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Sensuous and mental joys
It’s pleasing to hear about yacht designer, surveyor, sailmaker, yachtsman, paragon of octogenarian health and prolific author of really useful yachting books, Ian Nicolson, rubbing shoulders with fellow media and literary ‘heavyweights’, Sally Magnusson, James Robertson and Kirsty Wark, at … Continue reading
Posted in boatbuilders, boatyards, book, film, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., gift, Glasgow, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, other yacht designers, sailmakers, Uncategorized, yacht clubs, yacht design, yacht designer, yachting history
Tagged Alfred Mylne, Clyde Cruising Club, Cove, Cove & Kilcreggan Book Festival, Dorset Lake Yard, Fred Parker, Frederick R. Parker, Ian Nicolson, James Robertson author, Kilcreggan, Kirsty Wark, Magnus Magnusson, Poole, Royal Northern & Clyde YC, Sally Magnusson, Thornton Grenfell, Thornycroft, Tobermory Race
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The Weekend Watson – Camilla
The sweet, varnished gaff cutter Camilla is one of a very special group of surviving yachts designed during the all too short lifetime of Glasgow naval architect and yacht designer, G.L. Watson (1851-1904). The business carrying his name continued – … Continue reading
Posted in boatbuilders, boatyards, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., G.L. Watson clients, gift, Glasgow, naval architect, object of desire, other yacht designers, The Weekend Watson, Uncategorized, yacht clubs, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Ayrshire Lass, Belfast Lough, Beroe, Camilla, Clynder, Ewing McGruer, Gareloch, Gareloch One Design, Holy Loch, Kalizma, Madiz, McGruer, Minona, Peggy Bawn, Robertson of Sandbank, Royal Clyde YC, Royal Northern & Clyde YC, Royal Northern YC, Samuel Millar, Sandbank, Spartan, Triton, Volunteer
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The launch of the ‘Queen Mary’: ship 534
Originally posted on University of Glasgow Library Blog:
80 years ago today ship number 534, the Cunard White Star Liner built on the river Clyde by John Brown’s shipyard, was launched and given the name RMS Queen Mary. (DC101/1481/Q/4/Y7) The…
Posted in archives, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, gift, Glasgow, object of desire, River Clyde, ship launch, shipbuilding, shipyards, Uncategorized
Tagged Clydebank, Clydebank Shipyard, Cunard, John Brown, otdh, Queen Mary
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Return to the Hebrides
Hard to believe it’s over a year since we last met the long lived G.L. Watson-designed west highlands and islands of Scotland cargo vessel S.S. Hebrides (1898). And incomprehensible that we’ve been watching the “Ealing Comedy” The Maggie (USA: High … Continue reading
Posted in Captains, film, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., gift, Glasgow, humour, River Clyde
Tagged Ailsa Shipbuilding, Alex Mackenzie, Alexander Mackendrick, Boer, Calvin B. Marshall, Clyde puffer, Cooperative Wholesale Society Building, Ealing comedy, Geoffrey Keen, High and Dry, Hubert Gregg, Inca, James Copeland, Neil Munro, Para Handy, Paul Douglas, puffer, Roddy McMillan, S.S. Hebrides, The Maggie
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“The Macintosh of yacht design”
The October 2014 issue of Scottish Field magazine (out now) features Scottish sports journalist Roddy Forsyth’s entertaining take on the G.L. Watson story and Martin Black’s biography G.L. WATSON – THE ART and SCIENCE of YACHT DESIGN, likening Watson’s career … Continue reading
Posted in America's Cup, art, book, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., gift, Glasgow, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, River Clyde, shipbuilding, shipyards, yacht design, yacht designer, yachting history
Tagged BBC Radio 5 Live, Charles Rennie Macintosh, Daily Telegraph Sport, design, Glasgow, Glasgow architect, Glasgow style, Roddy Forsyth, Scottish Field, yacht design
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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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All mod cons: the steam yacht Hermione, 1891
When the elegant G.L. Watson-designed steam yacht Hermione arrived at the Newfoundland port of St. John’s on 2 July 1895 on passage from Gourock, Firth of Clyde, to New York, she naturally turned heads. The seafaring citizens of such a … Continue reading
Posted in America's Cup, Clydebuilt, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., G.L. Watson clients, gift, leather-bound, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, other yacht designers, replica, River Clyde, shipbuilding, shipyards, Steam Yacht, The Weekend Watson, yacht clubs, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Allan Line, Clyde-built, Clydebank, Earl of Dunraven, Gerry Dykstra, Hermione, hybrid, J Class, J. & G. Thompson, James A. Allan, John Brown, Lord Dunraven, Mayfower, Nahma, Newfoundland, Ogden Goelet, Rainbow, Richard G. Allan, Robert Goelet, Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Lipton, St. John's, The Winter's Tale, Valkyrie III
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The first match racers?
As Women’s Match Racing World Championship competitors prepare for a second lovely Cork Harbour sailing day at the Royal Cork (the world’s oldest yacht club), meet Gipsy and Brunette of 1893. G.L. Watson designed them specifically for racing against each … Continue reading
Posted in America's Cup, book, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson clients, gift, Glasgow, Irish yachting, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, replica, The Weekend Watson, yacht clubs, yacht design, yacht designer, yacht racing, yachting history
Tagged Brunette, Crosshaven, Gipsy, Hubert Stagnol, Irish Sailing Association, J80, James Adam, James Coats Jr, match racing, Royal Cork Yacht Club, Women's Match Racing World Championship
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