, videos... which may not explicitly name the type of the cannon? -- KnightMove ( talk) 04:40, 28 March 2020 (UTC)