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Tag Archives: Clyde-built
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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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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Was but a muddle at the best
Apologies to subscribers to this blog who received a sneak email preview of a future post by mistake today. Sometimes the technology can get the better of one… We hope you will all memorise your lines, excuse any unedited typos … Continue reading
Posted in Big Class, book, Clyde yachting, Clydebuilt, Firth of Clyde, G.L. Watson, Glasgow, naval architect, photography, River Clyde, shipbuilding, shipyards, Steam Yacht, yacht design, yacht designer
Tagged Clyde-built, D. & W. Henderson, English and American Yachts, Nathaniel Stebbins, Partick, Wendur
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Lá Fhéile Pádraig
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
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
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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 sporting combination
Summer 1893. Paisley ‘thread baron’ Stewart Clark’s rakish c.200ft G.L. Watson designed steam yacht, Vanduara, poses with engines stopped. Clearly seen hanging in her starboard quarter davits is no ordinary ship’s boat. She is Clark’s son, J. Stewart’s extreme fin-and-bulb … Continue reading
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Tagged Clyde-built, D. & W. Henderson, Drumalis, Edwin Lutyens, Gareloch, H.H. Smiley, James A. Silver, John Bain, Larne, Meadowside, Nita, Partick, Rhu, Rhu Narrows, Rosneath, Silvers, Silvers Marine, Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, Stewart Clark, The Ferry Inn, Vanduara
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Seawards The Great Ships
Maritime and offshore news website gCaptain recently got quite excited about some remarkable ship launching footage from Croatia. [Update December 10 2014: unfortunately the original HD footage of the heavy lift ship Jumbo Kinetic’s launching at Brodosplit Shipyards, Croatia was … Continue reading
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Tagged Blythswood Shipbuilding, Brodosplit, cancelled ship, Clyde-built, Clydebank, Denny Test Tank, Fairfield, GoPro, Greenock, Hilary Harris, Janet McBain, John Brown, John Grierson, Jumbo Kinetic, Jumbo Shipping, Lithgows, Port Glasgow, Scottish cinematography, Scottish Screen Archive, Scotts of Greenock
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Classic Boat
“G.L. Watson, Britain’s Greatest Yacht Designer” That’s the no holds barred title of a new article by Martin Black in November’s Classic Boat magazine – out now. It’s beautifully illustrated with images from his book G.L. Watson – The Art … Continue reading
The Weekend Watson – Lufra
For those suffering the worst of winter right now, here’s a bright sunny image – even in monochrome – from the mid-1890s. The gaff-rigged cutter Lufra eats up the Clyde off Dunoon in a stiff nor’westerly, her cotton sails by … Continue reading
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Tagged Clyde Steamer, Clyde-built, Dunoon, Fife Regatta, Gourock, Hunter's Quay, Innellan, Isle of Bute, P.R. MacLean, Peter MacLean, Ratsey & Lapthorn, Rosneath, Silvers
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