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28 July 2018

Chapter 8 – The YRA Tonnage Rule

1882 During the year 1881 the Yacht Racing Association altered the measurement rule, which was held to be unsatisfactory as producing vessels of small beam. The […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 7 – Racing under Y.R.A. Rules

1875 The Yacht Racing Association was organized in November of this year by Count Edmund Batthyany, Captain Hughes, and Mr. Dixon Kemp. Its object was to […]
28 July 2018

Growth of the Sport 1852-1861

1852 The America still figures largely in the racing annals of the time, though her owner was Lord de Blaquière, and on occasions she was handsomely beaten. The […]
28 July 2018

Growth of the Sport 1862 – 1869

1862 The death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort on December 15, 1861, cast a gloom over the yachting season of 1862. Many annual fixtures were either […]
28 July 2018

Growth of the Sport 1870 – 1874

1870 This year saw the first attempt to win back the America Cup. After endless negotiations, which have frequently been the prelude to these matches, Mr. […]
27 July 2018

Chapter 5 – Visit of the America 1851

To the initiative of the Earl of Wilton as Commodore of the Squadron was due the first international yacht race, in which the historic America captured the trophy […]
27 July 2018

The Eighteenth Century

We have now reached the eighteenth century, and, before giving some notes on the development of rigs which took place, it may be thought advisable to […]
28 July 2018

Chapter 8 – The YRA Tonnage Rule

1882 During the year 1881 the Yacht Racing Association altered the measurement rule, which was held to be unsatisfactory as producing vessels of small beam. The […]
28 July 2018

Growth of the Sport 1852-1861

1852 The America still figures largely in the racing annals of the time, though her owner was Lord de Blaquière, and on occasions she was handsomely beaten. The […]
28 July 2018

Growth of the Sport 1862 – 1869

1862 The death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort on December 15, 1861, cast a gloom over the yachting season of 1862. Many annual fixtures were either […]
28 July 2018

Growth of the Sport 1870 – 1874

1870 This year saw the first attempt to win back the America Cup. After endless negotiations, which have frequently been the prelude to these matches, Mr. […]
27 July 2018

Chapter 5 – Visit of the America 1851

To the initiative of the Earl of Wilton as Commodore of the Squadron was due the first international yacht race, in which the historic America captured the trophy […]
27 July 2018

The Eighteenth Century

We have now reached the eighteenth century, and, before giving some notes on the development of rigs which took place, it may be thought advisable to […]