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We thought there was water in the outboard. We had not even
used the 3hp Yamaha and after a brief dunk in lake water it was
not starting. So it should be a simple thing of getting the fuel out
of the carburettor, but on this engine we could not nd a bleed
pump which might help drain the petrol bowl at the bottom of
the carb. We could see some tiny recessed screws that might well
be for that job but with only a Leatherman and a spanner that would t the spark
plug we were on limited resources, and we told ourselves: Good luck with that!
Wed got the spark plug out and could see it was wet when a yacht came circling
with skipper Jeff who was admiring our boat a Kitiwake 16, on our mooring.
We were exchanging pleasantries wed seen him out the day before with his other
boat, a Cornish Shrimper sailing downwind under jib alone in a hatful of wind,
when he offered some fresh fuel, from his own tank, as a way of ascertaining
whether it was the fuel or not. Then he mentioned he had a tool kit we could use. I
was at the point of taking the engine, still playing doggo, over to a marine outt on
the other side of the lake but Jeff said it would be quicker and much cheaper to do it
ourselves. And while sometimes, of course, advice like that does not lead to good
results, more often than not it does, and it seemed Jeff
had turned up at just the right time.
The rst mate decided shed prefer to get supper
going as a more appropriate division of our labour
and so the engine and I were shipped aboard Jeffs
boat and we motored over the lake to get the tools from his Shrimper. On the
way Jeff told me he was a regular on the lake spending every other week there
from his home in Leeds. His moorings were in front of one of those desperately
pretty grey stone boathouses of Lakeland; a little piece of heaven. Wed re-crossed
the lake and replaced the fuel and were about to dismantle the arrangement to get
at the carburettor when Jeff remembered we should try the engine at every stage
of troubleshooting. Tug! It red and roared into happy two-stroke life, and it
started rst time every day after that.
Of course Jeff wouldnt take money or much more than our thanks but people
like him restore your faith in the waterborne community... Some of it too is down to
the lines of the pretty Kitiwake which hed come over to admire in the rst place.

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looming clouds of World War One. This year, there was
nothing to stop the once-a-century sailing celebration
of Norways independence and we were there
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Magda VIII, veteran
of the 1914 regatta,
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beautifully in 2014
Above, bottom;
Jelen, one of the
smallest entries at
21ft 8in (6.6m),
ies the ensign
of all sorts, reproduction Viking ships and even a huge
whaler with a gangway from the bridge to the bow from
whence the captain would re his deadly harpoon. It was
awe-inspiring to be part of this huge heritage eet
moving smoothly toward the capital, sails and funnels as
far as the eye could see, forward and back, while a 21st
century camera-drone buzzed annoyingly overhead. As
we passed the Oscarsborg gun emplacements, where
brave Norwegians repelled the rst wave of the German
invasion in 1940, we were moved to say the least but
conscious too that we were making, as well as marking
history that day.
Speaking as someone of Norwegian heritage, it is
important to remember the length of the coastline
compared to the population size and the entire reliance
on the sea. Fjordside communities use boats of all sizes
to get about, and they were, and are, lifelines keeping
those settlements alive. Accounts from before World War
One talk of very small boys handling their vessels with
effortless skill; it was not a question of just owning boats
but of designing and building them. You will nd the
skills, instincts and folklore of seafarers and shipwrights
even when talking to sophisticated city folk in Norways
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for the weather and the racing;
temperatures touched the 30s at times and
many of us were melting on land, although
it was mostly glorious out on the water.
For a lover of classic boats this was an
amazing spectacle. Around 100 yachts from 10 countries
had gathered at the old whaling and shipbuilding town
of Sandefjord for a regatta celebrating the establishment
of the Norwegian constitution, 200 years before. We
were echoing the rst centenary regatta held at nearby
Horten in 1914, days before the winds of war wreaked
their havoc across Europe.
Other celebrations were scheduled elsewhere: the Tall
Ships were booked to sail into Bergen and on 17 July, a
mass otilla of classic boats from all over Norway
gathered in the Oslo fjord, from whence they made their
slow passage towards the city. I stole a day from the
regatta to sail alongside them in an 1898 Colin Archer
yacht, among a small eet of other Colin Archers.
Wherever I looked were every size and shape of classic
craft: vintage shing and pilot boats, a World War One
merchant ship, creaking old cruise liners, coastal vessels
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Left: Suzanne, 9-M
beauty in both 1914
and 2014
capital. Also there is a erce fascination with racing boat
against boat, from the Olympian King downwards, and
Im told that it is not uncommon for shoreline watchers
to actually applaud as a special yacht slips by; making
Europe Week 2014 (EW14) a perfect expression of
Norways love affair with beautiful sailboats.
At Sandefjord, out by the moorings, the mighty
12-Ms made a ne showing, sleek and turned out like
racehorses for the Grand National. Ankers 1909 Magda
VIII (ex Magnolia) and Fifes 1911 Erna Signe were
present in 1914 and are based at the port. Einar Sissener,
their owner, is a great supporter of classic boats with
Johan Ankers 1938 15-M Magda XIII representing the
latest addition to his stable of historic racing yachts. The
double-ender Raak was another survivor from the
Horten regatta and proved a tough competitor in EW14.
Meanwhile Pelham Olive had changed class from
Racing to Cruising Gaff to challenge Fifes 1909
Cintra with his 1903 Mylne cutter Kelpie. The 8-Ms had
a ne showing too, perhaps because King Haralds
legendary Sira was an entrant, pitted up against Magne
Brekkes Wanda; among the others I particularly picked
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cruisers, spissgatters/double-enders and other less
familiar one-offs. Boat after boat might have had top
billing at a lesser gathering.
The 9-M Johan Anker-designed yacht Pandora, for
instance, is, as far as current research can tell, the rst
boat to be built after the rst International Rule was
agreed, launched in February 1907. Odd Syse wants to
change her for a single-hander now his children are
grown up but he knows he must pass her on to the right
owner. I couldnt sell her to someone who didnt
understand what they were buying, or have the time and
resources to take care of her properly, he says. I have
to be able to sleep at night.
On the rst day, from the press boat, we witnessed
tragedy little Mosquito, whose owner had been
persuaded by international requests to enter at the last
minute, was involved in a collision with the 7-M Star III
and three and a half feet (c1m) of her bow was simply
pulverised. Both yachts were there in 1914, where
Mosquito had actually won the 6-M class, so this was a
double tragedy. I took picture after picture as the
emergency unfolded in that unworldly limbo that often
follows an accident, decisions seem to take a long time
Above: The
legendary Sira
sweeps all
before her
Left: King Harald V
opening the regatta
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and we all feared she could sink. Eventually the crew
improvised by wrapping the gaping hole with Mosquitos
own spinnaker before she was towed, stern rst, back to
port, passing oating fragments of mahogany on the
way. Luckily Star III only had minor damage but
everyone on shore later was reeling at the news saying
its the risk you have to take racing these centenarians,
while shaking their heads in disbelief and a genuine sense
of loss, clearly wondering, there but for the grace of
God. I rang 6-M acionado Tim Street in England to
break the news because Mosquito is such an iconic 6-M.
There was more to come. The following day the wind
stiffened from 5 to 20 knots and racing was challenging
for everyone, even the heavy-weather boats. In the rough
water, the elegant 92ft (28m) Eileen IIs mizzen had been
shifting where caulking had worked loose suddenly
there were all sorts of problems with the rigging as a
tting broke. One of its holding bolts had already
sheered, unbeknown to anyone, and the second one just
gave, so lightning action was needed to re-x the backstay.
Then, while trying to reduce canvas, a halyard came
apart and one foresail crashed to the deck but still Eileen
II was racing along toward the last mark, with only her
jib and the main operational. Downwind there was more
drama: a shackle gave with an almighty BANG and
suddenly the gaff was hanging at a ghastly angle. After a
hasty emergency meeting in the teeth of the wind, with
everything upside down, a brave decision was made to
keep sailing, and amazingly the crews grit gained a just
reward when they won the race, despite everything.
There was much chatter about it in Sandefjord that
evening. The situation will not recur invisible rust is a
constant nightmare for classic boats but Eileen IIs
owner, Erling Storm, told me he would now replace the
xtures with bronze, keeping everything as authentic as
possible, rather than risk such a series of shocks again.
After two days of steely competition, the entrants
raced in company onward to the sunbathed marina at
Son with its pretty wooden houses, home of the famous
boat designer Jac M Iversen until the mid 1920s and other
Norwegian shipwrights. I watched the yachts sweep into
view with their ballooning spinnakers, wave after wave
in the silvery light, like Viking ships returning from sea.
Local historian Anstein Spone came second in his
class in Annemor, his gaff-rigged pilot vessel, a faithful
1986 copy of a 1910 Colin Archer double-ender; he was
Clockwise from
top left: 12-M
Vema IIIs crew
cooling of;
disaster as
101-year-old 6-M
Mosquito lost 3ft
6in (c1m) of her
bows; organiser
Peter Ennals
getting some
sailing time at
last; German-
owned 12-M Anitra
leads waves of
yachts victoriously
into Son
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even more delighted the following day when the 30SqM
Sally III won her race, for he had been one of the driving
forces in bringing her home to Son from Sweden in the
1990s and restoring her over 2,000 hours through a
shivering winter, with a small group of enthusiasts and
funding from a local family of retired shipowners. Sally
is important because she was Jac Iversens own yacht,
built in his Son yard in 1920 and he had his greatest
regatta successes in her local sailors had brought her
out of storage and into racing trim for Europe Week and
she did them proud. Son is one of those places where it
would be hard to live and not interact with the water,
swim and sh and sail. I know this because my
grandparents fell in love there in 1910 doing just these
things and boat designing/building roots go deep into the
place. The hospitality was fantastic with a shrimp and
salad supper for all, town bands and street theatre and
local folk music and dance. We were sad to leave.
