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BRITANNIA
AND SATANITA |
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- The summer of 1893 saw these large class
yachts having a spectacular season together.
This race took place at Torbay and was hosted
by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. Their mark
boat is on the right. |
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CROSS
RIP RENDEZVOUS |
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Cross Rip Light has been an important navigational
aid to vessels in the treacherous shoals
around Nantucket. |
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ENCHANTRESS |
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was built in 1869 in New York Bay by Capt.
Bob Fish. She followed in the wake of the
yacht "America" and raced in England.
Enchantress is seen here ghosting along
New York Bay, passing Constitution. Constitution
was known as Old Ironsides and was a training
ship for apprentices in the late 1870s.
Limited Edition lithographs printed in Paris
on heavy watercolour stock, in a minimum
of 20 colours, with exceptional luminosity. |
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INDEPENDENCE |
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- In company with other large class yachts,
the scow Independence shows a fine burst
of speed in her bid to defend in the 1901
America Cup Races. |
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NINA
AND BRITANNIA |
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was King George V's racing yacht, which
won many flags over her 40 year career.
Here she is seen prior to her J Class Rig.
Nina won the TransAtlantic Race in 1928
and is shown in that year, in company with
Britannia. |
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RAINBOW
& CLEOPATRAS BARGE II |
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& Cleopatra's Barge II - Rainbow, Harold
Vanderbilt't second America Cup defence
boat, rendevous with Francis Crowninshield's
luxury schooner Cleopatra's Barge II off
Brenton Point, Rhode Island. |
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THE
BIG RACING CUTTERS |
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1903 Shamrock III was to be Sir Thomas Lipton's
3rd challenge for the Cup in 5 years. She
was an unworthy antagonist for Reliance,
the defender, which was the most impressive
of all yachts ever to sail in the America's
Cup Races |
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THE
J CLASS |
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Nicholson designed Endeavour II for Sir
Thom. Sopwith. She was beautiful and very
fast. Unfortunately for him, W. Starling
Burgess and Olin Stephens had designed Ranger
a better boat, for "Mike" Vanderbilt,
which was to become known as the 'Ultimate
J'. She won every race in the series. In
the 37 races of her one and only season,
she lost only 2. |
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TICONDEROGA |
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- The beautiful Herreshoff designed ketch
Ticonderoga is ahead of her rivals, Altair,
Sumuran and Royono in this friendly race
off Rhode Island. She has recently been
totally renovated to a very high standard. |
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TWELVE
METERS BEATING THE WINDWARD |
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- The beautiful Herreshoff designed ketch
Ticonderoga is ahead of her rivals, Altair,
Sumuran and Royono in this friendly race
off Rhode Island. She has recently been
totally renovated to a very high standard. |
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VELSHEDA
& THE FLEET |
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was build by W.L. Stevenson in the 1930s
and was very successful during her racing
career in England, she looked very elegant
on the summertime racing circuits. She has
been fully restored and is till racing to
this day. The name is made up of Mr. Stevenson's
three daughters names, Velma, Shiela and
Daphne. She is shown here off Fowey in 1935. |
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WESTWARD |
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was built of steel by Herreshoff in Rhode
Island in 1910. In her first year of racing
she started no more than eleven times and
each time crossed the line first. She was
practically unbeatable in a strong quartering
wind. Before the outbreak of the Great War
she was sold to Germany. She survived the
waR but was sunk in 1947 in Hurd Deep, after
the death of her owner. Limited Edition
lithographs printed in Paris on heavy watercolour
stock, in a minimum of 20 colours, with
exceptional luminosity. |
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WHITE
HEATHER & SHAMROCK |
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metres of elegance White Heather and Shamrock
are racing off Elberry Cove, Torbay in the
1920s. Shamrock was owned by Sir. Thomas
Lipton and was a totally different yacht
to his five America Cup Challenger yachts
also called Shamrock. |
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YANKEE
OFF THE NEEDLES |
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the summer of 1935, Yankee was brought over
to England by her owner Gerard Lambert,
she had an excellent racing season, coming
second overall. She is shown off the Needles,
Isle of Wight. |
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