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The international regatta organized on 14, 15, 18 and 20 April 1914 by
Société des Régates Cannoises (now, Yacht Club de Cannes) attracted some of the most famous yachtsmen of the time. King of Spain Alfonso XIII, named President of Honor of the organizing yacht club, competed on his yacht Tonino.
The participant's list (leaflet), kept in the municipal archives, gives for each competitor the yacht club of affiliation, as well as the names of the boat, of the shipyard where she was built, and of the architect who
designed her. The owner's private signals are also illustrated.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
H. Pringsheim - Haua
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H. Pringsheim's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
1. H. Pringsheim - Haua, ex Paula I, Kaiserlicher Yacht Club ([German] Imperial Yacht Club).
The private signal is horizontally divided black-white, therefore similar to the
civil flag of Prussia.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
Mrs Frances-Francis - Bona
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Mrs Frances-Francis' private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
2. Mrs Frances-Francis - Bona, Club Nautique de Nice.
The private signal is quartered per saltire black-yellow.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
Viscount de Virel - St-Alban-III
3. Viscount de Virel - St-Alban-III, Club Nautique de Nice.
The private signal is green with a green triangle bordered in white and charged
with the family coat of arms. The arms of the Du Fresne de Virel family are "Argent a fess vert surrounded by three leaves of ash [frêne] of the same 2 and 1".
Arthur "Conrad" Guillaume du Fresne de Virel (1878-1915), Mayor of Trédion (Brittany), was killed during the First World War. His ancestor Hippolyte du Fresne de Virel acquired the castle of Trédion in 1837.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
His Royal Majesty Alfonso XIII - Tonino
1. His Royal Majesty Alfonso XIII, King of Spain - Tonino
The private signal is triangular, purple or blue with a golden monogram in the center.
Alfonso XIII fostered shipbuilding in Spain, first as a source of
employment. He developed also the building of yachts, which was uncommon
in Spain at the time. It was believed for long that the king owned six
yachts, but a recent study revealed that he indeed owned 27 of them.
The legendary Giralda served as the royal yacht, but also as a
vacation residence and racing yacht competing in regattas organized in
Spain, England, France and other Mediterranean countries. The
Giraldilla, built at the Ferrol arsenal, was the first yacht owned by
the king. The Mouriscot, also built in Ferrol, was inaugurated in the
Mouriscot Palace, Biarritz (France) by Princess Victoria Eugenia.
Another two yachts entered the legend of yachting in Spain and exemplify
the passion of Alfonso XIII for this sport, the Hispania and the
Tonino. According to Luis Tourón Figueroa, the Tonino (photo), launched in 1911 was "the preferred boat of the royal family", who used it until seized in 1931 by the republican authorities.
[ABC, 12 November 2017]
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
F. de Saint-Senoch - L'Aile
2. F. de Saint-Senoch - L'Aile, Yacht Club de France.
The private signal is yellow with a blue diamond throughout, charged with a yellow
beast.
Viscount François Haincque de Saint-Senoch married in 1910 Virginie Hériot (1890-1932). Nicknamed "Madame de la Mer" by the Indian poet Tagore, Hériot was the most famous yachtswoman of the time, gold medalist in the Summer Olympic Games 1928 (Amsterdam). The couple split in 1921.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
J. Pereire - Eleda
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J. Pereire's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
3. J. Pereire - Eleda, Yacht Club de France.
The private signal is white with a blue saltire superimposed with a very thin
yellow saltire and four blue disks in the quarters.
Jacques Pereire (1880-1953), Vice President of the Yacht Club de France,
was the son of the journalist Gustave Pereire (1848-1920) and the
grandson of the banker Isaac Pereire (1806-1880).
The bankers Émile (1840-1913) and Isaac Pereire invested in the modern
means of transportation, establishing the first commercial railway line
between Paris and Saint-Germain and the legendary Compagnie Générale Maritime and Compagnie Générale Transatlantique shipping companies. They fostered the urban reorganization of the the posh districts of Paris and the development of the sea resort of Arcachon, served by the Compagnie
des Chemins de Fer du Midi, another of their railway lines. Crédit
Immobilier, the bank founded in 1852, was the "Empire's bank", funding
several projects connected to the industrial revolution, until
bankrupted in 1868.
Eleda (photo) still sailed in 1936, finishing 6th in the regatta of the Cup of
the President of the Republic, ran in September in Arcachon.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
Franck Romat - Lethé
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Franck Romat's private signal g - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
1. Franck Romat - Lethé ex Clio, Société de la Voile d'Arcachon.
The private signal is blue with a white diamond throughout, charged with a yellow
star.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
Georges Bertot - Augusta
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Georges Bertot's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
2. Georges Bertot - Augusta, Société des Régates Cannoises.
The private signal is triangular, black with a white star.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
Mrs Philippe de Vilmorin - Nymphéa
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Mrs Philippe de Vilmorin's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
3. Mrs Philippe de Vilmorin - Nymphéa, Société des Régates Cannoises.
The private signal is red with a white horizontal stripe in the center, two white
rings in the upper part and another one in the lower part.
The botanist Philippe de Vilmorin (Joseph Marie Philippe Levêque de Vilmorin; 1872-1917), member of a famous lineage of botanists and plant breeders, was President of the Société des Régates Cannoises. He married in 1900 Berthe Marie Mélanie de Gaufridy de Dortan (1876-1937). Their second daughter, Louise de Vilmorin (1902-1969), was a famous poet and novelist.
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2018
Conelli de Prosperi - Sirdhana
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Conelli de Prosperi's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
4. Conelli de Prosperi - Sirdhana, Regio Yacht Club Italiano.
The private signal is red with two red letters "C", mirrored and interlaced.
The Conelli de Prosperi, a noble lineage from Piedmont, were among the pioneers of yachting on Lake Maggiore.
Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
Ugo Serra and Dr. César Badaracco - Syrtica
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Ugo Serra and Dr. César Badaracco's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
5. Ugo Serra and Dr. César Badaracco - Syrtica, Regio Yacht Club Italiano.
The private signal is divided white blue by the descending diagonal.
Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
Dr. Giulio Puccio - Apici
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Dr. Giulio Puccio's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
6. Dr. Giulio Puccio - Apici, Regio Yacht Club Italiano.
The private signal is white with a blue stripe running from the lower hoist to the
upper fly, a human face in canton and two red eight-pointed stars at fly.
Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
Philippe de Vilmorin - Anémone-V
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Philippe de Vilmorin's private signal - Image by Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
7. Philippe de Vilmorin - Anémone-V, Société des Régates Cannoises.
The private signal is white with a blue stripe running from the lower hoist to the
upper fly, a human face in canton and two red eight-pointed stars at fly.
The botanist Philippe de Vilmorin (Joseph Marie Philippe Levêque de Vilmorin; 1872-1917), member of a famous lineage of botanists and plant breeders, was President of the Société des Régates Cannoises. He married in 1900 Berthe Marie Mélanie de Gaufridy de Dortan (1876-1937). Their second daughter, Louise de Vilmorin (1902-1969), was a famous poet and novelist.
Ivan Sache, 26 January 2018
