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THE HISTORY OF YACHTING
In 1776 the Duke of Cumberland's Cup was won by the King's Fisher, owned by Commodore Taylor. She was 20 feet in length, 7 feet in breadth, and was built by Adams & Doe, Butt Stairs, Blackfriars.
In 1777 a yacht named the Hawke, one of the Cumberland Fleet, while cruising in the English Channel, was chased into Calais by an American privateer.
THE "CUMBERLAND"
In 1780 Commodore Taylor, with his yacht the Cumberland, won the cup given by the Duke of
