This was a Royal London Yacht Club
regatta for yachts of over 70 tons(TM).
Moonbeam got a flyer but was overhauled
before the Western Mark, as depicted here. She crossed the line last,
as you would expect in this company, but won on handicap.
This was Post War revival racing.
Terpsichore had been commissioned in 1920 by ‘Harry’ Lee
to provide an opponent for The King’s Britannia. Mrs Workman fitted
out Nyria to join them (Bermudan rigged for two years by this time,
1923). Handicap racing involving more than one class widened the available
sport at this time. Moonbeam IV had been commissioned in 1914 by