On our way from Son to Oslo, vintage ships and
steamers from the Heritage Festival passed by in the
opposite direction as we raced up the fjord, to great
delight. I was on Eileen II with Peder Lunde Jr, Norways
most famous yachtsman at the helm and although the
rigging was spot-on this time it took all his years of
Olympic and Whitbread round-the-world experience to
coax four knots out of her; lighter boats skimmed ahead
as we waited for a breath of breeze that only arrived
after the nish. Still, you could feel how powerfully she
would handle, had the wind given her half a chance.
The third and nal mooring was in the shadow of
Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS), Oslos Royal Yacht
Club, where competition was dulled by lack of wind
over the last couple of days, causing race cancellations in
the intermittent mirror calm. Apparently it had been hot
and becalmed in 1914 too. People made the most of it,
swimming and dressing up in Edwardian costume for the
Oslo welcome party, admiring KNS boats including a
ne row of Knarrer and cementing friendships yachtside.
I was hijacked by a determined owner and his partner,
who invited me on board their 1946 40SqM Kristofersen
spissgatter for the experience and some iced water.
Designed only to cruise, she was a little dreamboat,
perfect in every visible detail with only a few modern
exchanges such as engine for icebox and a tiny fridge
behind a wooden door. Even in the searing heat we were
blissfully cool under the awning. Id like to register my
thanks that everyone courteously spoke English although
I was the only native speaker there.
A champagne reception at the city hall the second
night was followed on the last evening by a visit to the
famous National Maritime Museum, of world heritage
quality. We were allowed to wander and I was stunned
to discover Johan Ankers exquisite original drawings for
King Haralds Sira laid out on a wide table. Next to me a
yacht owner was smiling to himself, having found some
early pictures of his own boat in a dusty old book. Abels
pre-World War One photographs of yachts are a national
treasure and many images would hold Beken to ransom:
if you are ever in Oslo, make sure you visit.
Afterwards King Harald oversaw the prizegiving to
resounding cheers. The German visitors were very
successful, champions in the 12s with Anitra as well as
two of the ve cruising categories, and popular winners.
The yachts I had picked out in Sandefjord had done very
well: Pelham Olives Kelpie had won her battle with
Raak and Cintra, and Sira had beaten Wanda; even 5.5
Fram II gained a good second place in her class. With a
statesmanlike decision, the King awarded his personal
prize to the Russian yacht Variag for coming all the way
from St Petersburg and Peter Ennals, event organiser for
KTK, gave an insightful speech about the need for
international regattas to help maintain the classic boat
enthusiasm of the world, while voicing his pleasure at
how many families with small children had attended,
because they are the future. We were all conscious that
in that future, tireless volunteers will surely dedicate
months of their lives to bring about a tri-centenary
regatta just as Peter, Henrich Nissen-Lie (KNS) and their
teams have for our historic event. There will be new
humans celebrating in 2114 but its very likely many of
these magnicent boats will still be racing.
Left: 10-M yacht
Tarpon II,
veteran of 1914,
restored just in
time for 2014
Above, left to right:
Eileen II won her
race despite
rigging problems;
Kjell Arne Myrann,
the Kings sailing
master; Penguin
Caf, Eileen II and
Kelpie readying
for a race
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Above, left to right: Two 12-Ms in perfect conditions; crowds throng the shoreline; Erbil Arkin, owner of Tempus Fugit celebrates with Andy Green, British Americas Cup tactician
Logbook
Out and about
PHOTOGRAPHY INGRID ABERY
A cherished tradition, the Panerai Opera House Cup Regatta, is
held on the third Sunday of every August on Nantucket and is
the grand nale of Nantucket Race Week.
The regatta was the rst all-wooden, single-hulled classic boat
regatta on the East Coast, and attracts some of the nest
sailboats in the country. Past participants include former
Americas Cup winners (Intrepid, Weatherly, Columbia),
well-known competitors (Shamrock, Endeavor) and such other
notable yachts as the Mystic Seaport schooner Brilliant and
General Pattons When and If. On the smaller side, prestigious
boats in the Dragon class and the classic Herreshoff-designed
and Nantucket-built Alerions challenged the big boys.
American classics
Opera House Cup
Main image: Crew and skipper of Tempus Fugit celebrating
Above: The rainbow eet of the all-American Beetle Cats
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Tell Tales
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CB address and tel; please see page 7
The Falmouth Working Boat Dolly,
built of Scandinavian and pitch pine
on oak by Peter Ferris of Looe in 1914,
has dredged for oysters under sail for
all but 15 years of her life, writes Nigel
Sharp. Her rst owner, Thomas Ferris,
named her Five Sisters but she soon
acquired the nickname Dolly.
The Ferrises kept her until 1940.
After the war, John Cock owned her.
During his time, she broke her mooring
and went aground one Christmas Eve
in Restronguet Creek. In 1972, current
owner Barry Prynn of Mylor bought
her and started racing. In 1983 the
oyster shery was closed due to disease
and Dolly was laid up for 15 years. Barry
stopped racing her in 2010, but still
owns her and dredges in her today. Eleven Thames Sailing Barges in three classes raced on 24
August of Southend, Essex. Winners were Adieu (bowsprit
class), Edith May (staysail class) and Lady of the Sea
(coasting class). This photo, with Reminder in the
foreground, shows the eet at dusk after the days racing.
Dolly
1914
STAR CLASS
Star lot JFKs boat for sale
Flash II, the Star Class
keelboat owned by John
F Kennedy, has just had
a cosmetic re-t at BM
Boatworks in Seabrook,
Texas, in readiness for
auction. Boatbuilder
Ben Miller, who used to
race in the Star Class,
took her for a
celebratory sail that
could be, if a museum
buys the boat, her last
ever. John F Kennedy was a keen
yachtsmen who owned the S&S yacht
Manitou (CB294) and the Wianno
Senior Victura (his favourite, according
to his biographers), as well as Flash II,
which he raced with some success as a
teenager. In addition to this, he had use
of the presidential yacht of the time,
Honey Fitz. The date of the auction, by
Heritage Auctions in New York, is 8
November, with internet bidding
starting a month before. The estimate
is US$100,000.
THAMES SAILING BARGES
51st Southend Match
A century of
sail dredging
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CORRECTION The correct number for Summerwine Boats, who built the Buzzards Bay 15 (last
months CB), is +44 (0)7711 117668. Also, VAT is not applicable, so the price of a boat is 70,000.
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The Scottish Government recently announced 30 new
Marine Protected Areas, doubling Scotlands protected
sea area to 24 per cent. The designation came into
force on 7 August, two weeks after the announcement.
Marine wildlife pressure groups have unanimously
endorsed the move, but some insiders say that the
protection (from future licenced activities) is
presently unambitious and ambiguous. RYA Scotland
sees no impediment to the free passage of leisure craft.
Amid the endless speculation
about the future of our energy
supply, it seems an answer is
already coming to fruition but
with little comment in the press.
The recent announcement of the
worlds biggest ofshore wind
farm for the East Sussex Coast is
in just one episode of the success story of ofshore wind power, in which Britain leads the
world. The East Sussex farm, from German rm E.On, which received planning permission
this July, makes impressive reading. If built, its 175 turbines, up to 200m (650ft) tall, would
produce up to 700mW, enough to power 450,000 homes. There are about 25 million homes
in Britain, so the farm if and when completed by 2018/19 would provide nearly two per
cent of Britains entire domestic electricity supply. The potential for ofshore wind farms to
power every home in Britain is becoming clear. In December 2013, wind power provided
more than a quarter of the domestic supply. More ofshore farms either in build or at
planning stage will increase current capacity ve-fold over the next decade.
A eet of 44 Tall Ships left Falmouth, Cornwall on 31 August (above), racing to a
line south of St Catherines Point on the Isle of Wight. An estimated crowd of
100,000 watched from vantage points on land, while up to 1,000 spectator craft
took to the water. The largest ship due to take part the 376ft (115m) steel,
Russian four-masted barque Kreuzenshtern had to cancel after a disaster in
Esbjerg, Denmark on 4 August, in which she towed the tug Diver Master to her
sinking when a hawser failed to release. All three tug crew escaped to safety. The
Tall Ship eet is due to be in London from 5-9 September for a parade of sail. As
we went to press, around half the eet had crossed the nish line; our reporter
on Lady of Avenel was still south of Portland. See more in future issues.
FALMOUTH-ISLE OF WIGHT-GREENWICH
Tall Ships
SCOTLAND
More protected waters
EAST SUSSEX COAST
Worlds biggest
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TELL TALES
BALEARIC ISLANDS
Around Mallorca
in a fshing llaut
The latest adventure from Giacomo
de Stefano, our 2013 Man of the
Year, was coming to an end as we
went to press.
His round-Mallorca voyage was a
short hop compared to his rst big
trip from London to Istanbul in a
dinghy; but no day sail either. One of
Giacomos maxims is to travel slowly,
and this voyage, conducted in an 18ft
(5.5m) lateen-rigged shing llaut with
friend David Ramon Oliver, is
300nM long.
Giacomo is an extraordinary
character. Since dropping out of
conventional life to raise
environmental awareness, he has
survived largely on barter and
donation. His is an enemy of speed,
the throw-away culture and
environmental brutality. He has had
considerable success in his
endeavours in the past and the Volta
Mallorca project, as it was called,
was conducted to raise awareness of
Mallorcas ecological problems, one
of the biggest being an overwhelming
tourist inux that consumes 400
million bottles of water every
summer. These end up either
incinerated or littering the islands
beautiful bays.
This did not stop him enjoying the
trip, particularly the unspoilt
northern coast, and the boat itself,
which belongs to David. Shes a
1940-built traditional llaut, the local
version of the sort of stout double-
ended shing craft that is found on
the shores of every nation in the
Mediterranean. Its really easy to
drop the sail in a squall, reports
Giacomo. Our highest winds were
20-22 knots perhaps a little more in
the squalls but the low centre of
effort meant we never even had to
think about reeng.
