Specifications: LOA: 41′ 7″ / 12.7m * Beam: 7′ 10″ / 2.4m * Draft: 5′ 1″ / 1.55m * Hull Number: 570 / Designer: William Fife III / Built by: Abo Båtvarf / Year Built: 1909 Construction – Built in 1909 in Finland, at the Abo Batvarf , yard number 570, a semi-composite vessel, …
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John O. Johnson, White Bear Lake, MN. Inventor and boat builder, in 1900 built a flat bottom scow sailboat that revolutionized the design for racing sailboats. This boat, the MINNEZITKA, became the prototype of the Class A in the Inland Lakes Yachting Association. A model of it is in the Smithsonian Institution.
Mr. Sopwith and Mr. Vanderbilt exchanging greetings before the America’s Cup yacht race. America’s Cup defender, yacht ‘Rainbow’ (skipper Mr Vanderbilt) and America’s Cup challenger, British yacht ‘Endeavour’ (skipper Mr Sopwith) at sea during the first race.
1931 Portsmouth, Hampshire. – “The Largest Mast ever made ‘stepped’ in the King’s racing cutter ‘Britannia’ in Portsmouth dockyard.” A group of men work on the side of the dock putting together a new and huge mast for King George V’s racing yacht ‘Britannia’. Shots of a large floating crane raising the mast upright. The …
October 22, 2014 – Clausen Shipyards has started construction of a new 77-foot Pilot Classic yacht, based on drawings by Hoek Design. Claasen has built various Truly Classic yachts over the years, including the popular Truly Classic 90. The yacht currently in development is the third of this specific model and is being built on …
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