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FROM THE ARCHIVE: ILEX

A glimpse into the CYI archive today: Ilex — a classic yacht with a story stretching back through more than a century of sailing history.

Designed and built in an era when elegance, seaworthiness and craftsmanship went hand in hand, Ilex is another reminder of just how much yachting history survives in the boats themselves.

Explore Ilex’s full history, specifications and archive record at Classic Yacht Info.

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From the Archive: Ilex - Classic Yacht Info This week, CYI revisits the classic yacht Ilex in the CYI Archive.

From The Archive: IDA

Auckland, 1895. Two great boatbuilding families. Two brand-new 5-raters.

While C. & W. Bailey were building IDA, the Logan Bros were building MOANA. Both represented the latest thinking in racing yacht design — and anticipation was high for their first encounter.

It came at the Judge’s Bay Regatta on 25 January, 1896.

Thetis took an early lead and never gave it up. Both Moana and Ida suffered halyard problems, but the final result was:

1st Thetis
2nd Ida
3rd Moana

Three cutting-edge racing yachts, battling it out on the Waitematā more than 130 years ago.

Discover the full story of Ida in the CYI Archive.

Information courtesy of The Classic Yacht Charitable Trust.

From the Archive: Ida - Classic Yacht Info Discover Ida, the 1895 Charles Bailey-designed 5 Rater, her early Auckland racing history, construction and rivalry with Moana.

Herreshoff History: The Cup Races

📸 On July 9th Capt. Nat left Bristol aboard a US Navy destroyer to join RESOLUTE at Bay Ridge where she was drydocked. The days leading up to the July 15th first race were taken up with trying sails, measuring and cleaning the bottom. Nat witnessed most races from the deck of a destroyer, often with the Cup Committee, and between races he was at Sandy Hook aboard the steamer MONTAUK directing fixes and adjustments to RESOLUTE. SHAMROCK IV won the first race in rain and squalls because of poor sail handling aboard RESOLUTE. Eventually RESOLUTE won three races to two in generally light breezes reinforcing the NYYC’s preference to move the Cup to Newport. In the aftermath of the race there was other criticism; the use of time allowance took away from the general interest of spectators; and the vessels were “overrigged and underbuilt except for the lightest weather”.

Nat’s trials with RESOLUTE did not end with the Cup. Upon return to Bristol it took two weeks to haul and move RESOLUTE into the shed. First she was improperly loaded on the railway and slid off; on the second attempt the ways broke down under her weight. Evidence of a less capable work force and neglect of plant maintenance in a declining business environment.

DORADE on the maine coast.