Watson “Valkyrie II” Specifications: LOA: 117.6 ft / 35.84m * LOD: * LWL: 85.5 ft / 26.06m * Beam: 22.3 ft / 6.80m * Draft: 16.5 ft / 5.03m * Ballast: 75 tons (Lead ballast) * Displacement: 140 tons * Sail Area: 10,042 square feet * Yard Number: * Hull material: Composite build, steel frame …
A Scottish naval architect, born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Thomas Lennox Watson, a doctor at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, grandson of Sir Timothy Burstall, engineer and entrant at the 1829 Rainhill Trials. 1850s Watson often spent holidays at Inverkip on the Firth of Clyde, it was here through his friendship with local skipper …
The year was 1892, Scottish designer George Lennox Watson received a commission from Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales for a sailing yacht. He designed His Royal Highness’ Yacht Britannia to the “Length And Sail Area Rule” as a First Class cutter and had her built alongside his America’s Cup challenger Valkyrie II at the …
Stephens was born in New York, but spent his summers with his brother Roderick (Rod) Stephens, Jr, learning to sail on the New England coast. He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one term. Entered the marine industry at an early age, Olin apprenticing in yacht design under Phillip Rhodes. With his father’s …
The big schooner is currently under construction at Graafship, in the Netherlands, under full licensing agreement with John G. Aden Inc. The exclusive rights to build this design, which after 86 years in Alden archives, will finally take shape as the schooner “Wolfhound” for it’s current owner. Detailed construction drawings were never produced for this …
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