3-028-432 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Royal Thames Yacht Club: finish of the cutter-match, 1870. 'The course was from Gravesend round the Nore Light and back...The race took place under the direction of Lord Alfred Paget, the Commodore, and the Vice-Commodore, Lord De Ros. The yachts started at eleven o'clock, with a light wind from E.S.E., at half ebb tide...The sternmost vessels gradually, as they caught slants of wind, all came up, and formed a cluster at the finish: Rose of Devon; Vanguard; Oimara; Julia; Christabel; Muriel; Vindex. In the early part of the race the Vindex hoisted a protest signal, and at the conclusion of the sport Mr. Duncan formally complained that while on the starboard tack the Vanguard had made him go about. As it was found impossible to determine the matter in dispute on the spot, the question was reserved for the future consideration of the sailing committee, and the prizes remain in abeyance. At present the Vanguard,Muriel, and Vindex are the winners of the first, second, and third prizes. Should the Vanguard be disqualified, the Muriel, Vindex, and Christabel will take the three prizes'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.