Here's TALLEY HO, photographed in the Solent by Beken of Cowes in 1927. That's 90 years ago, showing all the latest in yacht design technology being promoted in modern day glossy ads and boat shows:
1) Vertical stem (Albert Strange's answer to crowded harbors, along with
2) retractable bow sprit
3) loose footed main
4) diagonal sail panels
5) fractional rig, with square topped main
6) not a masthead tri-color, but there's TALLEY HO's Fresnel running lights 8 feet off the water, better visibility than modern nav lights on the pulpit obscured by the asymmetrical spinnaker tacked to the sprit.
I wonder how long it takes TALLEY HO to jibe?