Yacht
racing art prints by Steven Dews featuring the racing yachts Britannia,
Yankee, Shamrock, Columbia, Crackerjack, Velsheda, Lulworth and
Moonbeam. Yacht races depicted include the Round the Island Race,
America's Cup and various regattas. Yachting art prints available from
the Sports Gallery, subsidiary of Cranston Fine Arts.
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 | Candida and Astra Off Cowes by Steven Dews | £123.00 |  | Australia II Tacks For The Line by Steven Dews | £200.00 |  | Battling 12s by Steven Dews | £200.00 |  | Swan 46s Off Herm, Guernsey by Steven Dews | £71.00 |  | The Dainty by Steven Dews | £164.00 |  | The Queens Cup by Steven Dews | £200.00 |  | Big Class, Astra Rounding The Mark by Steven Dews | £71.00 |  | Britannia Racing Valkyrie by Steven Dews | £200.00 |  | 8 Metres Racing Off The West Solent by Steven Dews | £113.00 |  | An Opportune Breeze from the South East by Steven Dews | £165.00 |  | Rolex Swan Regatta (Crackerjack, Rounding the Buoy) by Steven Dews | £165.00 |  | Moonbeam at Fife Regatta by Steven Dews | £188.00 |  | Velsheda - Sail Trials on the Solent by Steven Dews | £250.00 |  | Endeavour and Rainbow Racing off Rhode Island by Steven Dews | £72.00 |  | The Wind Piped Loud From The West by Steven Dews | £176.00 |  | Endeavour and Velsheda Racing in Torbay by Steven Dews | £72.00 |  | Britannia Off Cowes by Steven Dews | £83.00 |  | Sygma 38s Racing Off Ryde by Steven Dews | £130.00 |  | Britannia and Yankee. Round the Island Race, 1935 by Steven Dews | £195.00 |  | The Last Beat by Steven Dews | £153.00 |  | Stars and Stripes by Steven Dews | £135.00 |  | West Ryde Middle - 1934 by Steven Dews | £135.00 |  | Tacking Duel by Steven Dews | £140.00 |
| An Opportune Breeze from
the South East by Steven Dews Depicting four Big Class yachts racing
off Dartmouth in August 1893 in a regatta organised by the Start Bay
Yacht Club. After an early lull, during the late
morning of the second day an opportune breeze blew which enabled all
four yachts to start racing. Britannia was eventually victorious,
followed across the finishing line by Navahoe, Satanita and Calluna.
Endeavour and Velsheda
Racing in Torbay by Steven Dews Endeavour joined the racing circuit in
1934 in order to "tune up" for her planned attempt at the
America's Cup. However, the racing at these regattas was not serious
enough to provide a real test of the yachts ability, so her owner,
Sopwith, arranged a private contest at Torbay with the only other 'J'
Class able to provide real competition. Although Velsheda was fast, she
proved to be no match for Sopwith's new yacht. Subsequently Endeavour raced for the
America's Cup itself in Rhode Island against Rainbow, the American
defender. Close, but ultimately unsuccessful, Endeavour was actually the
only British 'J' Class to come close to taking the America's Cup from
the Americans.
Endeavour and Rainbow
Racing off Rhode Island by Steven Dews Endeavour joined the racing circuit in
1934 in order to "tune up" for her planned attempt at the
America's Cup. However, the racing at these regattas was not serious
enough to provide a real test of the yachts ability, so her owner,
Sopwith, arranged a private contest at Torbay with the only other 'J'
Class able to provide real competition. Although Velsheda was fast, she
proved to be no match for Sopwith's new yacht. Subsequently Endeavour raced for the
America's Cup itself in Rhode Island against Rainbow, the American
defender. Close, but ultimately unsuccessful, Endeavour was actually the
only British 'J' Class to come close to taking the America's Cup from
the Americans.
