Close Hauled Collection (page 6)

The 8 Metre Carron (K2) sailing upwind, 1934. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre Carron (K2) sailing upwind, 1934

The handsome racing schooner Waterwitch, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The handsome racing schooner Waterwitch, 1911. Designed by William Fife, Waterwitch was not successful in competition and was later redesigned by Charles Nicholson

The 19-metre class Octavia (C2) & Mariquita racing close-hauled. Creator
The 19-metre class Octavia (C2) & Mariquita racing close-hauled. Octavia was designed by Alfred Mylne and Mariquita designed by William Fife

The One-Design Solent Sunbeams Joy, Mayfly, Wimsey and Sally racing, 1927

The gaff rigged cutter Bloodhound sailing close-hauled, leaves wake, 1911. Creator
The gaff rigged cutter Bloodhound sailing close-hauled, leaves wake, 1911. The 40 ton cutter, Bloodhound was designed by William Fife and built in 1874

The 8 Metre yacht Gundred (H7) heeling upwind, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre yacht Gundred (H7) heeling upwind, 1913

The yawl Betty, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Betty, 1911

The 12 Metre Vim sailing close-hauled, 1939. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 12 Metre Vim sailing close-hauled, 1939. Designed in 1939 by Olin Stephens, Vim had numerous innovative features including a trim tab on the rudder

Americas Cup challenger Shamrock III. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Americas Cup challenger Shamrock III. The yacht was designed by William Fife, and was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, Scotland. The yacht was launched on 1903

The cutter Shamrock beating upwind, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Shamrock beating upwind, 1912. Shamrock, designed by William Fife, was Sir Thomas Liptons first (1899) challenger to the Americas Cup

The 23 Metre Candida, 1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 23 Metre Candida, 1935. Candida was designed by Charles Nicholson for the banker Mr. Herman Andrae. She was launched in 1929

The 12 Metre sailing yacht Westra racing on upwind leg, 1936. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 12 Metre sailing yacht Westra racing on upwind leg, 1936. Westra, designed by Charles Nicholson, was the winning yacht in 1934 when she won 15 out of 35 races. She came second in 1935 and 1936

The Truant racing upwind, 22nd May 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre racing yacht The Truant racing upwind, 22nd May 1911

The schooner Cetonia under way, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Cetonia under way, 1911

The 19-metre Octavia sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 19-metre Octavia sailing close-hauled, 1911. Octavia was designed by Alfred Mylne and launched in 1911. Its one of the four British built, 19-metre class yachts

Istria sailing close-hauled, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Istria sailing close-hauled, 1912. Istria, was designed by Charles Nicholson and originally owned by the architect Sir Charles Allom

The 6 Metre class Sheila (US4) sailing upwind, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre class Sheila (US4) sailing upwind, 1921

The majestic Pamela sailing close-hauled, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The majestic 15 Metre class Pamela sailing close-hauled, 1914. Pamela, designed by Charles Nicholson and launched in 1913, was fitted with the innovative Marconi topmast

The 6 Metre Lanka sailing close-hauled, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Lanka sailing close-hauled, 1914

The 15 Metre Hispania, Paula II & Mariska racing at Cowes, 1911. Creator
The 15 Metre Hispania, Paula II & Mariska beating upwind in a race at Cowes, 1911

The 250 ton schooner Germania sails downwind under spinnaker, 1911. Germania was designed by Max Oertz and owned by the German industrialist Count Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

The 250 ton schooner Germania sails close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 250 ton schooner Germania sails close-hauled, 1911. Germania was designed by Max Oertz and owned by the German industrialist Count Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

The schooner Pampa. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Pampa

The yawl Joyce sailing in good wind, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Joyce sailing in good wind, 1911

Capt R J Dixon winning the 6 Metre race in Jonquil. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Capt R J Dixon winning the 6 Metre race in Jonquil

The 7 Metre Olympic class Quaker Girl, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 7 Metre Olympic class Quaker Girl, 1913

The 15 Metre cutter Ma oona sailing close-hauled, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 15 Metre cutter Ma oona sailing close-hauled, 1914. Ma oona was designed by Alfred Mylne and built at McAlisters yard in Dumbarton in 1907

The International 10 Metre class Irex (F1) sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator
The International 10 Metre class Irex (F1) sailing close-hauled, 1911. Irex was designed by William Fife III and launched in 1910

The Hamble River Class Dot (No 2) sailing close-hauled, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The Hamble River Class Dot (No 2) sailing close-hauled, 1921

The 6 Metre Jeanie, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Jeanie sails close-hauled, 1921

The cutter Vanity sailing close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Vanity sailing close-hauled, 1913

The 6 Metre Montauk in light winds, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Montauk in light winds, 1921. Montauk was designed by the American yacht designer William Gardner

The yawl Wendur sailing close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Wendur sailing close-hauled, 1913. Wendur was built by D & W Henderson & Co. Glasgow in 1883

The 6 Metre Bubble sailing upwind, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Bubble sailing upwind, 1914

The 19-metre Wendula & Mariquita sail close-hauled, 1913
The 19-metre Wendula (renamed Octavia ) & Mariquita sail close-hauled, 1913. Mariquita was designed by William Fife III and Octavia by Alfred Mylne

The 8 Metre Endrick sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre Endrick sailing close-hauled, 1911

The early 12 Metre cutter Cintra sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The early 12 Metre cutter Cintra sailing close-hauled, 1911. Cinatra was designed by William Fife and built in 1909. Cintra achieved 13 firsts out of 33 starts in her first year of sailing

The 8 Metre Garraveen, sailing close-hauled, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre Garraveen, sailing close-hauled, 1914. Garraveen was designed by Morgan Giles and constructed by Nicholson & Pulton, Southhampton in 1914

The first Solent Sunbeam Dainty (V1), 1925. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The first Solent Sunbeam Dainty (V1), 1925. The Solent Sunbeam, designed by Alfred Westmacott in the 1920 s, is the largest classic dayboat in the Solent

The 6 Metre sailing yacht Whimbret (K8), 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre sailing yacht Whimbret (K8), 1921

The sloop Genista under sail on the River Hamble, 1920. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The sloop Genista under sail on the River Hamble, 1920

Outing on a 6 Metre sailing yacht (L22), 1912

Sioma sailing close-hauled, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sioma sailing close-hauled, 1912

The three-mast auxiliary schooner Invincible, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The three-mast auxiliary schooner Invincible, 1911

The yawl Moosk under way, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Moosk under way, 1912. Moosk was built by W.H.Thomas in Falmouth in 1906 as an auxiliary yacht

The 7 Metre Ancora (K3) sailing close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 7 Metre Ancora (K3) sailing close-hauled, 1913. Ancora went on to win gold medal in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics

Group of 7 Metre yachts racing, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of 7 Metre yachts racing, 1913

The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913

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