Never one to mince his words, he
reports that the main problem came
from exuberant powerboat users
creating wash the usual
Mediterranean attitude,
individualistic, egotistic and selsh.
His next project will be a grander
version of his London-Istanbul
voyage, a 27,000-mile odyssey
conducted in up to ve boats and
lasting ve years.
In the meanwhile, he will be busy
with another restoration project as he
travels to Faversham, Kent in autumn
to begin work on the 24ft 8in (7.5m)
gaff cutter Jennie of Paglesham, built
in 1947 on the bones of a yacht
dating back to 1885. Apparently
quite a bit of the 1885 material is
extant and Giacomo hopes to save
this. We look forward to catching up
with him this autumn and learning
more about the next big project.
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TELL TALES
Some 14 yachts, eight new to the event,
will race in the fourth annual Gstaad Yacht
Clubs Centenary Trophy at Les Voiles de
Saint-Tropez on 2 October. The new entries
are a diverse bunch, ranging from the
Linton Hope schooner Morwenna, to racing
designs including the Fife III Cork Harbour
One Design Jap and survivors from the 7-M
and 8-M classes. This is Marigold, right.
Reports from the 30th annual Conde de Barcelona, held in the
modern port of Alcudia on the Balearic island of Mallorca this
20-24 August have been rather negative. Our correspondent
Annie Smith writes: I have always been a fan of this regatta
and was heavily involved with one of the yachts that raced in it
for many years. Last year I mentioned in CB that although the
racing was great, there were few boats and a shake up of the
organising committee was needed. It never happened. Racing on
the water was fun but between races it could be rather quiet
to put it mildly. Many people are trying to keep the regatta alive
including Jonathan Syrett who has put much efort into it over
the years. Perhaps we might see it back in Palma in 2015 and
encourage more boat owners to compete in what was the most
prestigious meeting. Giacomo (facing page) was there too and
conrmed the need to return to Palma. Winner in the classic
class was Emeraude, followed by Carillon of Wight and Jolly Roger.
SAINT-TROPEZ
Centenarians
to race again
COWES, IOW
Victory Class
celebrates 80 years
30TH ANNUAL CONDE DE BARCELONA
Sailing fun but shoreside sterile calls made for a return to Palma
After racing at Cowes Week had ended
on 6 August, a special One Hour
Victory race of the Royal Yacht
Squadron was held to commemorate
the 80th anniversary year for the
class. The race, in which each boat was
crewed by a Cowes Week sponsor, was
won by Chatham Marine, ahead of
Volvo and Solent Events. The 20ft 9in
(6.4m) Victory keelboat is now made
in glassbre and is popular locally.
Gary Blake
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WORD OF
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Retreenailed
Spoken of a ship
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A Dictionary of Sea
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chasing Halloween
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After years of building commercial shing boats by eye and
tting out superyachts, Cornish boatbuilder Peter Moor
decided to build his rst sailing yacht. She won her category
at our 2014 awards and shes a real piece of furniture
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS NIGEL SHARP
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WHITE ROSE OF MEVAGISSEY
Peter has never seen a lines plan of Wanderer II so it is
only possible to compare the dimensions of the two
designs: Peters is 6in (15cm) longer (on deck and on the
waterline), 7in (17.5cm) wider and 1in (2.5cm) deeper
but she displaces a tonne more and has a substantially
greater sail area. Whereas Wanderer II had a pole mast
and a loose-luffed topsail, Peters mast is shorter and his
topsail has a luff pole: for less windage, Cornish style.
This leads us to a neat designer and geographical
connection. In 1936 Jack Laurent Giless staff included a
draughtsman called John Tew (who, it is thought, may
have produced the lines for the Vertue on Giless behalf)
and who designed a gaff cutter, slightly larger than
Wanderer II, for himself and his ance Helen. The boat
was built by Percy Mitchell in Port Mellon less than a
mile from Peters yard and christened Mary Helen, and
over sixty years later Helen Tew famously sailed her
across the Atlantic with her son.
It wasnt until 2000 that Peter found the time, the
money and the space in his shed to start assembling his
new boats centreline structure: the wood keel, sternpost
and deadwood in English oak, bolted together with
bronze bolts; and the stem and its apron in laminated
iroko, glued together with epoxy and bolted to the keel
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Traditional New Build award was Peter
Moors White Rose of Mevagissey, a
boat which was almost twenty years in
the making. Peter began his boatbuilding
apprenticeship with his father John in
1978, which led to a partnership building and repairing
commercial shing boats at their Mevagissey yard. From
time to time when orders have been thin on the ground,
Peter has also worked at Falmouths Pendennis Shipyard.
In the mid-1990s, having never built a boat for himself
or a sailing boat for anyone, Peter found that he had an
itch to scratch. He was particularly drawn to a picture
he had seen of Wanderer II, the gaff cutter designed by
Jack Laurent Giles for Eric and Susan Hiscock in 1935.
That was where we got our inspiration, he told me.
The rig and everything on that boat appealed to me.
So he decided to design and build a new boat. His
starting point was to make a 1:16-scale half model and
take its lines, a technique he and John had used for many
years for shing boats. The great thing about making a
model, said Peter, is that you can hold it up and see
what youve got. You can even touch it and feel any
imperfections in the shape.
Clockwise from
top left: bowsprit
traveller and
bronze furler;
mainsheet block
with its own cleat;
gooseneck pin
rails made by
Peter; tiller
aperture in the
transom bulwark
as one unit. The choice of material here came from
reservations that Peter has, in common with many other
boatbuilders, about gluing oak. It can be very good but
sometimes it will spring apart even with these so-called
wonder epoxies, he said. Fore-and aft ribbands were
laid over athwartships moulds, 7/8 x 1in (22x32mm)
English oak frames were steamed inside them, and then
7/8in (22mm)-thick Scottish larch planks were tted,
copper clenched to the frames and with their ends
fastened into the stem and sternpost with bronze screws.
The stringers, beamshelf and most of the deck structure
are larch but the deck beams for the coachroof are
grown oak. I got hold of a lovely board perfectly
shaped for the camber, said Peter, and you cant get
any better than that. There is a in (12mm) Anchor
plywood sub-deck Lloyds approved with a 20-year
guarantee and on top of that a in-thick Burmese teak
laid deck. Peter decided that this would not be fully
swept, partly because of the difculty of bending parallel
planks on such a short boat, particularly the inboard
ones forward, and because it would make the boat look
too short. So the deck is semi-swept, with the side deck
planks running parallel to the coamings and joggled into
both the covering boards and king plank.
Above: Nav area,
engine box,
companionway
step and galley
area. Left:
Reaching along
the Cornish coast
For more photographs
of White Rose visit
Peter made the pattern for the 2-tonne iron ballast keel
and sent it to Irons Brothers for casting, but not until the
boat was about two thirds complete. I preferred to keep
the money in my pocket as long as I could, he said.
When Peter started building the boat, his plan was to
cruise her with wife Maryse whose father was a Breton
sherman and their daughters, Dominique and Tamsin,
then 13 and 10. However, the boat took much longer to
build than he ever imagined and she wasnt launched
until May 2013, by which time his children had grown
up and left home. This was because I had to do it all in
between building other boats or working at Pendennis,
and as the budget would allow, he told me. When I
started, all I could afford to buy was a pile of wood.
Peters new boat was named White Rose of Mevagissey
for several reasons: White Rose is a traditional Cornish
folk song he used to sing when he was gig rowing, Rose
is his mothers name and Tamsins middle name, and he
has punts called Rosen (Cornish for Rose) and June Rose.
I met Peter and White Rose in Mevagissey on a sunny
blustery day in July. He had only just got her ready for
the new season once again he had been prioritising his
paying work and had not yet moved her to her summer
mooring in the Fowey River. When we got on board he
Top: Peter takes the
helm. He says he got her
up to 8 knots with full
main and both headsails
in a Force 3 last summer
Above: Sea trials
introduced me to his French friend Alain who would be
sailing with us and who very quickly referred to Peter as
a perfectionist. But I was already able to see that for
myself: the standard of nish throughout the boat, both
in terms of the quality of construction and the surface
coatings, is outstanding.
ON BOARD
The most striking feature about White Rose, inside and
out, is the amount of varnished teak: below decks the
joinery is mostly constructed from 3/8in (9mm) plywood
with in (6mm) teak on top of it tongue and groove
on the main cabin bulkhead and furniture fronts with
solid teak locker doors; while on deck the bulwarks and
capping, coamings, forehatch, companionway hatch,
traditional skylight and the handrails are all solid teak.
I like teak, said Peter, with considerable understatement.
In fact there are only ve types of wood in life: larch,
oak, teak, iroko and rewood!
Perhaps the single thing which best illustrates Peters
perfectionist tag are the varnished oak mast wedges,
about 3in (75mm) of which are visible beneath the
deckhead. They are notoriously difcult to t: their
outside shape meets an octagonal hole, their concave
inside faces sit tight to the mast, and their bevelled edges
but up against their neighbours. Mast wedges are funny
things. They are either falling out or they are too tight
and damaging everything around them, said Peter.
Hopefully we have got those about right, he added
with typical modesty.
The interior layout is simple but practical: the
forepeak has a vee-berth with an inll, below which is a
Blakes Lavac heads; in the saloon there are two settee
berths with a folding leaf table between them and shelves
with 4in (114mm)-deep ddles outboard; aft of that
there is a galley to port with a sink and two-burner
Origo meths cooker; and to starboard there is a nav area
that includes instruments and a switch panel mounted in
opening doors which allow easy access to the wiring.
The engine box over the Beta 20hp diesel provides a
useful seat for the galley or for the navigation area. Some
white-painted areas provide a welcome contrast to the
dark teak, as does the lighter coloured cabin sole which
is Alaskan yellow cedar, a timber that Peter particularly
likes, despite not making his ve types of wood list.
