THE great-grandson of the instigator of the Yarmouth One Design Class flew in from America to visit the Royal Solent Yacht Club recently.

Arthur Cope, who lives in Indianapolis, is the descendant of Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope, who instigated the forming of the YOD Class in 1910 at The Towers, Yarmouth, which he owned.

The class raced from 1913 and Sir Arthur was YOD class captain until 1935, and commodore of Solent Yacht Club from 1926 to 1933.

His great-grandson was given a tour by Commodore Anne Kyle and class captain Graham Fell along with other class members, including John Caulcutt who now owns The Towers.

He was presented with a print of a Martyn Mackrill painting of the YOD fleet and photographs of his grandfather's yacht Y7 Blandina, now owned by Graham and Lynn Fell.