Mr. Frank Mason's drawing in the "Illustrated London Newt" show* a unique assemblage or remarkable yachts which was to be seen off Ryde Pier on the occasion of the recent. Naval Review at Spithead. Cowes Regatta is, of course, a familiar rendezvous for the pleasure craft of the wealthy, but it is seldom that so many can be seen together at one anchorage as those gathered to attend the Spithead Review, just prior to Cowes Week. Conspicuous in the picture is Fantome 11., a barque which was originally a trading vessel, converted by the Duke of Westminster, and recently acquired by the Hon. Ernest Guinness, whose flotilla likewise comprises the auxiliary ketch Fantome 1., two converted M.L.'s (of the type seen above, left foreground), and a speedy coastal motor boat (right foreground), of the kind which made a sensational appearance in the was. The steam yacht Aye Maria, which was originally a trawler, and is also seen in the picture, belongs to the Hon. Walter Guinness, while the schooner Cetonia, now owned by Mr. G. A. Tonge, belonged recently to Lord Iveagh. The Guinness family is undoubtedly conspicuous, for its devotion to the sea, for other members of it are owners of still more yachts than those, just mentioned. A notable vessel in the group which the artist has depicted is Sunbeam, Lord Brassey's famous old yacht, now owned by Sir Walter Runcitnan, Bt., while on the left" is'seen Atlantic, the largest and perhaps the' most beautiful schooner-yacht afloat, which belongs to General C. Vanderbiit. Other interesting vessels in this remarkable assembly were Senators Marconi's well-known Elettra, and Cutty Sark, an example of a type which must surely be new in the history of yachts a converted destroyer. She has no resemblance, it need hardly be said, to the famous old tea clipper whose bids she bears, and which at the age of 54' has been rescued from the •scrap-heap to become a training ship for the ': '~ ~, ■ —' -■-,■-•,. ■■- -. ,--v ~-... . -..,,, •, ,'_. ... ■.. r .-... , . ..,.„,,_ B ,-McwsBs.<.,-ryouth of Great Britain. ~ .' . – . '..'.■.. ......

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 224, 20 September 1924, Page 17

Mr. Frank Mason's drawing in the "Illustrated London Newt" show* a unique assemblage or remarkable yachts which was to be seen off Ryde Pier on the occasion of the recent. Naval Review at Spithead. Cowes Regatta is, of course, a familiar rendezvous for the pleasure craft of the wealthy, but it is seldom that so many can be seen together at one anchorage as those gathered to attend the Spithead Review, just prior to Cowes Week. Conspicuous in the picture is Fantome 11., a barque which was originally a trading vessel, converted by the Duke of Westminster, and recently acquired by the Hon. Ernest Guinness, whose flotilla likewise comprises the auxiliary ketch Fantome 1., two converted M.L.'s (of the type seen above, left foreground), and a speedy coastal motor boat (right foreground), of the kind which made a sensational appearance in the was. The steam yacht Aye Maria, which was originally a trawler, and is also seen in the picture, belongs to the Hon. Walter Guinness, while the schooner Cetonia, now owned by Mr. G. A. Tonge, belonged recently to Lord Iveagh. The Guinness family is undoubtedly conspicuous, for its devotion to the sea, for other members of it are owners of still more yachts than those, just mentioned. A notable vessel in the group which the artist has depicted is Sunbeam, Lord Brassey's famous old yacht, now owned by Sir Walter Runcitnan, Bt., while on the left" is'seen Atlantic, the largest and perhaps the' most beautiful schooner-yacht afloat, which belongs to General C. Vanderbiit. Other interesting vessels in this remarkable assembly were Senators Marconi's well-known Elettra, and Cutty Sark, an example of a type which must surely be new in the history of yachts a converted destroyer. She has no resemblance, it need hardly be said, to the famous old tea clipper whose bids she bears, and which at the age of 54' has been rescued from the •scrap-heap to become a training ship for the ': '~ ~, ■ —' -■-,■-•,. ■■- -. ,-- v ~-... . -..,,, •, ,' _. ... ■. . r .- ... , . ..,.„,,_ B ,-Mcwsßs.<.,-r youth of Great Britain. ~ .' . - . '..'.■.. ......