King Edward VIIas a sportsman . alkyrie had been laid down a month or twobefore Britannia, to the order of Lords Dunraven andWolverton, for the express purpose of contesting theAmerica Cup. Calluna, designed by Mr. W. Fife,junior, was built on the Clyde for a Scotch syndicate,and was principally remarkable for great breadth ofbeam. Iverna, an older cutter that had done yeomanservice for Mr. John Jameson in the past, was racedmore to enable her owner to estimate what advancehad been made in boat-designing than for any hope ofdoing much good in the way of winning with three newopponents in the f
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . alkyrie had been laid down a month or twobefore Britannia, to the order of Lords Dunraven andWolverton, for the express purpose of contesting theAmerica Cup. Calluna, designed by Mr. W. Fife,junior, was built on the Clyde for a Scotch syndicate,and was principally remarkable for great breadth ofbeam. Iverna, an older cutter that had done yeomanservice for Mr. John Jameson in the past, was racedmore to enable her owner to estimate what advancehad been made in boat-designing than for any hope ofdoing much good in the way of winning with three newopponents in the field, and with the possibility oftwo or three more to follow. The steady breeze gavethe yachts a fair trial, and after a rather close finishthe race was won by Britannia, Valkyrie being the actual result would have been unchanged,the finish might have been a still closer one had notValkyrie unfortunately carried away her bowsprit whennearing the winning mark-boat. Two more races were sailed on the two following310. King Edward as a Yachtsman days, of which Britannia won the first, the other goingto Iverna^ who, taking advantage of a luffing match thatwas in progress between the two leaders, Britanniaand Valkyrie^ saved her time and won her race fromBritannia^ who thus had beaten Valkyrie three daysrunning. Early in June a new competitor joined the racingfleet, viz. the Satanita^ built at Southampton for D. Clarke on a design of Mr. J. Soper. Owingto her great length on the water-line, Satanita showedterrific speed on a reach—given the exact weather re-quired, she was in her day almost invincible ; and in thefollowing month the list of racing cutters was furthersupplemented by the American yacht Nava/ioe, theproperty of Mr. Carroll, who brought her out for thefirst time during the Cowes week. Shortly after theend of the Solent fortnight, Valkyrie withdrew tem-porarily from racing, so as to prepare for her long seapassage to New York as challenger for the Am
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