International rule (sailing)
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The International rule, also known as the Metre rule, was created for the measuring and rating of yachts to allow different designs of yacht to race together under a handicap system. Prior to the rati
An international 8-metre boat
the 15mR Ma'oona in 1908
The 19mR Octavia racing with the 15mR class (Kiel Week, 1913)
Two time America's Cup winner 12 metre Intrepid
William Fife
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William Fife Jr., also known as William Fife III, was the third generation of a family of Scottish yacht designers and builders. In his time, William Fife designed around 600 yachts, including two con
Fife in 1903
Moonbeam III (1903) pictured in 2008
Shamrock III (1903) launched in Dumbarton
Reliance (Herreshoff) and Shamrock III (Fife) in the 1903 America's Cup races