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Category Archives: replica
… Watson, I presume
The pot of gold is secured: the Rainbow II replica project is official, and spectacular. Naval architecture is by Dykstra Naval Achitects, with launching and completion set for 2016. Holland Jachtbouw of Zaandam, Netherlands, has secured the project contract, with … Continue reading
Posted in Baltic Germany, Big Class, boatbuilders, boatyards, Clyde yachting, film, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., Glasgow, naval architect, object of desire, other yacht designers, replica, shipyards
Tagged deVosdeVries Design, Dykstra Naval Architects, Enkhuizen, Gerry Dykstra, Hamburg, Hamburg II, Holland Jachtbouw, Moerdijk, Orr-Ewing, Rainbow, Rainbow II, schooner, Sheepswerf Made, Shipyard Made, Ventis Scheepstimmerwerk, Zaandam
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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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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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Gaun yersel!
Recent developments in the cry wolf, tug of love, not in my back yard – then, in mine please! – no, mine thanks! saga of the high-and-dry 1864 Sunderland built clipper ship, City of Adelaide, rather passed me by of … Continue reading
Posted in Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, Glasgow, naval architect, replica, River Clyde, shipyards
Tagged A. & J. Inglis, Carrick, City of Adelaide, composite, Govan, Irvine, John Inglis, Newport ship, Pointhouse, River Garnock, Robert Napier, ship of Theseus, Sunderland, Traditional Boats of Ireland
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Clyde Classic
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
Posted in boatbuilders, boatyards, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Irish yachting, Martin Black, naval architect, object of desire, other yacht designers, replica, River Clyde, rowing, Sail and oar, yacht clubs, yacht design, yacht racing
Tagged Alfred Mylne, Chico, Clyde Classic, David Ryder-Turner, Dunkirk, Ewing McGruer, Fife Regatta, Hal Sisk, Henry Rasmussen, Herreshoff, James McGruer, McGruer, Miller of St. Monance, Royal Northern & Clyde YC, William Fife & Son, William Fife II, William Fife III, William Fife Jr, William Fife Sr, yacht design
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