The Over 21 Meters Class, Cowes Week, 1923, Candida racing through the lee of Astra as the yachts reach past Norris Castle pursued by Lulworth and Cambria

Candida and Cambria were both rated at 23-metres and were completed within a year of each other in response to a slight change in the International Rules. Candida, owned by the banker Hermann Andreae, was designed by Charles Nicholson and build by Camper & Nicholson at Gosport in 1929. Carrying pennant K8, she was registered at 174 tons tm. and measured 98 feet in length with a 20 foot beam. Cambria,, 162 ton tm. was designed and built by William Fife at Fairlie in 1928 and she was owned by Sir William Berry, later Viscount Camrose, the proprietor of the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Astra, another Camper & Nicholson boat of 1928, carried pennant K2 and was owned by Sir Mortimer Singer, K.B.E., J.P. Slightly lighter than her competitors in the above scene, she was registered at 164 tons tm. although her dimensions were broadly similar to the other yachts. Lulworth was designed and build by White Bros. at Itchen and registered at 186 tons tm. Originally named Terpsichore, she changed her name when acquired by Alexander Paton and it was under his ownership that she really excelled. All four boats depicted here were classic examples of the Bermudian rig whch brought such excitement to international racing in the early 1930's.