Britannia Yacht. 1893. Gaff-rigged cutter.

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Britannia Yacht. 1893. Gaff-rigged cutter.:
$165.00

HMY Britannia (Royal Cutter Yacht). After the Prince of Wales nephew Kaiser Wilhelm II acquired the racing cutter, Thistle in 1891, her Scottish designer George Lennox Watson received a commission from Prince Albert Edward for a sailing yacht in 1892. He designed His Royal Highness, Yacht The \"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 D&W Henderson shipyard on the River Clyde. She was launched on April 20,1893, a week ahead of the Valkyrie II. By the end of her first year\'s racing , Britannia had scored thirty-three wins from forty-three starts. In her second season, she won all seven races for the first class yachts on the French Riviera, and then beat the 1893 America\'s Cup defender Vigilant in home waters. In her racing career she won 231 races and took another 129 Flags. Britannia\'s racing Flag is preserved at the Royal St. George Yacht Club, which held two regattas in Kingstown for the first of the RYA linear rating rule in 1896. This kit is always stored in a secured storage area, which out of sunlight, dust, dirt, water, and smoke. Box is 25\"long. 10\"wide. 3\" high. Weight is 4 lbs. With this scale of 1:64, great detail can be built into this model, also she will look great in home or office and will shine with pride for years to come!