Many of the deck ttings are bronze including the
sheet tracks, fairleads and portholes from Davey and Co,
and four self-tailing winches from LVJ in Holland. The
Above, clockwise
from top left:
Traditional
skylight and
grown oak deck
beams over the
saloon; teak, teak
and more teak
the port side of
the saloon; locker
door showing vent
hole detail;
forward cabin
showing heads
below the inll
Above left: Painting
depicts Wanderer
II under the solo
command of Eric
Hiscock in 1937
Above right: Mark
Horton of BBCs
Coast series
presenting Peter
with CBs Best
trad new build
under 40ft award
in March in
London
LOA
24ft 6in (7.5m)
LWL
21ft (6.4m)
BEAM
7ft 8in (2.3m)
stainless steel mainsheet horse was made from a piece of
rod rigging rescued from a boat being retted with carbon
bre rigging at Pendennis. That and the other stainless
steel deck and spar ttings were mostly fabricated by
Peter himself: he cut out the parts and tack-welded them
together and, after a sub-contractor had fully welded
them, he polished them, a partial throwback to the days
when pretty much everything that went into a new boat
would be produced by its builders. Peter also made the
spars, all in Douglas r and glued with West epoxy. The
bowsprit is solid and has some downward pre-bend in it
Ive seen the Falmouth Working Boats do that so it
must be right and the boom was made in two halves,
hollowed out traditionally. But having made them, Peter
thought he would try a more modern technique for the
mast and gaff, which were made up from eight staves in
a birds mouth construction and vacuum bagged. The
sails were made by SKB Sails in Falmouth using Richard
Haywards Sunwing Classic cream cloth.
SAILING
There was a blustery offshore Force 5 blowing when
White Rose left Mevagissey. Peter initially chose to sail
with just a double-reefed mainsail and staysail with the
jib left furled, an entirely sensible decision that gave us
a nicely balanced sail plan. White Rose has a lively turn
of speed and on a close reach we managed a constant
6.5 knots and a burst of 7.2, and Peter told me that he
got her up to 8 knots with full main and both headsails
in a Force 3 last summer. She is relatively unhindered
by the drag of her stern gear as she has a self-feathering
Max-Prop. Peter told me that this was probably three
or four times the price of a xed-blade prop but that it
was money well spent, and he is also very pleased with
the way she handles under power. Later in our sail Peter
unfurled the jib for a short time when broad reaching.
Peter didnt get to use White Rose much in her rst
season, although one memorable voyage was cruising in
company with the Falmouth Working Boats on their
annual passage race to Fowey, at the end of which he
was pleased that he was still quite close behind them. At
some point he and Maryse hope to sail to south Brittany
where they have a house. The dream has always been to
moor White Rose in front of the house, said Peter.
However, although he has every condence in the boat,
he sensibly recognises that Maryse is not an experienced
sailor and that there is no point in getting her on board
and scaring her half to death. For now, he is as aware
as anyone of the delightful harbours along the Devon
and Cornwall coasts each side of Fowey.
In the meantime White Rose needs a bit more work
including some trimming ballast up forward. His initial
thought that she might need as much as 250kg (550lb)
has been allayed somewhat by the 200ft (61m) of anchor
chain right forward. He still needs to get a topsail made
and also plans to t a manual windlass.
When I asked Peter how many hours he took to build
White Rose he was only able to say a lot. Although he
built her very much for himself she is, perhaps as much
as many boats are, for sale. If someone were to come
along with a nice cheque I think they could have her and
Id build another, he told me. But this time Id have the
money to do it full-time and much quicker.
Peter attended the CB awards ceremony with his
daughter Dominique. While he is clearly more at home
in a Cornish boatyard than in a Mayfair watch
showroom, he greatly enjoyed the experience and is
clearly thrilled with the award. Its great that people
took the trouble to vote, he told me, and its nice to be
recognised for something that took so long. We never see
anyone on the quay when we are working through the
winter and its good to feel appreciated.
petermoorboatbuilder@hotmail.com
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She might look majestic now, but Mariquita spent years languishing
in the mud at Pin Mill in Suffolk as a house boat. Heres the story
of her landmark restoration and how her 2014 owners and crew
are respecting her heritage by continuing to race her hard and fast...
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS BEN WOOD
The history of a legend
Mariquita
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Above: Mariquita
(in the foreground)
racing Corona, 1912
Right: John
Caulcutt helming
in Cannes
summer 2013
A
s the only remaining 19-M in
commission, Mariquita is widely
regarded as one of the rarest and most
beautiful classic yachts sailing today.
Designed and built for industrialist
Arthur Stothert by William Fife III, she
was launched in 1911 at Fairlie on the Clyde in Scotland.
As a gaff-rigged cutter Mariquita is a direct link to the
historic Big Class and a precursor to the J-Class that would
follow in the 1930s. Mariquita is one of the most iconic
yachts in the history of the sport and her career spanning
over a century is one of the great maritime stories.
In May 1911, Mariquita joined three other 19-Ms,
Octavia, Norada and Corona, in a new class that caught
the imagination of the sailing public in the years leading
to World War One. The new 19-M class fullled the
aspiration to have a matched class of big cutters. The
three great British designers of the day were represented
with Charles E Nicholson and Alfred Mylne contributing
a design each and the leading designer of the day William
Fife III contributing two. Mariquita combined Fifes
design with the high build quality of his celebrated yard.
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The Great 19s travelled far and wide: The Clyde,
Cork, Harwich, Cowes, Dartmouth and abroad to Kiel
and Le Havre. Mariquita performed admirably in the
three seasons from 1911-1913, especially in light winds.
Not only was the arrival of the 19-M class unexpected,
but the quality of racing was astonishing: after ve hours,
the yachts often nished within seconds of each other.
The threat of war in 1913 stopped competitive sailing
in its tracks. William Burton, the owner of Octavia, put
her up for sale, marking the end of the 19-M class.
Mariquita was sold in 1915, ending up in neutral
Norway where she spent the war years. Mariquita
returned to Great Britain after the war, but her time as a
top-ight racing yacht was over. George V, The Sailor
King, brought back the iconic yacht Britannia and a
new Big Class eclipsed the 19-Ms. Although Mariquita
raced against her old rivals Octavia and Norada, under
reduced rigs, it was in the handicap classes. It was the
beginning of the end.
Its said that a crew is a ships lifeblood. Over the
years, Mariquitas captains and crew were drawn from
the creeks of Essex and Suffolk, from villages like
Rowhedge, Wyvenhoe and Brightlingsea. Captains such
as Edward Sycamore and Robert Wringe were local men
who had learnt their craft on the shing boats of the East
Coast before graduating to yacht-racing. It was perhaps
a sad irony that, in 1938, Mariquita returned to this area
to end her sailing days. She was brought to West Mersea
by Arthur Hempstead, whose rm undertook the
decommissioning. Her ne mast was chopped away
above the deck, her keel bolts let go and 40 tonnes of
lead cut into scrap on the Mersea Hard. After a spell in
Tollesbury, in Essex, the hulk of the once-beautiful yacht
was towed to Woodbridge on the River Deben, where
she served for a decade as a houseboat. Mariquita was
then moved to Pin Mill, on the River Orwell, in 1958.
This was expected to be her nal resting place. One by
one all the 19s had turned their bows inland to expire in
the mud to decay and vanish.
After 30 years as a houseboat in Suffolk, Mariquita
appeared doomed. However, the timely intervention of
William Collier and Albert Obrist in 1991 led to her
landmark restoration at Fairlie Restorations. Although
Mariquitas original structure had stayed intact, a
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complete rebuild was necessary before she could carry a
38-tonne keel and more than 1,000sqft (93m
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After three painstaking years Mariquita nally appeared
in 2004 and was recommissioned under the captaincy of
Jim Thom. With Mariquitas restoration, her owners
sought not only to to save a unique yacht, but also the
quality ethos to which she was built and raced back in
1911. The Mariquita Project was one of the most
professional and well-resourced classic yacht programmes
ever undertaken. This was classic sailing pushed to a
never-before-seen level. So started a highly successful
nine-year campaign that saw Mariquita star at regattas
throughout Europe from The Fife Regatta in Scotland,
The Westward Cup in Cowes and countless regattas in
the Mediterranean. However in 2012, Mariquita was
unexpectedly offered for sale and a new era for this
remarkable yacht began. Her new co-owner John
Caulcutt takes up the story: I received this call from
William Collier: the opportunity to own Mariquita.
Gosh, thats not the sort of call you get every day. What
an opportunity the chance of a lifetime to own this
thoroughbred of classic racing yachts; one of the most
beautiful boats ever built and certainly one of the most
beautiful still around today. To be given that
opportunity by William was something that I wholly
welcomed at the time and have absolutely no regrets at
the end of our rst season of having made that decision
to put a syndicate together.
Top: racing at Naples
in 2013
Above from left:
photo taken to mark
Mariquitas
Centenary in 2011
with Jim Thom as
captain; racing in
2010 during the
Westward Cup of the
Isle of Wight; three of
the new owners,
John Caulcutt, Stephen
Hemsley, Jamie
Matheson and skipper
George Newman (2nd
from left)
Over a long career John has sailed a vast number of
boats including Solings, Stars, Admirals Cup Boats,
Maxis and then High Voltage the Americas Cup
Challenge boat. He had always admired the big classics
and when the opportunity came along in 2012 it seemed
the right time. Taking on the challenge of ownership of
Mariquita was an easy decision for me to make, he
says. It completed the spectrum of the wide variety of
boats that I had owned and helmed over the years. It
also completed the circle, as my rst offshore boat
Mayy, a Mersea Bay oyster-catcher, was gaff -rigged.
Going back to a classic gaff-rigged boat once again
seemed like a natural way forward for me.
