King Edward VIIas a sportsman . onger than her sister onthe water-line. During the whole of her racing careerBritannia was sailed by Mr. W. Jameson and the lateJohn Carter, about as strong a combination of racingtalent as it was possible to have, for it might be truth-fully asserted that what those two men did not knowabout cutter-racing was not worth knowing. Notonly did the Britannia under their direction proveherself to be the most successful of the modern racingcutters ; she was also a most comfortable and seaworthyyacht, and at this moment, with slightly reduced spars,would make an ideal
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . onger than her sister onthe water-line. During the whole of her racing careerBritannia was sailed by Mr. W. Jameson and the lateJohn Carter, about as strong a combination of racingtalent as it was possible to have, for it might be truth-fully asserted that what those two men did not knowabout cutter-racing was not worth knowing. Notonly did the Britannia under their direction proveherself to be the most successful of the modern racingcutters ; she was also a most comfortable and seaworthyyacht, and at this moment, with slightly reduced spars,would make an ideal cruiser. Owing to her greatbeam and depth of floor, there was ample accommoda-tion on board for her crew of twenty-eight men asalso for her owner and two or three guests. As amatter of fact. King Edwards yacht was his homewhen on the Riviera, and he made passages in herfrom port to port whenever it suited his was indeed at the various regattas that were heldin the French Mediterranean ports from Marseilles to 308. King Edward as a Yachtsman Mentone that he witnessed most of his yachts racingperformances, and it was in a French port that hereceived his most illustrious visitor ; for so interesteddid Queen Victoria become in Britannia s successfulcareer, when her late Majesty was in residence inCimiez, that she paid a visit to her son on board whenBritannia was lying in the port of Nice—a fact that isstill testified to and recorded by an inscription on abrass plate in the fore part of her companion hatch. Owing to the Prince of Wales multifarious en-gagements in the summer, he was rarely able to bepresent when his yacht raced at the English regattasbefore the opening of the Solent fortnight, the onlyexception being an occasional race on the Thames atthe beginning of the season. But at Cowes therenever was a day on which His Royal Highness racingflag was flying that he was not on board, nearly alwaysaccompanied by his son, the present King George ;moreover, it was
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