Category Archives: G.L. Watson & Co. Ltd.

Reviews

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Peggy Bawn Press

We’ve recently been enjoying undertaking a long overdue update to the Reviews page at this blog. As the northern hemisphere days shorten – and more often than not darken – it’s often a time to reflect. This time three years … Continue reading →

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Wind of fortune

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Peggy Bawn Press

  Snippets of news slipping out online more than strongly suggest that one of the most exciting of classic yacht replica projects is well underway: a reincarnation of G.L. Watson’s design for the fabulous and fast schooner Rainbow, later Hamburg, … Continue reading →

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Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Peggy Bawn Press

We don’t know how to turn our blog’s template green for the day, but we do know a beautiful recently restored G.L. Watson & Co. designed yacht named after Ireland’s patron saint. Take it away St Patrick… (Just add music). … Continue reading →

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A new Watson for the weekend – No. 274

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Peggy Bawn Press

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 →

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Future archive

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

Meticulously researched and referenced books, like Martin Black’s G.L. Watson – The Art and Science of Yacht Design, depend on the availability of accessible archived records. This in turn depends on a culture of creating and preserving them for posterity. … Continue reading →

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Clyde Classic

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

Clyde Classic, the first of three very special Scottish and Irish classic yacht regattas this summer, survived a blustery weekend at Rhu on the upper Firth of Clyde – not least because events off the water, at the associated Design … Continue reading →

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The Weekend Watson – St Patrick

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

For the first time since its inception in 1998, this year’s Fife Regatta will host one of the rare examples of a yacht built by the famous Fairlie boatyard to drawings by another designer: the Salcombe Saint One Design St … Continue reading →

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G.L. Watson – The Art and Science of Yacht Design

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Peggy Bawn Press

Peggy Bawn, the fine 19th Century yacht that acted as the catalyst for author Martin Black to honour many years of research – resulting in the exquisite book, G.L. Watson – The Art and Science of Yacht Design – is … Continue reading →

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