After a brief meeting at the Royal Thames Yacht
Club, John quickly put a syndicate of four like-minded
yachtsmen together. Mariquita had four new owners:
John Caulcutt, Stephen Hemsley, Nick Edmiston and
Jamie Matheson. To prepare for the transition, the new
syndicate was invited to take part on Mariquita during
her 2012 season which included the Pendennis Cup in
Falmouth, the Rgates Royales de Cannes and Les Voiles
de Saint-Tropez. We had a lovely summer sailing season
in 2012 on Mariquita, a bonus year if you like, getting to
know the boat, getting to know some of the people,
getting to understand better the type of deal that we
would need to put together with the previous ownership
into a format that we felt would preserve that spirit of
tradition that was very important to the previous owners
BEN WOOD BEN WOOD BEN WOOD
DAN HOUSTON
STOCKBRIDGE
YA CHT B R OK E R S
www.stockbridgeyachts.com
info@stockbridgeyachts.com O: +44 1725 510738 M: +44 7788 925337
GOSHAWK
Length: 23m / 76
Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard
Year: 2005
Price: $1.895M

Winner in Spirit of Tradition division and Panerai
Grand Prix division at
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of Mariquita visit
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and very important to us. I dont think you can take on a
boat like Mariquita unless you are prepared to embrace
that spirit of tradition, that legacy and heritage and
pedigree everything that William Fife epitomised. He
designed her and she was built as a race boat. We took
her on as a race boat. That has been our focus this year
to take Mariquita on as a race boat to compete on
the classic circuit.
The new syndicate embarked on an ambitious season
in the Med including ve of the Panerai events plus the
Puig Vela Classica in Barcelona, Monaco Classic Week
and Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. It was a steep learning
curve as John Caulcutt explains: Helming Mariquita is
unique. To race this gaff cutter as she was intended to be
sailed, without winches or any other power, is a dening
experience. Its a huge responsibility, with a crew of 23
and no guard rails. Like any boat, she has a sweet spot.
For Mariquita, its in 10-12 knots
of breeze going to windward and
the boat has a groove and it feels
absolutely fantastic when youre
there. Get her in 25 knots of breeze,
let alone any more, and the whole
thing becomes a very different
experience. When the boat becomes
loaded up, its a handful I mean a
real handful! You have 25ft (7.6m) of boom overhanging
the transom. If you come to the weather mark and you
want to bear away, unless that mainsheet is dumped, you
dont have a hope. You cannot physically move the wheel.
Its not a question of strength... its a question of dynamics.
The syndicate was helped by inheriting some of the
existing Mariquita crew, who had earned their stripes
under the previous skipper Jim Thom. As John Caulcutt
explains: Inheriting such a fantastic crew with George
Newman stepping up to the mark as skipper being able
to preserve that continuity that would have taken years,
like it took Jim Thom years to create, we were able to
pick up the baton and keep running. George, Matty
Oates, Billy Butler, Tubby Brook they were all there for
us, fullling those key functions on the boat.
With a yacht as complex as Mariquita where
everything is done by hand, working as a team is
paramount. It took time for the new crew to bed in but
by the fourth regatta in Barcelona the skipper George
Newman was seeing signs of real improvement: The
teamwork is really beginning to come together. When we
started the season in Antibes it was a shock to us how
much we had to learn. All the crew now know their
systems and its starting to click.
Despite some dramatic conditions in both Mahon and
Cannes and some very close racing with her great rivals
Moonbeam IV and Cambria, Mariquita arrived in
Saint-Tropez for the nal regatta of the season in good
shape with six podium nishes under her belt. The Voiles
de Saint-Tropez is always a tting nish to the season
and the 2013 event did not disappoint, as the nal race
on the Saturday unfolded. Crew member Matty Oates
recalls On the last approach to Saint-Tropez, there is a
small dog-leg which the boats have to take, with a gate
at the end. Sailing through the
eet (spectator boats
everywhere), were coming in
on Moonbeam IV from
weather; were calling for
water because were about to
hit the buoy. Moonbeam IV is
calling for water because she is
about to hit Seche rock. To
have these two near identical boats gliding through this
tiny gate at such incredible speeds on the nal day of the
season, with so much drama going around us, was
incredible. It was certainly a great way to round off a
memorable rst season for the syndicate. As John
Caulcutt adds: To be in Saint-Tropez with Mariquita
with a forecast of 10-12 knots of breeze and suddenly
nding ourselves in 25-30 knots, with the big jackyard
topsail up, totally overpowered, lee rail under, crew up
to their waists in water, was memorable stuff for
everyone on the water. What an unforgettable days
racing to end the season. Mariquitas 2014 season is
going well. Having won the Big Boat class at Argentario
Sailing Week, shes well placed in the Panerai standings.
With Vele DEpoca di Imperia and Rgates Royales
Cannes left to go, this could be her year to win the
coveted Panerai trophy.
Below from left:
her lifering;
racing of St
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Big jackyard topsail up,
totally overpowered, lee
rail under, crew up to
their waists in water...
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email: info@sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk
William Fife III 70 ft Yawl 1936 2.5M Lying Italy
Latifa
Designed by William Fife III at the peak of his powers in 1936 - not only has LATIFA been widely regarded by yachting luminaries
to the present day as the best of all his designs but the great man himself considered her to be his nest.
Mere mention of her name imparts a legendary tone to any yachting conversation and as one of Fifes last designs kept one foot in
the past while putting the other rmly in the future. Second in the 1937 and 39 Fastnet Races, she also had a class win in the rst
post war race in 1947.
Thoroughly, sensitively and immaculately restored, LATIFA is strong with up to date systems and equipment and sensible
accommodation for long distant cruises in great comfort. In her current ownership LATIFAs special capabilities are marked by
achieving 12 single handed transatlantic crossings and a circumnavigation with her owners family as crew. It is a very special 70 ft
yacht from any era that can be sailed by one man alone!
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RM AUCTIONS
Saleroom
BY DAVE SELBY
RM Auctions, which bills itself as the
worlds leading international auction
house for investment-grade
automobiles, is also making waves in
the classic boat scene.
The Canadian companys July
classic car auction in Michigan, USA,
featured a 1930 Gar Wood triple
cockpit 28ft runabout, which made
$275,000 (165,000). One of only
52 model 28-40 runabouts built in
1930, the 200bhp six-cylinder
Scripps powered vessel has been
restored to the highest standards.
Next up at RMs Hershey,
Pennsylvannia classic car auction on
9-10 October are a pair of collectible
Chris-Crafts. Muse, a 26ft 1930
Car auctioneer fnds
boat market buoyant
CHARLES MILLER LTD
Lively bidding
When rarity, quality and historical interest combine, the pre-sale auction
estimates can go out the window, as was the case when this circa 1800 Admiralty
Board frame model came under the hammer at Charles Miller Ltds last London
maritime auction. The exquisitely crafted 1:48 scale 45-inch long model constructed
in steamed box wood with pinned stringing is thought to be of the 38-gun HMS
Lively. Launched in 1804, she soon saw action of Cadiz, but came to an ignominious
end in 1810 when she ran aground and was wrecked of Malta, due to the
incompetence of her master who was court martialled and dismissed
the ship and ordered to serve before the mast.
On auction day the model quickly breezed past its
8,000-12,000 estimate to sell for 37,200.
Charles Miller Limiteds next London
maritime auction is on 29
October.
BONHAMS
Watercolour from
a oating studio
Bending on the Grapple is a ne example of the
watercolour technique of renowned marine artist Henry
Scott Tuke (1858-1929) who converted a French brigantine,
Julie, into a
oating studio.
Indeed, the
distinctive green
bulwarks suggest
this 1893 painting
may even have
been set on board
Julie. Henry sold
this painting for
12 12 shillings
back then but at a
Bonhams 19th
century art
auction this
characteristically
romantic painting
made 9,375.
Model 111 built for the president of
Colgate Palmolive, was discovered in
a Minessota boat yard and has been
restored to show winning standard,
taking Best of Show at the Keels and
Wheels concours in Texas. Although
her original 250hp 824 cubic-inch
(13.5 litres) Chris-Craft A-120 824
has been lost to history she has been
tted with a correct-type 1930 A-120
replacement. Shes expected to fetch
$250,000-300,000 (150,000-
180,000).
Runaway Jane is one of just three
27ft runabouts built in 1941. In place
of her original engine is a 300bhp
8.2-litre Mercruiser, upgrading
performance over the original A-120
engine. Her estimate is $225,000-
275,000 (135,000-165,000).
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Top to bottom:
Gar Wood
runabout; Muse
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president of
Colgate; beautiful
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Objects of desire
Bill Bishop
brushwork
Pictured here is Bills latest commissioned oil on
canvas (22,000) and its a beauty. It shows
Sincerity, Sumurun and Mariella racing away from
the start of the Antigua Classic Regatta.
Bill tells us he has worked to capture the movement
of the yachts in the swell and the bright Caribbean
colouring of sea and sky. Bill spent much of his
childhood cruising under sail, then later racing and
maintaining his own dinghies and wooden
keel-boats, competing in a number of Cowes Weeks
and National Championships. Since deciding to paint
full-time in 1981 he has attended a number of classic
regattas and has been invited to race aboard several
classic yachts, experiences he says that have
inspired him to record on canvas.
www.bishopmarineart.com
Mount Gay
1703 rum
Mount Gay rum has always been an old friend
of the sailor. If you are inspired to spend over
100 on a bottle then you may want to turn
your nose towards the Mount Gay 1703
marking the year the distillery opened. Master
blender Allen Smith has created it from
reserves aged between 10 to 30 years. The
taste is described as oak-smokey honeyed
nectar and it is already scoring high in
international competitions.
www.mountgayrum.com
John Groves
historic paintings
A corvette, nearly all plain sail set, beats out of the Solent
against a background of a passing squall over Portsmouth,
during the wars with France. She is a ush decked vessel
of war with one tier of guns, small and fast, and
designated as a naval escort. As you can see, John Groves
not only accurately captures the historic drama and action
of life on the sea, he also manages to emulate the style
and palette of the bygone marine artists (Original Pastel
20in x 30in). Similar pictures sell for around 2,500.
www.johngroves.org
Fish prints
Heres a chance to have some of Jonathan
Couchs beautiful sh artwork on your wall.
