Thomas Fleming Day

For other persons named Thomas Day, see Thomas Day (disambiguation).

Thomas Fleming Day (1861 – August 19, 1927) was a sailboat designer and sailboat racer. He was the founding editor of The Rudder, a monthly magazine about boats. He was the first to win the annual New York to Bermuda race. The T. F. Day Trophy is named for him.

Frederick B. Thurber, Theodore R. Goodwin, and Thomas Fleming Day in 1912

Biography

He was born in Somerset, England, in March 1861, emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was a young boy, and was brought up on Long Island Sound.^[1] In 1890, he founded The Rudder, "A monthly journal devoted to aquatic sport and trade," which he edited until April 1916.^[2] In 1911 he and Frederick B. Thurber and Theodore R. Goodwin sailed the Atlantic Ocean in the Sea Bird.^[3][4][5] In 1918 he designed the Islander that Harry Pidgeon built and sailed to become the second person to sail around the world.

He died on August 19, 1927, in Harlem, New York.^[6][7]

Day was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame on November 9, 2019.^[8]

References

1. "From Whence We Came". Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors (109). April–May 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
2. "Under New Management". Rudder. 32 (5): 1. May 1916. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
3. "The Sea Bird Leaves the Azores". New York Times. July 6, 1911. Retrieved 2010-11-04. Thomas P. Day of New York and T. R. Goodwin and F. B. Thurber of Providence, RI, are crossing the Atlantic, sailed for Gibraltar at daybreak to-day. ...
4. "Little Yawl Ready For 4000-Mile Trip Across The Atlantic". Christian Science Monitor. June 10, 1911. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-04. Starting today in the 25-foot yawl Sea Bird, Thomas F. Day. Theodore R. Goodwin and Fred B. Thurber expect to make a 4000-mile ocean voyage from this city to Rome, Italy, and win a $1000 cup offered by King Victor Emmanuel and a $2000 prize from the Touring Club Italiano.
5. "To Europe In Forty-Footer. T.F. Day, New York Yachtsman, Planning Second Sail Across Atlantic". New York Times. January 13, 1913. Retrieved 2010-11-04. T.F. Day, who was successful in crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a twenty-five-foot yawl, is contemplating another trip across the Atlantic. This time he hopes to break all previous records for small sailing yachts across the "pond," and will essay the trip in a new type of yacht -- a three-masted yawl.
6. "Capt. Thomas F. Day, Yachtsman, Is Dead. Man Who Crossed Atlantic in 25-Foot Yawl Succumbs at Home in Harlem. Also Spanned the Ocean In 35-Foot Motor Boat. Won First New York to Bermuda Race". New York Times. August 20, 1927. Retrieved 2010-11-04. Captain Thomas Fleming Day, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean with a crew of two ... The two members of his crew were Fred B. Thurber and Theodore R. Goodwin. ...
7. "Captain T.F. Day's Funeral Today". New York Times. August 21, 1927. Retrieved 2010-11-04. Funeral services for Captain Thomas Fleming Day yachtsman and writer who died last Friday at his home 147 East 127th Street will be held this morning at ...
8. "Thomas Fleming Day, 2019 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

External links

• Works by Thomas Fleming Day at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Thomas Fleming Day at the Internet Archive
• Works by Thomas Fleming Day at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)