Victory of the British Yacht Livonia in the Third Race.
The Columbia - A Bad Start - Some of Her Rigging Gives Way.

The magnificent race on Wednesday between the Columbia and the Livonia had a very enlivening effect upon the series of matches for the Queen's Cup, as previously the Livonia was rather underrated, and everybody, expected to see a clean walk-over.

After the Cup Race of 1901 it began to be apparent to everyone who had followed yacht racing closely that the limit to which everything could be sacrificed for speed in racing yachts had about been reached.

The tendency in Cup defenders was naturally reflected in smaller yachts, and, on the whole, a very unsatisfactory type of racing boat was being developed.

THE CAMBRIA WINS

Arrival of the Yacht After a Run of Twenty-three Days and Five Hours.

July 28, 1870 - These celebrated yachts started for their ocean match on Monday, July 4th. from Daunt Rock, about a mile from Cork Head, instead of Old Head, at Kinsale, the alteration being made to enable the public ...

In 1893,the New York yachtsmen went to Herreshoff with orders for two cup-defence vessels, and he produced Vigilant, centre-board, and Colonia, a keel boat.
Colonia was owned by a syndicate composed of Archibald Rogers, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, William K. Vanderbilt, F. Augustus Schermerhorn, J. Pierpont Morgan, and John E. Brooks.

In answer to Lipton’s challenge of 1929 the Americans designed four J-Class yachts as possible defenders. Enterprise, Whirlwind, Yankee and Weetamoe were launched within a month of each other; Weetamoe and Enterprise from the Herreshoff yard and Yankee and Whirlwind from Lawley & Son’s yard in Bristol.
Weetamoe was designed by Clinton Crane for a syndicate headed by George Nichols and Junius S. Morgan.

George Lee Schuyler was the grandson of Gen. Philip John Schuyler of Revolutionary fame. He was born in Rhinebeck, June 9, 1811. He early settled in this city, and received his education at private schools and was a graduate of Columbia College. In the early part of Mr. Schuyler‘s business career he was one or the chief owners of the old steamboat line to New-Haven, and was also interested in the New-York, New-Haven and Hartford Railroad.

An important American impressionist, Reynolds Beal was encouraged early on by his younger brother, noted artist Gifford Beal, to study art abroad. Once Reynolds completed his education from Cornell University in naval architecture, and being from a rather wealthy family, he struck out for Europe, where he informally viewed as much art as he could, primarily in Madrid...

Paul was born in Dartmouth, England in 1953 to a family with strong nautical and artistic traditions. He moved with his family between England and Ireland before setting off to sea in the Merchant Navy as a young sailor.