Scanned from his 1865 book, Fishes of the
British Isles, a choice of four (herring,
pilchard, mackerel and sprat/whitebait) are
available in 40cm x 30cm frames. They are
Gicle printed on 225gsm Somerset Velvet
Enhanced paper, using pigmented inks which
give a guaranteed light fastness of 200 years.
The scan is at 300dpi and the print at 1400
dpi. The glass is clear and the frame moulding
is 21mm wide, coloured green with gold and
blue bands. Other sh from the book (nearly
300) can be requested. Each 75 plus p&p.

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For more Objects of Desire, go to classicboat.co.uk/objects
CB316 OOD.indd 40 02/09/2014 12:05
The Norfolk Gypsy
NeilThompsonBoats
Dimensions
Length 23 8 (7.28m)
Beam 7 6 (2.31 m)
Draft 18 (0.51m)
Total sail area 212 sq ft
Weight 1300kg
Norfolk Gypsy Norfolk Oyster Norfolk Smuggler Norfolk Trader Norfolk Urchin
Manor Farm, Glandford, Holt, Norfolk
NR25 7JP +44 (0) 1263 741172
info@neilthompsonboats.co.uk
www.neilthompsonboats.co.uk
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She hit a sandbar off the Brittany coast 221 years ago and was
only re-discovered in 1992. While her remains are on the sea
bed, a replica Hermione has been built in France, to the tune
of 25m. Now, the replica is about to take to the sea, and if
shes worthy, she will cross the Atlantic next year...
STORY KEVIN DESMOND PHOTOGRAPHS PHILIP PLISSON AND NIGEL PERT
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18th-century frigate Hermione begins her
sailing trials. While the original was built
by several thousand workers in just 11
months, the replica Hermione has taken
a resolute band of modern-day craftsmen
some 17 years to complete. The original Hermione has
major historical signicance as she was sailed by the
Marquis de Lafayette from Rochefort to Boston in 1780,
on a secret mission to help America gain independence.
The original Hermione was a 12-pounder Concorde-
class frigate. She was light, fast and manoeuvrable yet
armed with twenty-six 12-pounder long guns on her
main deck and lighter pieces of artillery on the forecastle
and poop deck, and manned by a crew of 255.
Designed by Henri Chevillard, the original Hermione
was built at the Rochefort Arsenal in 1779. Following
successful sea trials in the Bay of Biscay, Hermione
carried out a brilliant campaign off the French coast,
audaciously capturing several English corsairs and many
merchant ships. A year later, the Marquis de Lafayette
(Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier) was
asked to take word to America, as swiftly as possible,
that King Louis XVI would be sending half a dozen ships
and 5,000 French infantry to help the American
revolutionaries ght against the British. The young La
Fayette had already been ghting for the cause of
American liberty alongside Freemason, General George
Washington and on 21 March, 1780, La Fayette set sail
on Hermione, arriving in Boston just 38 days later. The
promised French regiments landed less than four months
later and helped turn the tide of the revolution. With the
mission to deliver the message accomplished, the frigate
then joined the war, suffering serious damage in a erce
but indecisive action against the 320-gun British
frigate Iris. Under the command of Louis-Ren
Levassor de Latouche Trville, Hermione was
engaged in several decisive naval actions, in particular
at the battle of Louisbourg on 21 July, 1781.
With the American Revolutionary War over,
Hermione then became part of a squadron sent to India
to help Pierre Andr de Suffren against the British for the
control of the Gulf of Bengal. Peace declared, she
returned to Rochefort. Eight years later, in 1793, while
again in service against the British, she crashed on a
sandbar. Wrecked by heavy seas off Le Croisic on the
Brittany coast, she went to the bottom.
It was the discovery of her remains, almost two
hundred years later, that sparked an idea to build a
replica. In 1993, a handful of local gures and sailing
enthusiasts were trying to put life back into the depressed
river port of Rochefort. The port already had the
Corderie Royale (Royal Ropery), but since the closure of
the navy arsenal in the 1920s, Rochefort had been
searching for other ways to encourage tourism. The idea
of building a full-scale replica originated from Benedict
Donnelly, an American PR executive and Erik Orsenna,
a French politician and novelist. Together they created
the Association Hermione-La Fayette, with Benedict
appointed as president. Later, in 2007, a Friends of
Hermione-Lafayette in America was created because of
the strong American heritage associated with Hermione.
The idea was for reconstruction to take place in a dry
dock deliberately located at the end of the Royal Ropery,
so the public could pay a few Euros to see the progress
of the build rst-hand. The plan has worked; more than
3.5 million visitors have since been to see Hermione over
the past seventeen years, contributing to the cost to build
her and boosting tourism to the region.
There have been major challenges along the way. The
rst was that there were no detailed plans for Hermione
apart from models and her logbook. A French marine
historian, Jean Boudriot, managed to track down some
British-drawn plans of one of Hermiones sister frigates
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lovingly, if slowly, seek to recreate the Hermione, piece
by piece. Its been a puzzle of more than 400,000 pieces
of wood and metal, 1,000 pulleys and a tonne of oakum
for caulking. While meticulous effort has gone into
keeping everything true to the original, there have been
some modern tweaks for the sake of robustness and
security. In particular, the planks are bolted instead of
pegged down and the masts are glued (instead of being
assembled by metal rings) to prevent water inltration.
While there are 26 cannon (with 12-pound balls) on the
battery deck and eight cannon (with 6-pounder balls) on
the forecastle deck, the originals were cast-iron but the
replicas are lightweight and non-functional. At least the
running rigging remains as hemp. There are two other
major additions that certainly werent on the original;
two electric 360 POD motors, especially developed by
Masson Marine. These are required for safely
manoeuvring the replica in harbour. Both engines are
installed at the stern of the replica and each weighs
2.5 tonnes and have 300kW of power.
Modern tools and machinery have also been used in
the build, yet many of the carpenters have been taught
200-year-old methods of boatbuilding, like using iron
chisels and hammers to wedge long strands of hemp as
ller between the wooden planks. As a result, watching
the craftsmen at work has been a wonderful spectacle for
visitors. For a few Euros they have watched workers coat
the oak planks with oils and ll crevices with oakum. At
nearby sites, the carpenters have also run show and tells
held at the National Maritime Museum in London.
These plans had been drawn up after the British captured
the frigate Concorde in a battle in 1783. The association
has used these along with additional information about
the original Hermione brought up by divers.
The project really started to gain momentum when
the tender for the construction of hull and topsides was
won by the Asselin Shipyard of Thouars (after erce
European competition). The next major challenge was to
locate mature, but supple, oak trees having just the right
natural bends in their trunks. These were needed to form
the wishbone-shaped ribs, curved beams and planking on
the replica. For authenticity, Asselin decided to use only
oak from France, no less than 1,200 tonnes of it,
requiring 2,000 trees selected from the forests of western
France, including the royal domains of Versailles and
Fontainebleau.
On 4 July 1997, ttingly American Independence Day,
the keel was laid. Watched from caged walkways by a
steady ow of paying visitors, the hull frame began to
rise up like the ribbing of a giant whale. The important
stern and inner sternposts followed, to which a 4.3-tonne
carcasse of curved pieces of timber was attached. Then,
in traditional style, the rst of the 62 frames was
assembled working from the cant frames at the stern
towards the bows until, on 17 February 1999, the main
(widest) frame was erected.
Over the next 15 years historians, architects,
carpenters, blacksmiths, sculptors and sailmakers would
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Right: Hermione is
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(July 2012)
where they explain how they have made accessories such
as chicken coops and rowing boats for the replica or
how they have carved large blocks out of Elm. Local
blacksmiths have also hand-forged bolts, hooks and pins.
Visitors have also learnt how the crew took turns to
sleep in narrow hammocks, how fresh meat was reserved
for ofcers and ill crew members, and how the
gunpowder, water and wine were stored.
All of this means the Hermione replica project has
created a very successful tourist industry for Rochefort as
well as helping to fund 40 per cent of the total 25m
build cost (with the other 60 per cent coming from the
city of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime and the Poitou-
Charentes region).
If the upcoming sea trials are successful then the plan
is for a Franco-American crew to sail Hermione across
the Atlantic. The journey is being called Voyage 2015
and will start from the mouth of the River Charente, in
Port des Barques, where La Fayette boarded on 10
March, 1780. The voyage will be a three-month, 3,819
mile transatlantic crossing using 18th century technology
and is expected to take 27 days in total, before landfall
at Yorktown, Virginia and denitely a visit to Boston.
The challenge continues. And while the rebuild
process celebrates great craftsmanship, it also renewing
the La Fayette family motto of why not? and showing
that, given determination, anything is achievable.
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July 1997
The long keel is laid down.
The stern and inner stern posts follow.
A carcasse of curved timber is xed
on the inner stern post.
February 1999
The main frame (the widest frame) is
erected. Framing continues. The hull is
strengthened. The deck-beam timbers
are added.
November 2001
Slatted planking begins. Leaving out
every second oak plank allows the
wood to settle in. This rst phase was
completed in 2003.
November 2004
Work begins on Hermiones vaigrage
(the internal skeleton between the gun
deck and the quarterdeck) costing
2.2 million.
May 2005
The lower stern hold is completed.
June 2005
Hermiones dinghy is launched. The
two millionth visitor to the shipyard
buys her entry ticket.
January 2006
The coaming is xed on to the
mainmast.
April 2006
The duckboards of the forecastle are
built
August 2006
Building of the big dinghy
April 2007
Arrival of the rst masts
September 2007
Building the ships longboat
June 2008
Although Hermiones three support
boats have been launched, the frigate
is far from ready. The ofcial launch
wont happen for another three years.
