Windward Quarter Collection

The 6 Metre Womba II running downwind, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Womba II running downwind, 1913

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

The yawl Pleiad under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Pleiad under sail, 1911

The 45 ton cutter Varia under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 45 ton cutter Varia under sail, 1911

The ketch Aphrodite under sail, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The ketch Aphrodite under sail, 1911

The 8 Metre Antwerpia (H19) and Windflower (H3) racing under spinnaker, 1911

The yawl White Heather I sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl White Heather I sailing close-hauled, 1911

Cutter heeling hard on upwind leg. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Cutter heeling hard on upwind leg

Unknown yawl and schooner under sail. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown yawl and schooner under sail

Day out for the 8 Metre class saing yacht Windflower (H3), 1911
Day out for the 8 Metre class saing yacht Windflower (H3) shown towing tender, 1911

The cutter Citara under sail and towing tender, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Citara under sail and towing tender, 1911

The 6 Metre Snowdrop and Correnzia racing downwind, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre Snowdrop and Correnzia racing downwind, 1911

The schooner Esma, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Esma, 1911

The 7 Metre Ginerva (K7) under sail, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 7 Metre Ginerva (K7) under sail, 1912. Ginerva was designed by Alfred Mylne

The 6-metre class Wamba II, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6-metre class Wamba II, 1913

The 15 Metre sailing yacht Jeano, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 15 Metre sailing yacht Jeano, 1911. Jeano, originally named Tritonia, was designed by Alfred Mylne and launched in 1910

Three 19 Metres yachts racing, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Three 19 Metres yachts racing, 1913

The 8 Metre class Termagent (H9) sailing with spinnaker, 1911

Termagent (H9), an early 8 Metre class yacht sails downwind, 1911

The 8 Metre sailing yacht Dilkusha setting spinnaker, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 8 Metre sailing yacht Dilkusha setting spinnaker, 1911

The 7 Metre Anitra sailing with a good wind, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 7 Metre Anitra sailing with a good wind, 1911

The yawl Celia with full sail, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Celia with full sail, 1912

The 118 foot racing yacht Cariad sailing close-hauled, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 118 foot racing yacht Cariad sailing close-hauled, 1911. Cariad, named after the Welsh word for Sweetheart was built by Summers & Payne in Southampton for Lord Dunraven in 1896

The 96 ft ketch Julnar, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 96 ft ketch Julnar, 1912. Julnar was designed by William Fife and built at Southampton by Summers & Payne to the order of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, the Knight of Kerry, in 1909

The cutter Monara under sail, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Monara under sail, 1914

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 118 foot racing yacht Cariad sailing with spinnaker, 1911. Cariad, named after the Welsh word for Sweetheart was built by Summers & Payne in Southampton for Lord Dunraven in 1896

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 yawl Celia under way, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Celia under way, 1911

The 7 Metre Anitra (foreground) and Nelta, on downwind leg, 1911. Creator
The 7 Metre Anitra (foreground) and Nelta, on downwind leg, 1911

The schooner Meteor IV, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Meteor IV, 1911. Meteor IV was Kaiser Wilhelm IIs fourth yacht. It was designed by Max Oetz and launched in 1909

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