Yachting Collection

Shamrock V races
The first appearance in a race by the Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger in 1930. The Shamrock V is seen here in the foreground, alongside Lord Camroses Cambria

Yachting at Cowes
In the foaming wake of a racing cutter Date: 1914

Boating off Cape Town, South Africa
A superb view of yachting in Table Bay off Cape Town, South Africa, with the imposing outline of Table Mountain, shrouded in mist, in the background

Yacht at Sea
Sobre las olas - on the waves

Bystander masthead design, 1927
Illustration for the front cover of the Bystander depicted a society crowd at Cowes during the Season. Date: 1927

Yachting at Kensington
Sailing model yachts on the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park

Guglielmo Marconi
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian physicist and inventor in yachting attire and with communications apparatus

American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff
The American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff in 1910 and later owned by Mr Thomas Benjamin Davis - a magnificent schooner of 323 tonnes. In 1910 she sailed in eleven races and won them all

Sailing off Isle Del Aire, Menorca, Spain
A yacht with reefed sails heels over as it beats to windward in turquoise sea towards the lighthouse on Isle Del Aire, Menorca, Spain. Taken from Punta Prima Date: 2012

Yachting at Strangford - a view of yachts on the Lough. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Strangford Lough). Date: circa early 1900s

Mussolini Yachting
BENITO MUSSOLINI The Italian dictator looking rather dapper in a straw boater hat whilst relaxing on a yachting trip. Date: 1883 - 1945

Bembridge, Isle of Wight - Hampshire - Redwing Class yachts (after the first re-design) Date: circa 1950s

Vancouver, Canada - Yachting in the English Bay
Vancouver, British Columbia, Western Canada - Yachting in the English Bay. Date: circa 1920

Joe Carstairs on her yacht Sonia, 1925
Marion Barbara Joe Carstairs (1900 - 1993) on her yacht, Sonia. Openly lesbian, Joe Carstair was a wealthy British power boat racer known for her speed and her eccentric lifestyle. Date: 1925

Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex - The Anchor Hotel and Waterfront. The town lies on the north bank of the River Crouch. It is one of Britains leading places for yachting. Date: circa 1930s

Ballyholme Bay, Yachting Centre, Bangor, Co. Down, N. I
Ballyholme Bay, Yachting Centre, Bangor, Co. Down, N.I. by E. Nagele

Yacht Moonshadow on beach at Carrick, Dumfries and Galloway
As dawn rises, the sailing yacht Moonshadow lies waiting for the tide to refloat her on the beach at Carrick on the Solway coast of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Date: 2010

Australia Sydney Harbour yacht racing Victorian period

Racing yacht Vigilant, winner of the America's Cup in 1893. The photo might have been taken at Cowes, Isle of Wight - Victorian period

Durban Yacht Club, Durban, South Africa
Durban Yacht Club, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Southwold yacht pond, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Ship's bell trophy won in 1934 in motor yacht race
MOTOR YACHTING: Superb ship's bell trophy owned by Sir Roy Fedden (1885?1973), a leading aero and motor car designer. It was won by Dolphin II in 1934 for South Coast power boat races organised

Yokohama Boat Club, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Sir Thomas Lipton on a yacht
Sir Thomas Lipton (May 1848- October 1931) on board his steam yacht Erin'. Preparing for the Challenger of the America cup on the sailing boat Shamrock II

Yachting in the Norfolk Broads
Public schoolboys yachting in the Norfolk Broads during an Easter break. Date: 1932

Female Sailing Umpire
An umpire overseas proceedings at the Burnham-on-Crouch sailing week. Date: 1931

Regatta at Ryde
A starting gun signals the beginning of a yacht race as part of a regatta at Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Date: 1931

Yacht Race
The Oxford University Yacht Club competing with the Cambridge University Cruising Club at Ryde. They were competing for the H. Yule Oldham Cup, and Cambridge were victorious. Date: 1931

Caricature illustration, Yachting in the Yard, with a family balanced on crates and furniture, whilst the gardener drenches them with a hose. Captioned, Outdoor hobbies for the home'

Solent Yacht Owners Racing Colours

Miss Evelyn Hope Date: 1907

Woman in yachting outfit holding a telescope
Woman in yacht outfit with wool jacket, toile skirt and leather hat, holding a telescope. Costume de Yacht: veste de drap, jupe de toile, chapeau de cuir

Woman in fine wool suit with striped pekin-silk
Woman in fine wool green suit with striped pekin-silk taffeta tunic. Veste de drap fin sur jupe de meme a tunique de taffetas pekine

Beach and yachting suits from Galeries Lafayette
Beach and nautical outfits at the height of their popularity. On the left, a beach suit of silk printed to suggest cretonne, worn with a jumper (sleeveless top) of white stockinette

Advert, Grants Stand Fast Scotch Whisky
Advertisement, Great Moments, Grants Stand Fast Scotch Whisky, depicting a man on a yacht. 1935

Scene during Cowes Week, Leaving the Squadron Castle. 1902

Front cover, The Ladies Field, Yachting Number 1901
Front cover, The Ladies Field magazine, Yachting Number 1901. 1901

Aboard the Morning Star yacht at Cowes, Isle of Wight - the Pageant of the Century. 1911

Yachting costume 1906
A yachting costume of pale blue serge, relieved by touches of black, enhanced by gold-embroidered pennants, cap is finished with patent leather peak. Date: 1906

Yachting costume 1897
Woman wearing a yachting outfit with gigot sleeved jacket, ruffle shirt and petit boaters hat. Date: 1897

Charles Ernest Nicholson - British yacht designer
Charles Ernest Nicholson (1868-1954) - British yacht designer - He is the one designer - the artist is known only by the pseudonym OWL. Date: 1913

Two women wearing fashionable Cowes week costumes, the first sketch shows a frock carried out in pink tussore and dark grey, the sash is of grey silk and sleeves are of blue and white striped lawn

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Dog Watch
circa 1906

Sir R Bulkeley, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR RICHARD HENRY WILLIAMS-BULKELEY, 12th Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey (1862-1942). Yachtsman, born in London, educated at Eton, lived in Beaumaris, Wales

Yachting costume 1906
Edwardian woman wearing a white serge yachting dress, with high neck, gigot sleeves in a pigeon breast style. Date: 1906

A sailor prepares his small yacht for a sail on Rutland Wate
A sailor stands on a pontoon and prepares his small yacht for a sail on Rutland Water, Leicestershire, England Date: 1988

Yachting, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Yachting in the bay, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. See also: 11071031 Date: circa 1930

Yachting in Table Bay - Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1920s

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