1903 Harmsworth

Cork Yacht Club, Queenstown [now Cobh], up the River Lee to Cork, Ireland, July 10 to July 12, 1903

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Statistics

1903 Harmsworth Trophy
July 11	8½ Mile Course
Queenstown Harbor	8½ Mile Heat
Queenstown, Ireland	8½ Mile Race

 

	Entry	Owner	Average
1.	Napier I (Great Britain)	Seaton Edge	20.060
2.	Thornycroft Launch (G.B.)	J.E. Thornycroft
3.	Beadle Launch (Great Britain)	F. Beadle
	Elimination Heat	Driver	Speed
1.	Napier I	Seaton Edge	20.619
2.	Beadle Launch	F. Beadle	18.385
	Final Heat	Driver	Speed
1.	Napier I	Seaton Edge	19.540
2 .	Thornycroft Launch	F. Beadle	16.328

 

1903 Yachtsman's Cup Handicap Race

 

Yachtsman's Cup Handicap Race
July 11	8½ Mile Course?
Queenstown Harbor	8½ Mile Heat?
Queenstown, Ireland	8½ Mile Race?

 

	Entry	Owner
1.	Napier I	Seaton Edge
2 .	Thornycroft Launch	J.E. Thornycroft
3.	Beadle Launch	F. Beadle

 

	Heat One	Driver	Speed
1.	Thornycroft Launch	J.E. Thornycroft	15.064
2.	Beadle Launch	F. Beadle	15.356
3.	Napier I	Seaton Edge	18.782

 

(This first contest for the British International Trophy or Harmsworth Cup as it was nicknamed at the time was necessitated by a challenge from Germany. The German boat burned and the event was contested by the British three boat team.)

The 40 foot and under standard was first established under the Harmsworth rules.

The first Harmsworth Trophy was not run on a closed course, but instead up a river.

The Harmsworth Trophy was a one heat race until 1911 with appropriate elimination heats.

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]