By the end of her first year's racing, "Britannia" had scored thirty-three wins from forty-three starts. In her second season, she won all seven races for the first class yachts on the French Riviera, and then beat the 1893 America's Cup defender in home waters. In the Mount's Bay Regatta of 28 July 1894 the "Vigilant" owned by Jay Gould, director of the American Cable Company, was piloted by Benjamin Nicholls of Penzance, and the Prince of Wales's yacht "Britannia" was piloted by Ben's brother Philip Nicholls. "Britannia" won by just over seven minutes. People came by train from all over the south west to watch this race. Both brothers were Trinity House pilots of Penzance.