MARIQUITA, OCTAVIA AND NORADA RACING IN THE SOLENT 7 AUGUST 1911 In Gallery / HISTORIC SHIPS

MARIQUITA, OCTAVIA AND NORADA RACING IN THE SOLENT 7 AUGUST 1911

Mariquita is shown racing ahead of Octavia and Norada in the 19 metre class race at Cowes Regatta. Such yachts up to 25 metres long and weighing 100 tonnes were called "greyhounds". Although they strike us as enormous now, their size was considered quite reasonable at that ...