A transcription of the 1906 book British Yachts and Yachtsmen, a frankly patrician history of yachting from the C17 up to the C20.
27 July 2018
It has often been said that yachting history begins with the Restoration of Charles II., and it is indeed certain that the date of the home-corning […]
9 July 2018
The period after the Restoration of the monarchy under Charles II (1660 onwards) was an important time in the history of yachting. Charles brought back with […]
9 July 2018
9 July 2018
What is assuredly the greatest difficulty of the whole inquiry lies in wait for him who seeks to illustrate the steps by which the type of […]
9 July 2018
Before proceeding to discuss the evolution of the fore and aft rig, which must needs form an integral part of yachting history, we will offer an […]
21 June 2018
BRITISH yachting, properly so called, dates from the Restoration, and is of Dutch parentage. There is a tendency to try to find the origin of the […]
21 June 2018
Chapter 1 covers the developments of yachting from an early period with many interesting medieval references to rigs and the development of for-and-aft rigs. The sections […]
21 June 2018
British Yachts and Yachtsmen was published in 1907. Written by an anonymous author for The Yachtsman magazine, it is sub-titled: ‘A complete history of British yachting from the middle of […]