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The Royalist was a 142-ton topsail schooner.She was probably built in Cowes in 1834 as a gentleman's yacht for Rev T.L. Lane. James Brooke, at that point a former British soldier who would become in 1841 the first "White Rajah" of Sarawak, purchased her in 1836 with money he had inherited from his father.
The £1.4-million yacht Hebridian Princess This yacht was chartered by the Queen for her 80th Birthday. Formerly the MacBrayne ferry Columba built in 1964; converted to a miniature cruise ship for just 49 passengers in 1989. The £50-million Motor Yacht Leander Chartered by Prince of Wales for visit to Caribbean in March 2008. Chartered yacht ...
In 1997, he sold the yacht to Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone started looking for a buyer in 2002. Clapton, who had been looking for a new yacht, contacted Ecclestone in 2005, and purchased the ship for £9 million. Clapton had the yacht refitted from 2007 to 2008. [3]
Amazon is a 102-foot (31 m) long screw schooner and former steam yacht built in 1885 at the private Arrow Yard of Tankerville Chamberlayne in Southampton. [1] [2]Designer Dixon Kemp intended her to be 'fast and a good seaboat' and her successful sea trials were recorded in the several editions of his definitive Yacht Architecture [3] (First edition published in 1885).
The first Nic 55 / 2nd Yacht Lutine. Here named Acclaim and sailing in Southampton water. Ray Wall designed the Camper and Nicholsons 'Nic 55' which LLYC commissioned. Launched in 1970 with yard number 1016, she is a 53.8' Bermudan sloop, with 8.3' draft and displacing 23 tons. [3] Sold in 1999 and renamed Yacht Acclaim.
Picchiotti has been around since 1575, but its latest incarnation will be retro-influenced modern yachts inspired by 1960s American design. These New Retro ‘Gentlemen’ Yachts Blend ’60s-Era ...
Tally Ho is a gaff-rigged cutter yacht designed by the artist and yacht designer Albert Strange. [1] [3] The 48-foot (15 m) yacht was built at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex in England and has previously carried the names Betty, Alciope, and Escape. By 2017 the hull had nearly rotted away, and was in danger of being scrapped.
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