Two Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock by Scotts at Greenock

Author:Scotts at Greenock [Greenock, Scotts at]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780266908685
Google: uHk4tAEACAAJ
Publisher: Scotts’ Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
Published: 2017-12-10T21:00:00+00:00

Plate XXII.

From a painting at Halkshill.

THE "CLARENCE": AN EARLY RACING CUTTER.

In the races held in 1833-34—most prominent years—John Scott, with the Hawk, won the Anglesey Cup at Dublin, and the Oban and Helensburgh Cups; while Robert Sinclair, with the Clarence, won the Ladies' Cup at Oban, the Kintyre Cup at Campbeltown, the Dublin, Adelaide, and Booth Cups at Dublin, the Stewart Cup at Greenock, the Largs Cup and the Dunoon Cup. These two yachts were indeed close rivals, although the principal honours rested with the Clarence. On one occasion, however, the Hawk unexpectedly defeated the Clarence in an important race at Dublin, and the owners were anxious to have the cup in Greenock as soon as possible for a special reason. Recognising that the Clarence was really the faster boat, they handed over the trophy to her crew to take to the Clyde port; but the luck which enabled the Hawk to win the cup stood by her on the passage home, and she made the port a considerable time before her rival.

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