. The encyclopaedia of sport. expected, took the heart out ofracing in the following year. 1893, however, saw a tremendous revival. 6oo THE ENCYCLOP^:i)IA OF SPORT [yachting DeirdreV designed by Mr. G. L. \V;Uson andbuilt by Rcid for Lord Dunraven, the third ofMr. F. C. Hills notable series of Dragons,designed by Mr. Fife, jun.; Maladetta, asemi-cruiser, designed by her owner, , Zinita, by Mr. Fife, jun.,and Vigorna, by Mr. Charles Nicholson,formed a splendid class. Dragon was themost successful, though Deirdre ran her veryclose ; neither of them, however, went to the was much mor
. The encyclopaedia of sport. expected, took the heart out ofracing in the following year. 1893, however, saw a tremendous revival. 6oo THE ENCYCLOP^:i)IA OF SPORT [yachting DeirdreV designed by Mr. G. L. \V;Uson andbuilt by Rcid for Lord Dunraven, the third ofMr. F. C. Hills notable series of Dragons,designed by Mr. Fife, jun.; Maladetta, asemi-cruiser, designed by her owner, , Zinita, by Mr. Fife, jun.,and Vigorna, by Mr. Charles Nicholson,formed a splendid class. Dragon was themost successful, though Deirdre ran her veryclose ; neither of them, however, went to the was much more heavily fitted below than therest of the class, there w-as no lack of interest inthe racing. The famous twenties which racedin 1894, besides Luna, which won twenty-onefirst prizes out of fifty starts, were Inyoni,designed by Mr. Charles Nicholson for LordDudley, a very short beamy boat, with fin keeland large sail spread, which attained quite phe-nomenal speed in light weather; Deirdre,Dragon HIand Zinita,built the previous. Plan of Zinita. Clyde to meet • Zinita, which was unbeaten inher own waters. Vigorna was the first bulbkeeled boat with a pram bow and a very shallow-body, and turned out a complete failure. The following season Mr. Fife, who mayfairly claim to have turned out more successfultwenties thanany other designer, scored a greatsuccess with Luna,built for Mr. F. B. Jameson,and she came out top after an eventful seasonsracing. The twenty class was in this seasonadmitted into the Solent classes, which meantsailing in Solent waters from May 26th until the year, Thelma, a centreboard cutter, designedby Mr. Fife ; Asphodel, designed by Mr. Watson, and owned by the latePrince Henry of Battenberg ; Prince Batthyanys? Stephanie, designed by Mr. Clayton andfinally, towards the end of the season, Audrey,designed by Lord Dunraven. Numerous changes of ownership occurredduring the seasons of 1893 and 1894. sold Dragon HI to Lord Dunraven,who subsequentl
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