The 'Drina' was built at Cowes about the same time, but she was designed simply as a 32-ft. L.W.L. day boat, and her owner, Prince Batthyany Strattmann, only decided to race her when she was already in frame. The lead keel was then dropped 1.8 foot and the sail increased 400, to 1,800 square feet. Unfortunately for 'Drina' it was a windy summer. Mr. Ratsey tuned up his fine square-sterned yacht 'Dolly Varden' with a lovely suit of sails. Captain Montagu lengthened 'Lil' and converted her into the 9-rater 'Nety'; and Mr. Clarke brought out 'Dis' from her padlocked abode and did all that he could to make her win--but in this he was disappointed, though when beaten he stuck to the fight as only a true sportsman can. Towards the end of the season the attention of Clydesiders was drawn to 'Decima's' long string of successes, and the sporting owners of the old 'Doris' and the new 'Yvonne' sailed them round to do battle in the Solent lists. _Racing Records, 1889._ +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Prizes | Figure | | 1889 | Starts |-------+-------+-------| of | | | | First | Other | Total | merit | |-------------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------| | _10-Rating Class_ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Decima | 39 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 59 | |Yvonne | 32 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 33 | |Doris | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |Dis | 28 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | | _5-Rating Class_ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Lollypop | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 33 | |Thief | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | |Thalassa | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | |Fair Geraldine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |Cock-a-Whoop | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |Blue Bell | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |_2-1/2-Rating Class_ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Humming Bird | 38 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 54 | |Queen Mab | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 28 | |Cosette | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |G.G. | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |Nadador | 21 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 |