PEGGY BAWN is a rare thing indeed. The number of surviving vessels from pioneering Clydeside yacht designer George Lennox Watson’s lifetime (1851-1904) can be counted on a careless carpenter’s fingers. Long gone are his huge America’s Cup challengers and “Big Class” racing yachts, and only two of the fleet of palatial steam yachts – the superyachts of their day – from his Glasgow drawing boards are known to survive, in fabulous condition although barely recognisable from their original appearance. https://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/yacht/302/PEGGY%20BAWN It is left to PEGGY BAWN to carry the flame for Watson’s groundbreaking mid-1890s work in setting the standard for moderation in sailing yacht design, work that has never been challenged – only endorsed by those who followed his lead through the 20th century, especially Olin J. Stephens, who was a self-confessed Watson fan. PEGGY BAWN’s gilded “fiddle” bow was anachronistic even at her launching in 1894, partly a past fad, partly practical, undoubtedly beautiful – an interim stage in the development of extending immersed waterlines for faster sailing when heeled with a more buoyant hull – but it conceals the fact that when her award-winning restoration team began assessing what they’d found in a County Waterford hay barn in 2003, they quickly realised that the “numbers” – yacht designer speak for the various ratios that define a hull – were simply a scaled-down version of those for Watson’s famous royal racing cutter Britannia of 1893. Her name gave rise to the so called “Britannia Ideal”, as she was and is considered the epitome of sea kindliness. PEGGY BAWN's present owner can vouch for that from fourteen seasons of racing and cruising aboard her in northern and Mediterranean Europe, and east coast USA. PEGGY BAWN is quite simply the best behaved yacht any of them had had the pleasure to sail. And her rebuild and restoration set new standards for documentation and authenticity. She's special. #classicboat #sailboat #shortsfeed #sailing

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PROCESSO AL SAIL GP, arriva la seconda puntata! Lunedì 16 febbraio, alle 18,30 su TUTTI i nostri canali l’analisi della seconda tappa in Nuova Zelanda. Ospite JANA GERMANI la Strategist a bordo di Red Bull ITALY! Con lei i nostri Mauro Giuffré, Rebecca Geiger ed Ettore Botticini vi racconteranno tutto su come sono andate le regate di Aukland: risultati, retroscena e anche gossip dal mondo della FORMULA 1 della vela. #redbull #redbullracing - DISCLAIMER Il presente video è stato creato a scopo divulgativo. Il Canale Giornale della Vela e gli autori dei video non si assumono alcuna responsabilità circa l'utilizzo del contenuto di questo video. I diritti delle immagini e delle riprese rimangono ai rispettivi proprietari che sono visualizzati nei Credits. Se nel video è presente una tua fotografia o ripresa e non sei presente nei credits avvisaci subito. Dal 1974 Panama Editore si occupa del mondo della nautica e del turismo attraverso pubblicazioni cartacee e digitali; siti internet di informazione e servizio; eventi, attività di e-commerce e didattiche. Il Giornale della Vela, la rivista leader di vela in Italia ed il sito www.giornaledellavela.com sono a tua disposizione per trovare informazioni e contenuti aggiornati quotidianamente su crociere, regate, cantieristica, novità del mercato, prove barca. VIDEO CREDIT Luca Sordelli

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