Racing sailing craft – Page 115

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s collection of hundred-year old yacht racing photos

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Moonbeam as depicted in a supplement to The Yachtsman, No. 658, November, 1903. Photo is by Kirk & Son of Cowes. Jeff points out that the sides of the cockpit are rolled. I’m not quite convinced – I think there may be a tender on the port side, and a rolled-up sail on the starboard.

Double-click on all the photos for a larger, clearer image.

Tutty and Nevada battle it out in a photo from a supplement to The Yachtsman, No. 556, December 1901. Photo is by West & Son of Southsea.

Gleniffer. There’s no attribution but the image is a Photomezzotype,and was probably taken before 1895. St Andrew’s flag flies on the forepeak. She looks new, says Jeff, even in this old picture.

Iverna. Again, there’s attribution to show who took the shot. Jeff says that he thinks she is carved and gilded under the bowsprit, and adds that she’s also an interesting hull shape with lots of room inside.

Colombine, winner of the Emperor’s Cup, 1900. This photo appears in a supplement to The Yachtsman, No. 489, August 1900. The photo is by W U Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

A bonus photo tonight, but as yet with no information. This is Heartsease:

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More of Jeff Cole’s grand yachting photos from a hundred years ago

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‘From the Nore to Dover, 1898’ Yachts unidentified, Photomezzotype, no photo credit. Supplement to the Yachtsman No. 381, August 1898

Once again we have another set of fine old photos kindly sent to us by Jeff Cole, who has just returned from some holiday.

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Left to right: Satanita, Britannia and Meteor. ‘Start of the 1st class yachts’

This appears in a supplement to The Yachtsman, No 481, July 1900 . Photo credited to West & Son, Southsea

Britannia and Bona at Cowes. Published in a supplement to The Yachting World, May 1898. Photo by Kirk, Cowes

‘The Satanita making a record at the new Thames Yacht Race’

Engraving possibly by Ame from a sketch by Barlow More, NTYC. There are 25 men on the weather rail, two on the wheel, one in the spray on the bow, and one in the crosstrees. Note the spectator ferry.

‘Freda winning the Heligoland race’.

There is no information on this Photomezzotype. There’s a very early iron warship in the background that Jeff thinks may be flying the Imperial German Flag. Note tumblehome, pierced for cannon, ships boats in davits slung out, one in the water alongside. Double fighting top. Definitely a transition craft. And is that a spectator ship in background?

Dierdre

There is no other information with this badly foxed pic, but note the crew in natty striped jerseys and white trousers. There is a large yacht astern and a warship behind. It’s hard to see, but the warship may be the type where the gun disapears behind a casing vertically for re-loading, which Jeff says was favoured by the French.

This book from Amazon looks interesting, but I haven’t found anything relevant to these particular photos:
The Camera’s Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore; In New England

Dennis Connors’ history of the America’s Cup is available from Amazon:
The America’s Cup: The History of Sailing’s Greatest Competition in the Twentieth Century

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•Flood-damaged 50ft narrowboat may be going cheap somewhere in the North East of England

•1963 (approx.) 33ft Windboats wooden motor cruiser for sale at Windsor

•16ft GRP Yorkshire coble for sale somewhere in Scotland

•Broom speedboat for sale at Peterborough

•26ft lifeboat ripe for conversion at Kirkwall, Orkney

•28ft 1939 Harry Felpham drop keel cutter for sale at Littlehampton, West Sussex

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