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 […]
A transcription of the 1906 book British Yachts and Yachtsmen, a frankly patrician history of yachting from the C17 up to the C20.
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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
In preparing the following work, an attempt has been made to trace the progress of British yachting from its earliest stages, and, in doing so, it […]
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 […]