September 2012 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. Waterfront News
2012 is a landmark year for K1 Bri- tannia, a team of individuals who will be restoring the legacy of Prince Albert Ed- ward’s yacht, ‘His Royal Highness’ Yacht Britannia’ from the 1800s, in order to revive a maritime heritage.
The Legacy of Prince Albert Edward's Yacht BRITANNIA onto each other.”
The reconstruction process will com- mence with a full stripping of the interior and then a thorough process to refi t the yacht to exact requirements and specifi cations. Britannia will be fully restored to her pris- tine condition at her new home. Her former namesake was privileged to be tagged as the ‘King’s Yacht’ and her re-construction will be similarly worthy of royal approval. She will once again be legendary and rekindle memories of a world where nobility and honour were the norm.
The yacht Britannia designed by George
EAST BOOTHBAY -- SCHEHERAZADE skillfully outmaneuvered the fl eet Sunday to take fi rst place honors and winner overall at Shipyard Cup X. With great patience and fl exibility, the race committee, led by PRO Peter Craig, managed to seize the moment in a very foggy Maine day to get a good start after repeated fog and light air brought on postponements. True to the spirit of the event, the “winner overall trophy” was an engraved bucket and large bottle of Dom Pérignon. The bucket was fi lled with champagne and passed around to the winning crew. SCHE- HERAZADE’s owner drew great cheers from the crowd as he took his turn. In Sunday’s event, SCHEHERAZADE was followed by RAPTURE and WHISPER in the daily results, in which the boats and the race committee were able to take advan- tage of breaks in the fog to complete day 2’s racing. Due to an error in calculating starting times for the pursuit start of Saturday’s race, the results were not used to calculate the overall winner of the Shipyard Cup. The fi nal order of fi nishing for Sun-
day’s race and the overall results was: SCHEHERAZADE (154’), RAPTURE (100’), WHISPER (67’). VIRAGO (99’), TENACIOUS (115’), SUMURUN (94’) and WHEN AND IF (64’).
annual Clue Award.
SUMURUN was the recipient of the In keeping with the fun spirit of the
event, race organizers also awarded some
Lennox Watson was built by Henderson’s on the Clyde in 1893 for Queen Victoria’s son Prince Albert Edward of Wales. She served him and his son King George V with a long yachting career. Both builder and designer made a fi ne job of the Prince’s new yacht. It was said of Britannia that a better balanced and better built vessel never crossed the starting line. Yachting writers referred to her shape as the Britannia ideal. She was a handsome ves- sel; Henderson’s built her light and strong, a perfect race yacht. Yachting journalist, James Michael, once wrote; “so proud over the building of her were the men that the putting of her together was a real labour of love. It was not diffi cult to imagine that the framework was woven together so beauti- fully were the many parts joined into and
SCHEHERAZADE Wins Shipyard
other prizes: The FULL MOON AWARD to BOO
TOO for aiming a moon-like object at the event photographer Billy Black. The BEST DUCK BOAT IN BOOTH-
BAY AWARD to TENACIOUS for her owners sounding duck calls as they left the harbor.
The BEST START “POSSIBLY” UN-
DER POWER AWARD to the 1939 Schoo- ner WHEN AND IF. The WINGIN’ IT AWARD to RAP- TURE for their “wing and wing” downwind run on day 1.
The BEST MAINE UNIFORM
AWARD to the Captain of VIRAGO for sailing in a terrifi c authentic Maine fl annel shirt.
The BEST SMOKE AND MIRRORS
AWARD to SCHEHERAZADE for their “fake jibe”, which smoked their nearest competitor.
The BEST SPIRIT OF THE REGATTA award to the SUMURUN for starting day 2 in Flintstones’ costumes. The WHERE’S TITO AWARD, in honor of Shipyard Cup sponsor, Tito’s Handmade American Vodka, for the person who shall remain nameless that “borrowed” the full size poster of Tito himself. Despite the challenging weather condi- tions, the event ended on an upbeat note with many racers looking forward to the 2013 event. Shipyard Cup XI is scheduled to be held 9 - 13 August 2013.
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Built of wood and planking on steel frames she had a major refi t in 1931 where she was transformed by a Bermudan rig. Made of silver spruce, it was the largest mast ever made as one spar for a yacht, weighing over 3 tonnes. During her racing career which spanned over 40 years, in 635 races she won 231 fi rsts and of a total of 350 prizes. By the end of her fi rst year racing, Britannia had scored 33 wins from 43 starts. In her second season she won all 7 races for the big class yachts on the French Riviera and then beat 1893 America’s Cup defender Vigilant in home waters.
In January 1936 the British people mourned as King George V passed away. It was announced that in accordance with the late King’s wishes upon his death that Britannia would be stripped of her spars and fi ttings and scuttled. So on the 10th
July 1936
her hull was picked up by HMS Winchester and towed out to St. Catherine’s Deep near the Isle of Wight. She was then scuttled and sent to rest beneath the waves with a simple
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garland of fl owers placed on her stem head. In 1994 the only exact replica of Britan- nia was commissioned and built in Russia gaining Her Majesty’s blessing. Her then owner shipped her from Russia to Norway but unfortunately the completion of the project came to a standstill. It was not until late 2011 that Britannia was acquired for the purpose of completing her rebuild so that she could be used for charitable projects. Britan- nia was towed from Norway and arrived in the Isle of Wight on 4th
February 2012 where
she was lifted and dry-docked in her cradle where she sits today at Venture Quays, East Cowes.
She will be rebuilt according to her
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