Robertson
Schooner Yacht, Sail and Life Training Society 1940
Robertson II is a Grand Banks Schooner and probably the last of the Canadian fleet still at sea. The length of the bridge is 105 ' ( 32m ) , width 22 ' (6.7 m) draft 11 ' ( 3.4 m) and tonnage of 170 tons. It was built in 1940 by WG McKay and Sons in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, and was employed in the fishery until it was moved to the West Coast in 1974. The Nova Scotia has a reputation for producing some of the finest fishing schooners. At the height of their era, around the time of World War I, it has been among the fastest sailboats in the world and a source of intense pride for their builders and crews .
Robertson II at that time 55 years old, clearly beyond his expectation and begins to feel his age. Over the past 20 years has been operated as a sail training ship by Sail And Life Training Society of the state of Victoria BC . In this period has enabled thousands of young people to have a glimpse of the conduction of life on a large timber ship in and has become a feature of the waterfront of Victoria.
Ranger
J5 – 1937
W. Starling Burgess- Sparkman & Stephens
RANGER has been conceived with the objective to design a maximum size J Yacht under the Universal Rule with a waterline length of 87 foot, moderate beam and considerable ballasting the forefoot to improve stability.
Design 77C created by the very young but innovative designer Starling Burgess clearly showed superiority on most points of sailing over all the others tested, particularly in low wind speeds. Built from high grade steel - flushed rivet plating, RANGER was launched on 11th May 1937, with very little time to work up to the trial races for defence of the Cup.
RANGER went on to prove conclusively that she was the fastest of all the American yachts, winning almost every race in the Defender work up series and Defender selection series.
RANGER went on to win four races (out of a possible seven) conclusively against ENDEAVOUR II.
De Groene Draeck
Amsterdam – 1957
De Groene Draeck (English: The Green Dragon) is a royal yacht of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. It was named after the flag ship of Piet Hein, a famous 17th century Dutch admiral.
De Groene Draeck is a traditional Dutch round bottomed sailing ship, built in 1957 in Amsterdam. It was offered by the Dutch people to the then Princess Beatrix for her 18th birthday. Her sail number is therefore VA 18.
Singoalla
Mr Estlander – 1919
Singoalla is the largest yacht in the metric class, and allows us to appreciate the state of perfection attained by the metric classes. The Class 150 Square Meter is the most important Swedish contribution to the development of modern yachting.
They are stylish and fast yacht. It has been 1,200 units since the rule was established in 1908. The yachts are available in nine different sizes, from 15 sq m to 150 sq m (15, 22 , 30, 40 , 55, 75 , 95, 120 and 150 sqm).
Hans Samuelsson , Chairman of the Association of Classes metrics, he modestly remarked: "So, there's really no need to get any other type of boat ". It ' was the speed of this boat that showed the strength of the design rule for the metric classes. Thirteen nodes were commonly recorded by her in sailing downwind, and on one occasion, running from Kiel to Travermunden on the Baltic, where there is not current, its speed reached 14.1 knots.
After his first season, the boat was strengthened and stiffened. After sailing these boats, which are so easy to manage and capable of such high speeds without much difficulty or danger of being pooped, most other types of hulls seem bulky and awkward tools with which to show their skills capacity to sail.
