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Lot Essay
Leander was a wooden yawl designed and built by Summers & Payne at Southampton for the Hon. Rupert Guinness (later the Earl of Iveagh) in 1901. Registered at 93 tons gross (56 net), she measured 80½ feet in length with a 17 foot beam and was still racing under the Guinness colours in the contest depicted above.
By comparison, Julnar was rigged as a ketch and, although designed by William Fife (Jnr.), was also built at Southampton by Summers & Payne to the order of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, the Knight of Kerry, in 1909. Narrowly beaten at the line for the King's Cup in 1910, Julnar took the trophy the following year to the delight of the spectators given the huge popularity of her owner, one of the most colourful figures of the Edwardian yachting scene.
By comparison, Julnar was rigged as a ketch and, although designed by William Fife (Jnr.), was also built at Southampton by Summers & Payne to the order of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, the Knight of Kerry, in 1909. Narrowly beaten at the line for the King's Cup in 1910, Julnar took the trophy the following year to the delight of the spectators given the huge popularity of her owner, one of the most colourful figures of the Edwardian yachting scene.