Britannia & Yankee:
Round the Island Race, 1935 by Steven Dews The symbolic battle between the Big
Class yachts Britannia and Yankee during their epic race around the Isle
of Wight in 1935, in which Yankee was eventually victorious.
Britannia was commissioned by the
Prince of Wales, later to become Edward VII, and built in 1892. She was
one of the most successful Big Class yachts in history and remained
amongst the leaders in her class for well over 40 years. Yankee, on the
other hand, was built in 1930 and only came to race on the "J"
Class regatta circuit on 1935.
Rolex Swan Regatta
(Crackerjack, Rounding the Buoy) by Steven Dews Crackerjack, a Swan 46 racing yacht is
seen racing around the East Lepe buoy in the Solent during the
challenging Rolex Swan European Regatta in 1997. Due to the light winds,
courses were kept short during the regatta, which allowed for plenty of
close action for the large Class 1 yachts such as Highland Fling, Sotto
Voce and Dark Swan. However, Crackerjack kept the pressure on the larger
yachts and in recent years has won many prizes. She made a stunning
sight, beating up the boisterous Solent during this breezy battle.
The Last Beat by Steven
Dews Depicts two classic yachts, Shamrock
and Columbia, in the last of their famous America's Cup races in 1899.
The race was held along the Jersey shore on October 29th and the run
down mark was described by one American author as "the finest
fifteen mile run in international yachting history". The two craft
raced neck and neck until the last beat, when Columbia finally edged
ahead. Once in the lead, Columbia turned the stake boat faster than her
rival and was eventually victorious by over six minutes.
Velsheda - Sail Trials on
the Solent by Steven Dews After a distinguished racing career in
the 1930s, Velsheda languished for many years on a mud berth on the
Hamble. Eventually sold, her new owner set about rebuilding her with the
latest rig, sail technology and deck hardware. The result was the
creation of a yacht which is both fast but which retains her classic
racing pedigree. Velsheda was relaunched on 3rd September 1997 and she
spent several weeks on the sail trials on the Solent which are depicted
in Steven Dews latest work.
Moonbeam at Fife Regatta by
Steven Dews Celebration of the Fife Regatta, which
was held on the Clyde in June 1998. The regatta was organised to bring
some of the greatest yachts built by the famous Clyde yard of W Fife
& Son back to their birthplace. The yard thrived from 1790 to 1965
and Moonbeam III was the fastest of the surviving Fife yachts to return
for the celebrations. Designed by William Fife III and built in 1903,
Moonbeam III was victorious in two of her races and is depicted here
during the final event of the great regatta, The Kyles of Bute Race. |
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| Shamrock and Lulworth off
the Needles, 1929 by Steven Dews
Featuring two of the greatest racing
yachts of the first half of the twentieth century battling for victory
at Ryde in The Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta of 1929. The opening
day of the regatta featured a circuit of the Isle of Wight for yachts
exceeding 21 metres and Shamrock, owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, and
Lulworth, owned by Mr A A Paton, totally dominated the race, struggling
for supremacy over nearly six hours of sailing time. As the pair passed
The Needles, and the celebrated local lighthouse, Lulworth finally
forged ahead and was eventually victorious by only 41 seconds.
Signed limited edition of 350 prints
and 50 canvas prints.
Image size 20" x 30". Print serial number LIM470. |
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| Velsheda Wins the Start by
Steven Dews
Depicting three of the greatest yachts
of the first half of the 20th century racing together for the first time
in 50 years. Velsheda, Shamrock and Endeavour last raced together in
1937 but were reunited off Antigua, in the Caribbean, for an historic
series of races over three days in 1999. Commissioned to record the
reunion by the owner of Velsheda, Steven Dews has chosen to paint the
start of the first race and, in this scene, Velsheda leads the way,
Endeavour is second and Shamrock third.
Signed limited edition of 275 prints
and 75 canvas prints.
Image size 20" x 30". Print serial number LIM475. Print price
£155 |
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