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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💀 Me, not dying on a sailboat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_aALo4vob4&list=PLDLKwvhW5ipsXaK3EUf2BF74kkloXncWM There are lots of ways sailboats are rigged, but these are the 6 most common sailboat rigs. Which is your favorite? We sailed on the Mystic Rose in the Bahamas, a 47' Vagabond ketch. A ketch has 2 masts, the main mast, and behind it the mizzen. The mizzen is shorter than the main and is forward of the rudder post. I also cover the cat boat, sloop, cutter, yawl and schooner. 6 Most Common Sailboat Rigs https://youtube.com/shorts/YgDUNxOOGeM #sailing #travel #bahamas

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Saying it out loud took over 1 minute 😳 Sailing it will take over 2 months off-shore 😬 Tap that follow button and activate the notifications to not miss out on any updates of our Pacific-Atlantic Adventure ⛵️🗺️ Stay Salty, Greta and Michael on Zambezi ⛵️ #sailing #sailingadventure #sailinglife #sailboat #travelchile #liveaboard #liveaboardlife

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🇫🇷 Bientôt l'entrée dans le Pacifique pour Jingkun Xu, il espère que tout se passera bien dans cet océan. Et c'est sous un beau ciel violet qu'il profite de sa dernière nuit dans l'océan Indien. 🇬🇧 Soon to enter the Pacific for Jingkun Xu, he hopes all will go well in this ocean. And it's under a beautiful purple sky that he enjoys his last night in the Indian Ocean. ------------------------ ➡️ SUIVEZ-NOUS ! // FOLLOW US ! 🔗 Website : www.vendeeglobe.org 📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vendeeglobe/ 🐦 Twitter FR : https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobe | Twitter ENG : https://twitter.com/VendeeGlobeENG 🕺 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@vendee_globe 💻 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/VendeeGlobe 💼 LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/vendée-globe/

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