Philadelphia socialite Emily Roebling Cadwalader (granddaughter of the man who created the Brooklyn Bridge) and her husband commissioned this great yacht in Germany. While they cruised on the yacht, the couple rarely—if ever—brought her to US shores.
Many thanks to Allen Briggs for sending a photocopy of this article about Savarona, published in The Rudder in August 1936. The complete, unedited article is reproduced below. We have maintained the article’s original spelling and punctuation. The article had no byline.
Philadelphia socialite Emily Roebling Cadwalader (granddaughter of the man who created the Brooklyn Bridge) and her husband commissioned this great yacht in Germany. While they cruised on the yacht, the couple rarely—if ever—brought her to US shores.
Many thanks to Allen Briggs for sending a photocopy of this article about Savarona, published in The Rudder in August 1936. The complete, unedited article is reproduced below. We have maintained the article’s original spelling and punctuation. The article had no byline.
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