Oil on board.

Cariad, Welsh for “sweetheart”, was the largest Arthur Payne yacht ever built (1896) and quite possibly the largest gaff ketch ever built. Commissioned for the 4th Earl of Dunraven,

in May 1898 she competed in Lisbon for the ‘Vasco da Gama Cup’. It was a regatta to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Vasco Da Gama’s voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to India. Cariad achieved 1st place and returned home to the Royal Yacht Squadron with the Cup.