A transcription of the 1906 book British Yachts and Yachtsmen, a frankly patrician history of yachting from the C17 up to the C20.
28 July 2018
1887 It had been increasingly apparent that the existing tonnage rule would not produce a useful or popular type of yacht, and therefore, after much discussion, […]
28 July 2018
1882 During the year 1881 the Yacht Racing Association altered the measurement rule, which was held to be unsatisfactory as producing vessels of small beam. The […]
28 July 2018
1875 The Yacht Racing Association was organized in November of this year by Count Edmund Batthyany, Captain Hughes, and Mr. Dixon Kemp. Its object was to […]
28 July 2018
The aftershocks of defeat by the America pervade the description of the Growth of the Sport during the middle years of the century. The account for 1852 starts […]
28 July 2018
1852 The America still figures largely in the racing annals of the time, though her owner was Lord de Blaquière, and on occasions she was handsomely beaten. The […]
28 July 2018
1862 The death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort on December 15, 1861, cast a gloom over the yachting season of 1862. Many annual fixtures were either […]
28 July 2018
1870 This year saw the first attempt to win back the America Cup. After endless negotiations, which have frequently been the prelude to these matches, Mr. […]
27 July 2018
To the initiative of the Earl of Wilton as Commodore of the Squadron was due the first international yacht race, in which the historic America captured the trophy […]
27 July 2018
With the dawn of a period of peace fruitful efforts were made to organize yachting as a sport. The Water Club at Cork existed only for […]