The symbolic battle between the Big Class yachts Britannia and Yankee during their epic race around the Isle of Wight in 1935, in which Yankee was eventually victorious.......
On August 22nd, the yacht America outsailed the whole British fleet in a race around the Isle of Wight. The nearest British yacht to her, Aurora, finished 8 minutes after the America. America is pictured at the Nab Light with the rest of the fleet......
Crackerjack, a Swan 46 racing yacht is seen racing around the East Lepe buoy in the Solent during the challenging Rolex Swan European Regatta in 1997. Due to the light winds, courses were kept short during the regatta, which allowed for plenty of cl......
Depicts two classic yachts, Shamrock and Columbia, in the last of their famous Americas Cup races in 1899. The race was held along the Jersey shore on October 29th and the run down mark was described by one American author as the finest fifteen mile......
Endeavour joined the racing circuit in 1934 in order to tune up for her planned attempt at the Americas Cup. However, the racing at these regattas was not serious enough to provide a real test of the yachts ability, so her owner, Sopwith, arranged a......
Celebration of the Fife Regatta, which was held on the Clyde in June 1998. The regatta was organised to bring some of the greatest yachts built by the famous Clyde yard of W Fife & Son back to their birthplace. The yard thrived from 1790 to 1965 and......
After a distinguished racing career in the 1930s, Velsheda languished for many years on a mud berth on the Hamble. Eventually sold, her new owner set about rebuilding her with the latest rig, sail technology and deck hardware. The result was the cre......