Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 126
r suffered defeat. Robert Sinclair, the owner, washimself a keen and accomplished yachtsman. In the races held in 1833-34—most prominent years— John Scott, with the Hawk, won the AngleseyCup at Dublin, and the Oban and Helensburgh Cups ;while Robert Sinclair, with the Clarence, won theLadies Cup at… … *= w I H a. H g ° 3 i—io ofczi «i o l-H H The Royal Northern Yacht Club. 65 although the principal honours rested with the Clarence.On one occasion, however, the Hawk unexpectedly defeatedthe Clarence in an important race at Dublin, and theowners were anxious to have the cup in Greenock assoon as…