Made by
- Design
- Harry Williams
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- turquoise
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: REGATTA in red block capitals outlined in yellow-black across turquoise sky, four vertical score-ladder columns of numbered pennants (yellow, green, red), racing yachts with numbered sails, blonde woman seated in yellow, brunette in red skirt-suit holding mast, Williams, flat cartoon sailing-race style
The eye is caught by the enormous red REGATTA block lettering outlined in yellow and black across a cloud-filled turquoise sky. The four vertical columns of numbered pennant flags (yellow 1-5, yellow 1-5, green 1-5, red 1-5) rising on the right half like a score ladder is the most distinctive structural device. Two full-figured women in 1960s dress — one blonde seated in yellow, one brunette standing in a red skirt-suit beside a mast — anchor the bottom right. A flotilla of racing yachts whose sails act as number placards (100/200/300 red, 500/600 yellow, 700 white, 800/900 white) fills the sea.
Setting
- Turquoise sea with white chop and foam
- Cloud-filled sky with seagulls
- Dockside pier at right with striped awning
Symbols
- Racing yachts with numbered sails
- Vertical pennant flags numbered 1 to 5
- Seagulls
- Numbered marker discs
- Mooring bollard
- Striped awning
- Motor launch with wake
Lettering
- Large red block capitals with yellow and black outline for the title, above a cream cursive script maker word; small black hand-lettered sans-serif capitals on the yellow, green and red score flags
Themes
- Yacht racing
- Sailing regatta
- Seaside
- Score ladder of numbered flags
- Pinball backglass
Title on it
- Regatta
Text on it
- Williams
- REGATTA
- BUMPERS SCORE 10,000
- BUMPERS SCORE 20,000
- BUMPERS SCORE 100,000
- SPECIAL
- MILLIONS
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman in a mustard-yellow short-sleeved top, seated sideways on a green inflatable cushion with legs crossed and bare feet, at bottom centre-right |
| Woman | Brunette woman with short dark hair in a fitted red long-sleeved top and short red skirt, red high heels, one hand on hip and other arm resting on a mast, standing at bottom right |
| Other | Several tiny indistinct figures seated in the white-and-red motor launch crossing the middle left of the sea |
Illustrated backglass for a sailing race, painted in flat, saturated cartoon style. Upper left carries a cream-green cursive script word 'Williams' above huge block capitals 'REGATTA' in red with a yellow-and-black outline, set against a turquoise-blue sky with puffy white clouds and a scatter of small white seagulls. The lower two-thirds is a choppy turquoise-and-white sea crowded with racing yachts, each with a coloured sail carrying vertical numerals: a large red sail at far left reads 100 / 200 / 300, a yellow sail reads 500 / 600, a white sail reads 700, a further white sail right of centre reads 800 / 900. A white-and-red motor launch with several tiny seated figures cuts across the middle left, trailing a white wake, with a small yellow flag reading 'MILLIONS' beside it. Four tall vertical banner columns fill the right half: two carry yellow pennants numbered 1 to 5 in blue with yellow 'BUMPERS SCORE 10,000' and 'BUMPERS SCORE 20,000' flags, one carries green pennants numbered 1 to 5 with a 'BUMPERS SCORE 100,000' flag, and the far right carries red pennants numbered 1 to 5 with a 'SPECIAL' flag. Along the bottom edge float numbered marker discs — red and yellow half-circle lollipops reading 3, 5, 7, 9, 1, 2 — beside a small bollard. At bottom centre-right a blonde woman in a yellow top sits on a green cushion with legs crossed, while a brunette woman in a short red skirt-suit and red high heels stands hands-on-hips holding a mast. A yellow striped dockside building with a blue-and-white striped awning occupies the far right edge.