September 2008
The big capstan and the entire top
deck are completed
January 2009
All tools and accessories for the guns
are completed, rigging begins in May.
June 2009
Craftsmen begin to caulk the oak
planking, starting with the topsides.
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Above left to
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general delegate
of Hermione; the
gurehead carved
by English
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Hermiones
commander, Yann
Cariou; Anne
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sailmaker
LOA
145ft (44.2m)
BEAM
36ft 11in (11.2m)
DRAUGHT
16ft 4in (5m)
HEIGHT
177ft (54m)
SAIL AREA
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HERMIONE by numbers
November 2009
Chantier Nautique du Vieux Port from
La Rochelle begins the paintwork. Over
2,000 kg (4,500 lbs) of anti-fouling
primer is applied before the royal blue
and yellow paint. It takes 800 man
hours to complete.
March 2010
The deck starts to take shape.
July 2010
Sailmaking begins, all 19 of them,
measuring between 50 and 280m, in
synthetic linen equating to 7km of
fabric and an overall area of 2,131m.
The work is entrusted to three
sailmakers: Incidences Voiles in La
Rochelle, the Voilerie Burgaud in
Noirmoutier and the Atelier Voilerie
Anne Renault in Fouras. The rst two
carry out the cutting and assembly,
while Anne Renault nishes them. The
public can pay 10 to have their name
printed on the sail.
October 2010
The nal oak plank is put in and
caulked, making the hull completely
enclosed.
November 2011
Ofcial unveiling of the lion gurehead
to mark the end of the works on the
frigates hull; this was carved over six
months by English sculptor, Andy
Peters at his Maritima workshop in
Waterstock, Oxfordshire. Andy was
chosen out of 32 sculptors.
December 2011
Ninety per cent of the standing rigging
is completed, some 8km of rope.
The ofcers quarters take 3,000 hours
to t out. The electric POD motors are
installed.
July 2012
Hermiones launch takes place with a
21-gun ofcial salute and an armada of
50 classic rigs, boats and traditional
canoes. It includes the three-master
Belem and the Naval cutter Mutin.
October 2012
Raising of the lower part of the 23.5m
mizzen mast with its rigging and
foretop, then the 14m bowsprit.
November 2012
Hermiones Commander is announced
as Yann Cariou, an experienced
commander of the Etoile, the Belle
Poule and the Belem. Recruitment of a
a professional crew for shakedown
trials begins.
January 2013
The number of maintenance
volunteers increases to keep Hermione
clean and well polished.
April 2013
The Oregon pine top-masts, each
weighing two tonnes and the
topgallant are raised.
May 2013
Raising of the topgallant masts (3rd
stage of the masting) and of the lower
yards. The masting was ofcially
completed on 15 June.
September 2014
We should see the rst trial of the POD
motors and some sails along the local
Charente River. This will be followed by
exhaustive sea trials under sail and,
where required, electric power. If all is
OK, she will sail on Voyage 2015 and
when this is over, Hermione will
resume her well-deserved place as a
tourist attraction in Rochefort.
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combat at
Louisbourg
from a painting
by Auguste
Louis de Rossel
de Crey
Left: The
Marquis de
Lafayette
GUNS
26 gundeck
6 upperdeck
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1,260 tonnes
PULLEYS
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Iron 77,426 lb (35,120kg)
Lead 7,743lb (3,512kg)
Tar 2,218lb (1,006kg)
Oakum 6,651lb (3,017kg)
Hemp 33,279lb (15,059kg)
Rope 15miles (25km)
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With Grand Banks set to launch a new entry-level
model next year, we take a look at this most
venerable of burly, blue-water trawler yachts
STORY JONATHON SAVILL
PHOTOGRAPHS GRAND BANKS
Grand
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GRAND BANKS
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here comes a time in a sailors life when,
in pitch black and freezing rain, heeling
at 45 degrees, he wonders if there is
another way to reach France. In the
meantime a Grand Banks owner sits in
his warm cabin, sipping thoughtfully
from a cut-glass tumbler, making 12 knots in a straight
line. When he gets there, he wanders below to the
king-size bed in his ensuite cabin.
A Grand Banks has a substantial quality. Its teak
interior radiates relaxed luxury and the boat feels solid
and expensive. One imagines its bow cutting a swathe
through the fogs off the New England coast, trawling for
lobsters or sh.
In fact not much could be further from the truth. A
company originally called American Marine has always
built Grand Banks boats in Hong Kong, Singapore and
Malaysia. It changed its name to Grand Banks Yachts
(PTE) Ltd after joining the Singapore stock market in
1993. The current yard in Malaysia covers 11 acres
(44,515m
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of the range is undoubted. All original Heritage models
42ft (12.8m) and above attain Ocean A RCD category,
while smaller boats attain Ocean B.
Around 80,000 will get you a 36ft (11m) Mark 2
from 1980, or an older pristine wooden version. And if
youre worried that you wont have enough left over for
diesel, they burn around eight gallons or 40 an hour
cruising at 10 knots, with a capacity of 500 gallons
(2,273L). Filling up from empty will cost you 2,470 in
the UK or 1,255 in the USA. This will take you from
the south coast of the UK to Gibraltar without refuelling.
In fact several GBs have crossed the Atlantic using deck
tanks. An old adage was that a single engine 36 would
go for a season on a tank of gas. An original 32 woody
will typically set you back about 40,000.
Grand Banks has changed since the 60s. Back then,
teams of skilled boatbuilders made complete boats but
the advent of CNC cutting machines and CAD have
meant more reliance on technology. The company
evolved to make its hulls lighter and faster, because they
were originally massively overengineered. Newer
materials such as foam coring and laminates, not to
mention GRP, have changed the landscape of their
business. Less hardwood and teak is used and honeycomb
materials are more common; but build quality is still
paramount. If you ground your GB the propellers are
protected, and 4in (100mm) of resin on the keel means
you can knock rocks and not suffer serious damage.
C/O COLIN WATTS C/O GRAND BANKS
GRAND BANKS
when the engines are installed. The remainder is paid
two weeks before delivery. That is done by letter of
credit or bank guarantee. You will then get the boat
roughly six months after placing the order.
How does Colin nd the market? Quality is hard to
sell, he says. People sometimes compare Grand Banks
to lesser boats. But you get what you pay for. Ive been
selling boats for 35 years now and I have never seen
anything like the post-2008 market. Its getting better but
in recent years the brokerage market was decimated. In
the old days it was easy. People offered 10 percent less
than the asking price and everything worked. But during
the worst of the market, I had offers of 50 per cent and
there are always owners that will sell at any price. Thank
goodness we are returning to some form of normality.
Boat sales rely on the triumvirate of survey, sea trial
and nance. A major change in the market means lenders
no longer put a lien on the boat but on other equity so
the boat youre buying is no longer an asset in itself.
Colin explains why and its a chilling story: During
the crisis, banks were repossessing many boats. But they
had to continue to pay for their upkeep, and their value
was plummeting. In the end there was a pool of 5-6,000
boats without owners. They were funnelled through a
group of selected brokers who were told to sell them for
the best price possible, he pauses. None of those was a
Grand Banks though.
So would Colin rather sell new boats or secondhand?
Used boats are less complicated. New boats are great
but tie you much more in both details and legalities. The
other factor is we get two or three used boats sales a
month. We sell maybe two or three new boats a year.
Average powerboat usage is dropping dramatically. It
used to be 100 hours a year but is now around 65. Colin
believes cost is a reason and people are now more aware
of fuel burn. Grand Banks normally register above
average use because they are blue-water cruisers.
Paul Matkin is a happy Grand Banks owner and Mr
The newer 43 and 47 Heritage models are now able
to reach 25 knots, giving both a performance and fuel
consumption the older models could only dream of.
Earlier generation 42s had large engines that chased the
performance market. They were affectionately known as
white rhinos because they just stood up in the water and
charged forward. But their fuel burn was outrageous.
Colin Watts of the Boat Showroom is the UK
godfather of Grand Banks, having sold every new GB
delivered here in the last 25 years. At the moment he has
27 used boats for sale, including three 36s, ranging from
130,000. He also has six 42s from 120,000.
Not all sales have gone smoothly. On 31st October
1987 a storm rocked Europe (the one that reduced
Sevenoaks in Kent to one oak). GBs would come in to
Rotterdam by container ship and Colin found a brand
new Grand Banks 42, on its side smashed to bits with a
broken Fokker jet crushed through it. The factory built
the owner a replacement in three months. His second
brand new 42ft (12.8m) boat was moved to Croatia.
There the Serbians used her for target practice and she
was blown to pieces and written off. Its not known
whether he took up a new hobby at that point...
In 2000, at their dealer conference, Grand Banks
suddenly announced they would not build the 36 any
more. The company was making 120 boats a year and
Colin was selling around 12 of them. Was it wrong to
discontinue the 36 in 2001? Colin answers: Well,
actually Grand Banks is considering building a
replacement entry-level vessel of 36ft. It may debut next
year. So why did they stop and why are they starting
again? Colin says its because it was very difcult to
make smaller boats for prot, adding: They now have a
streamlined manufacturing process and the need to
address a hole in the market.
I ask what happens if you want to buy a new Grand
Banks. It starts with a ten percent deposit when you
sign the contract, Colin says. You pay thirty percent
Below: Colin
Watts, godfather
of Grand Banks in
the UK; a Grand
Banks 47 at
anchor
Preceding spread:
A Grand Banks 47
motor yacht
version
Ive been selling boats for 35 years now and I have never
seen anything like the post 2008 market
GRAND BANKS
LOA
46ft 9in(14.3m)
BEAM
15ft 8in (4.8m)
DRAUGHT
3ft 10in (1.2m)
HEIGHT
21ft 1in (6.4m)
DISPLACEMENT
23.7 tonnes
LOA
36ft 10in(11.2m)
BEAM
12ft 8in (3.9m)
DRAUGHT
4ft (1.2m)
HEIGHT
22ft 4in (6.8m)
DISPLACEMENT
10.9 tonnes
LOA
31ft 11in(9.7m)
BEAM
11ft 6in (3.5m)
DRAUGHT
3ft 9in (1.1m)
HEIGHT
19ft 4in (5.8m)
DISPLACEMENT
7.7 tonnes
GRAND BANKS 47
GRAND BANKS 36
GRAND BANKS 32

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Toad, his 10-year-old 42ft
motor yacht version has a
full-beam cabin. The boat
exudes quality. She was
originally owned by a Pete
Townshend, the Who rock
guitarist in Eel Pie Island.
