Vigilant and Britannia Duelling for the Queen's Cup

During the 1894 Scottish racing season, spectators were treated to one of the most exciting races ever witnessed on the Clyde. The Queen's Cup rules stated that there must be a minimum of 3 yachts on the start line. Britannia and Vigilant required another challenger for the Cup in order to start the race. In a very generous gesture, the owner of Marjorie, Mr. J Coats, entered his yacht with no hopes of beating the two other racing giants.The weather was perfect, with a light to moderate southerly breeze. Britannia led from the start with Vigilant in hot pursuit and, as was to be expected, the hugely outclassed Marjorie fell behind very rapidly . Marjorie was half an hour behind the other yachts by the end of the first circuit. As the race ended, Vigilant took line honours from Britannia by a margin of only 67 seconds. However Britannia won the race on corrected time.