11 August 2018
Was born in 1865 at Rochester, and educated at the Mathematical School, Rochester, and Rome House School, Chatham. He commenced yachting in 1889 with Mocassin, an American […]
11 August 2018
Was born in 1856. Joined the Black Watch in 1874. He served in Egypt in 1882-1884, the Soudan 1884 – 1885, the Nile Expedition 1898, and […]
11 August 2018
Has been closely identified with the London Sailing Club for many years. He has owned Esperanza, open sailing-boat. He built the centreboard 18-footer Turquoise, afterwards converted into 18-footer […]
11 August 2018
Was born in 1847. He succeeded to the title in 1870. Educated at Eton, he afterwards entered the Coldstream Guards, retiring with the rank of Captain. […]
11 August 2018
Was one of the original members of the Gourock Yacht Club, in the first year of which he was elected Vice-Commodore, and continued as an active […]
28 July 2018
H.M. the King of Spain is patron of the Real Club Nautico, and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The Spanish royal yacht is the Giralda, […]
28 July 2018
Since the early nineties down to the present time there has been no more prominent figure in European yachting than H.I.M. the German Emperor. He was elected […]
28 July 2018
British yachting owes a much deeper debt to His Majesty King Edward than that incurred through ordinary royal patronage, for in him it can boast an […]
28 July 2018
British Yachts and Yachtsmen contains an appendix on leading yachtsmen’s of the day, presented here as a separate section. The order of the names in the […]
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11 August 2018
Was born in 1865 at Rochester, and educated at the Mathematical School, Rochester, and Rome House School, Chatham. He commenced yachting in 1889 with Mocassin, an American […]
11 August 2018
Was born in 1856. Joined the Black Watch in 1874. He served in Egypt in 1882-1884, the Soudan 1884 – 1885, the Nile Expedition 1898, and […]
11 August 2018
Has been closely identified with the London Sailing Club for many years. He has owned Esperanza, open sailing-boat. He built the centreboard 18-footer Turquoise, afterwards converted into 18-footer […]
11 August 2018
Was born in 1847. He succeeded to the title in 1870. Educated at Eton, he afterwards entered the Coldstream Guards, retiring with the rank of Captain. […]
11 August 2018
Was one of the original members of the Gourock Yacht Club, in the first year of which he was elected Vice-Commodore, and continued as an active […]
28 July 2018
H.M. the King of Spain is patron of the Real Club Nautico, and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The Spanish royal yacht is the Giralda, […]
28 July 2018
Since the early nineties down to the present time there has been no more prominent figure in European yachting than H.I.M. the German Emperor. He was elected […]
28 July 2018
British yachting owes a much deeper debt to His Majesty King Edward than that incurred through ordinary royal patronage, for in him it can boast an […]
28 July 2018
British Yachts and Yachtsmen contains an appendix on leading yachtsmen’s of the day, presented here as a separate section. The order of the names in the […]