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Category Archives: Britannia
Britannia – a rather special yacht
Probably G.L. Watson’s most famous and successful design, the cutter yacht Britannia was launched 20 April 1893 at D.&W. Henderson’s Meadowside Shipyard, Partick, Glasgow. It’s where the River Kelvin meets the River Clyde, opposite the present day Riverside Museum. She … Continue reading
Posted in America's Cup, Big Class, boatbuilders, Britannia, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson clients, Glasgow, object of desire, other yacht designers, ship launch, shipbuilding, shipyards, yacht design, yachting history
Tagged Britannia Ideal, Clyde Fortnight, D. & W. Henderson, K1Britannia, Nathanael Herreshoff, Partick, Prince of Wales, Queen's Cup, River Kelvin, Riverside Museum, Royal Clyde YC, Vigilant
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A special arrival in Cowes
As Irish and Scottish sailing teams based at Cowes, Isle of Wight, this week attempt to carry off the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s prestigious Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup, little do they know, we imagine, what an important role some of … Continue reading
Posted in America's Cup, Big Class, book, Britannia, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, Dublin Bay - The Cradle of Yacht Racing, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., gift, Hal Sisk, Irish yachting, leather-bound, limited edition, Martin Black, object of desire, RNLI, shipbuilding, shipyards, Steam Yacht, tank testing, yacht clubs, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Aldeburgh, Brewin Dolphin, Christmas 2014, Commodores' Cup, Dublin Bay, gift, Hal Sisk, Irish Cruiser Racing, K1Britannia, Loch Long One Design, RORC, Royal Ocean Racing Club, Sir Thomas Lipton, team Scotland CC, Team Scotland Commdores Cup 2014, The Racing Rules of Sailing
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Britannia behind the scenes
We’ve been spoiled rotten of late by wonderful footage of G.L. Watson’s masterpiece, Britannia, from the recently fully released Pathe archive. This, from 1931, is particularly fine – and rare because she’s in passagemaking mode: the galley stove pipe and … Continue reading
Posted in archives, art, Big Class, boatbuilders, boatyards, book, Britannia, Clydebuilt, film, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., Glasgow, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, replica, River Clyde, shipbuilding, shipyards, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Big Class, Clydebuilt, D. & W. Henderson, davits, gig, Partick, stove pipe, trysail
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Speed, grace and beauty – The Clyde Fortnight 1923
For 13 tantalising seconds in the newly released Pathe archive newsreel above, we are treated to the full broadsides beauty of King George V’s G.L. Watson-designed cutter, Britannia: the special one; probably the most famous racing yacht there will ever be; … Continue reading
Posted in archives, Big Class, boatbuilders, boatyards, book, Britannia, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, film, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., gift, Glasgow, Irish yachting, leather-bound, limited edition, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, other yacht designers, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Alfred Mylne, Charles Nicholson, Clyde Fortnight, Clyde Week, Clyde-built, Cork, Ewing McGruer, Isle of Bute, John H. Bennett, Lulworth, McGruer Hollow Spar Company, Mrs Workman, Nyria, Pathe, Robert Wylie, Rothesay, Royal Cork Yacht Club, Terpsichore, Verve, Wylie & Lochhead, yacht handicap
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Martin Black wins the John Leather Award for Special Achievement at the 2014 Classic Boat Awards
Martin Black, author of G.L. Watson – The Art and Science of Yacht Design, was tonight presented with the John Leather Award for Special Achievement at the 2014 Classic Boat Magazine Awards event in Mayfair, London. It’s the first time … Continue reading
Posted in America's Cup, art, Big Class, boatbuilders, boatyards, book, Britannia, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., gift, Glasgow, leather-bound, Lifeboat, limited edition, Martin Black, object of desire, photography, River Clyde, RNLI, shipbuilding, shipyards, Steam Yacht, tank testing, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Classic Boat Awards 2014, Clyde-built, Dan Houston, gift, Hal Sisk, Shamrock II, Sir Thomas Lipton, Thistle, Valkyrie II, Valkyrie III
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A new Watson for the weekend – No. 274
Is this the first yacht built to a design by Glasgow-based naval architect to the world, G.L. Watson, since his untimely death in 1904 at the age of 53?* In the past week, during a yard movement in Brittany, we were … Continue reading
Posted in boatbuilders, boatyards, Britannia, Captains, Clyde yachting, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., G.L. Watson & Co. Ltd., G.L. Watson clients, Irish yachting, naval architect, object of desire, The Weekend Watson, yacht design, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Britannia Ideal, Brunette, Fife Regatta, Gipsy, Hubert Stagnol, James Adam Gourock, James Coats Jr, John Hilditch, match racing, match racing history, Peggy Bawn, Robert Duncan, Seabird, seakindly, William Fife Jr
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Clyde Yachting on Film, 1930s
Around early February in the Northern Hemisphere it’s always nice to dream again about warm summer sailing. Even in monochrome, these clips of 1930s Clyde yachting from the Scottish Film Archive via the Mylne Yacht Design studio hit the spot. … Continue reading
Posted in boatbuilders, boatyards, Britannia, Clyde yachting, film, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, Glasgow, Martin Black, object of desire, other yacht designers, River Clyde, shipyards, yacht racing
Tagged Alfred Mylne, Ardmaleish, Bute Slip Dock, Fife Regatta, Scottish Film Archive, Thendara
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Dublin Bay Online
Hal Sisk’s new book Dublin Bay – The Cradle of Yacht Racing is now available to purchase online – alongside Martin Black’s G.L. Watson – The Art and Science of Yacht Design from our refitted web site at: peggybawnpress.com IM
Posted in America's Cup, Big Class, Britannia, Clyde yachting, Dublin Bay - The Cradle of Yacht Racing, G.L. Watson, Irish yachting, Lifeboat, RNLI, Steam Yacht, yacht clubs, yacht racing
Tagged George B. Thompson, Hal Sisk, Shamrock II, Sir Thomas Lipton, The Racing Rules of Sailing
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