Jonathan Griffin

28 July 2018

Canada Cup 1905

In the autumn of 1904 the Royal Canadian Yacht Club again challenged the American holders of the cup, but this time the 30-foot water-line restricted class […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 13 – Steam Yachting

The romantic story of the steam-engine is well known, from the time of Watts’s kettle to Stephenson’s locomotive, and the struggles and triumphs have been handed […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 12 – Early Yachting in Scotland

The history of yachting in Scotland is covered in a large chapter. We have therefore divided it into three parts which roughly correspond to themes: The […]
28 July 2018

The Early Years and the Fifes

It is now impossible to discover who was the first Scottish yachtsman, or what manner of craft he employed. To employ a popular paradox, there was […]
28 July 2018

Personalities and Clyde racing

Leaving for a moment the history of the Fifes of Fairlie, let us look at another type of the old Scottish yachtsmen whose patronage assured the […]
28 July 2018

Fiona, the Fifes and the Marquis of Ailsa

The cutter Fiona was launched in the early summer of 1865, from the Fairlie Yard of William Fife. With her dawned the nationalization of the sport. Hitherto Clyde […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 10 – Modern Yachting 1896-1900

1896 By degrees the measurement of water-line length and sail area alone had evolved a very undesirable type of yacht, and the Yacht Racing Association therefore […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 9 – The Sail Area Rule 1887-1895

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

Canada Cup 1905

In the autumn of 1904 the Royal Canadian Yacht Club again challenged the American holders of the cup, but this time the 30-foot water-line restricted class […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 13 – Steam Yachting

The romantic story of the steam-engine is well known, from the time of Watts’s kettle to Stephenson’s locomotive, and the struggles and triumphs have been handed […]
28 July 2018

The Early Years and the Fifes

It is now impossible to discover who was the first Scottish yachtsman, or what manner of craft he employed. To employ a popular paradox, there was […]
28 July 2018

Personalities and Clyde racing

Leaving for a moment the history of the Fifes of Fairlie, let us look at another type of the old Scottish yachtsmen whose patronage assured the […]