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Westward, 323 tons, was a large racing schooner built by Nat Herreshoff at Rhode Island in 1910. Bought soon afterwards, at the Kaiser's instigation, by a syndicate of German businessmen who renamed her Hamburg, she was sold back into American ownership after the Great War and resumed her original name. In 1924 she was bought by T.B.F. Davis and thereafter became Britannia's regular challenger at Cowes. Over the years Davis and King George V developed a fierce though friendly rivalry and Westward became so beloved by her owner that he, like the King, stipulated that his boat was to be sunk after his death.
Meteor IV, 400 tons, was owned by Kaiser Wilhelm himself and was one of his series of five magnificent racing yachts each of which was successively christened Meteor as he tired of its predecessor. The yacht he took to Cowes in 1910 had been built for him the previous year by Germania Werft at Kiel and measured 129 feet in length with a 27 foot beam.
Cicely, 263 tons, was a notable composite schooner designed by the great William Fife and built by Fay & Co. at Southampton for Mr. Cecil Quentin in 1902. A beautiful and highly successful boat, she was a frequent sight at Cowes and the winner of many prizes in her early years.
Meteor IV, 400 tons, was owned by Kaiser Wilhelm himself and was one of his series of five magnificent racing yachts each of which was successively christened Meteor as he tired of its predecessor. The yacht he took to Cowes in 1910 had been built for him the previous year by Germania Werft at Kiel and measured 129 feet in length with a 27 foot beam.
Cicely, 263 tons, was a notable composite schooner designed by the great William Fife and built by Fay & Co. at Southampton for Mr. Cecil Quentin in 1902. A beautiful and highly successful boat, she was a frequent sight at Cowes and the winner of many prizes in her early years.