After two years she changed
ownership and ended up in
the Med where Paul bought
her in a fairly tatty condition. The boat was brought
back to England via the Bay of Biscay, being too tall for
the French canals. Once home she went into a yard for a
couple of months and was returned in as-new condition.
Thats the great thing about these boats, says Paul,
You can always bring them back to new. There are
some cool toys on Pauls boat. The throttle system has
two sets of levers. Essentially,
you run the boat on idle in
harbour and manouevre using
the forward and backward
gears. You can also set one
throttle to control both engines
and a switch cuts the idle speed
of both engines back to ensure
compliance with the harbour
speed limits.
Paul has bow thrusters forward and aft. I have always
laughed at these but having seen them in action I am
totally sold. He could safely berth on his own. He even
has a remote control for the bow thrusters although he
doesnt use it: I would never leave the boat unmanned,
he adds. In many ways Paul is a traditional GB owner.
He is a Yachtmaster and has cruised extensively in the
Med and crossed the Bay of Biscay several times. He is
totally in control of his boat and has the relaxed calm of
an expert. He explains his love of Grand Banks: Its a
brand people aspire to. Most owners are leaving sailing
and the Grand Banks looks like a good boat to move
into. Its a quality build and sailors like that reassurance.
Grand Banks boats dont depreciate in the same way as
boats that rely on fashion. They havent really greatly
changed shape in 40 years.
So what is the magic of the brand? Bob Livingston,
past President of American Marine, had a precise answer:
It has a solid image: a consistent, conservative,
instantly-recognizable sheer; the prole and clear lines;
the almost plumb bow; that certain angle of windshield;
the joint between deckhouse and ybridge these are
instantly-recognisable from 500 yards away. A Grand
Banks looks like a Grand Banks... Always has.
Thanks to Colin Watts, boatshowrooms.com
Above: a GB ofers
luxury of steering
in the dry
Above right: the
builders plate;
and the saloon...
civilised boating
It has a solid image: a
consistent, conservative,
instantly-recognisable
sheer; the prole and
clear lines
The classic Grand Banks came in three lengths, 32ft, 36ft and 42ft. In Mark
1 form they were timber, built from 1965 to 1973, the Mark 2 was glassbre
between 1973 and 1990, and the Mark 3 was between 1990 and 2001 (the
32 ended production in 1995). The three models are very similar looking but
are diferentiated by small details and an increase in internal volume.
There were four versions of the Mark 3. These were the Classic, the
Sedan (no aft cabin), the Europa (no cabin and a ying bridge overhang)
and a motor yacht version. This was essentially a Europa front end and a
rear end similar to the Classic but with a full width aft-cabin.
In 2000 a brand new Grand Banks 36 cost around 290,000 and a 42
365,000. Grand Banks Yachts has built 1,135 of the 36 GBs. In 1972 they
made the switch from wood to glassbre without telling their dealers or the
public. It came as a big surprise to a boating world still suspicious of the
new material.
Three classics 32, 36 and 42
ABOVE PHOTOS: JONATHON SAVILL
Situated right in the heart of
Londons theatre district, the
400-year-old Arthur Beale yacht
chandler is currently undergoing a
revival. Join us for a tour
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS PETER WILLIS
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unning a shop without credit card or
mail-order system, let alone managing
without a website, seems perverse and
self-defeating these days especially if you
happen to be a yacht chandler based in the
heart of Londons West End.
That, though, was how it was with Arthur Beale a
name well known to generations of yachtsmen, with a
400-year heritage and a small, though tardis-like shop on
Shaftesbury Avenue. It had supplied at least one of
Shackletons Antarctic expeditions and its ropes had
helped conquer Everest. But its recent history was one of
stately decline and the end loomed a few months ago in a
morass of unpaid suppliers and the threat of liquidation.
It was at this point that Alasdair Flint received a
telephone call from a sculptor friend, who told him:
Youve got to rescue Beales!
Alasdair, it turned out, was uniquely qualied, in
various ways, for this role. For a start, he is possibly the
only retailer who has been awarded the Royal Cruising
Clubs Tilman Medal for high-latitude exploration. He
already runs an online marine chandlers, an offshoot of
his main business, Flints Theatrical Chandlers, a trade
description he dreamed up to cover the supply of all the
rope, paints and hardware requirements of theatrical
productions and the like. Beales too has always acted as
an emergency supplier to nearby theatres for just that
sort of thing.
We found that Beales had been losing money for
four or ve years, Alasdair recounts. We stepped in,
paid off the bills and now were trying to turn it round.
His status at Beales is a bit vague, like much else
about the rm. He clearly now runs it, but as to
ownership There are two existing members of the
Beale family, who own the freehold one of them is a
nun, who gave her share to the Catholic Church. Theyve
given us a favourable lease, says Alasdair. Then there is
the somewhat curmudgeonly old chap in an ofce on the
second oor. He is referred to as Mr Coleman, the former
manager, who has been with the shop for 55 years and
latterly put his own money in to keeping it going.
As for the 400-year origins, the business began as
Buckingham Ropes, on the banks of the River Fleet,
possibly even longer ago in 1500. Ships could come up at
high water to lay over and get re-rigged. The rm moved
into its present premises around 1890, trading as Beale &
Cloves before becoming simply Arthur Beale in 1901.
Alasdairs aim is to smarten up the business hes
already increased the opening hours, set up a
rudimentary website and begun to develop the range of
stock, as well as beginning a programme of Thursday
evening talks and classes. The shop is actually a ve-
storey building. A massive amount of clearing out has
already been done, with a fair bit still to go. Cupboards
reveal boxes of arcane, unidentiable bits of equipment,
and numerous books of Arthur Beale gift vouchers, value
10 shillings and sixpence. Alasdair hauls down a package
that contains a Walkers Excelsior Log. Ive no idea
how much this would sell for? he wonders. A
thousand pounds?
Hes been making up blue display boards to help
customers identify their needs among the vast array of
shackles, carbine hooks and all the small hardware,
cross-referenced to the bank of drawers behind the
counter. If we havent got it, then no-one has, he likes
to boast. Hes planning to move the shop into electronics,
starting with handheld VHFs and has already added to
the range of useful tools. And if were asked for
something we havent got, we write it down and look at
stocking it.
The next stage is to open up the rst oor and start
stocking nautical books and a larger range of clothing,
including Guy Cotten protective wear and Norwegian
thermals. In fact, Alasdair has ambitions for Beales to
become a one-stop shop for kitting-out expeditions.
Which brings us back to the Tilman medal.
He won it, together with Tim Loftus, for a 2011
voyage to, and ascent of, Jan Mayen Island in the Arctic
Circle (the crew also included Charlotte Watters, who
illustrates Adrian Morgans columns in this magazine).
One of the boats was Tims self-built 34ft (10.4m) Ed
Burnett-designed cutter Thembi (CB233), the other
Alasdairs own 25ft (7.6m) Vertue, Sumara of Weymouth.
It will be the subject of one of the October talks. Alasdair,
whos now planning a trip to Russia, believes such
exploits complement his approach to Beales. We want
to be a bit different more than just a shop!
Arthur Beale, 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JP
Tel: +44 (0)207 836 9034, arthurbeale.co.uk
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Clockwise from
top: There are
some quirky shops
in Londons West
End, none more so
than Beales
chandlers; Sumara
of Weymouth
anchored of Jan
Mayen Island
Left: Alasdair Flint
planning full ahead
for Arthur Beale
We stepped in,
paid off the bills
and now were
trying to turn it
round.
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Corfu
to Spetses
CORFU TO SPETSES
Onboard
CRUISING
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EQUIPMENT
Onboard
The rst Corfu Regatta this year was
followed by a magical cruise to the next
regatta, the now-established Spetses.
Our cartoonist packed his cigars and
shipped aboard for the ride
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS GUY VENABLES
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Corfu
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orfu Sailing Club is situated on the north
side of a high peninsula under the old
fort of Corfu town in the sparkling
Ionian sea. Once it was a British
protectorate garrison and now it is home
to the Ionian University School of Music.
In an impossible mixture of pragmatism and romance,
when the wind is from the south, anything from opera to
jazz can drift down to the sailing club bar just below. I
was drinking ouzo whilst listening to a cello under a
canopy of scented scarlet bougainvilleas thinking back to
Sotiriss mischievously astute question: So how much
do you pay Classic Boat to be one of their reporters?
We were to sail south from Corfu, through the inland
sea and Corinth Canal to the Agean and the island of
Spetses where the next regatta would take place. Yianniss,
the owner and captain, Sotiris the rst mate, Michalis the
cook, and Nicos and Vaggelis and me as the crew were
strangers for now, soon to become close friends. The
boat, Alexandra 1, a pristine 1965 55ft (16.8m) S&S
yawl, was rescued by Yanni from a crumbling death in
Corfu marina and repaired and retted to a high
standard. Our destination for that evening was Levkas,
an island linked to the mainland by a oating swing
bridge. We raised the sails and soon the channel between
Corfu and the mainland widened and the sea turned a
deep cobalt blue. The beaches of Parga on our port and
Paxos appeared on our starboard then Anti Paxos, famed
for its snorkelling. The heat, humidity and our lack of
sleep was gently prised away by the autopilot, the
constant gentle breeze and our rotated snoozing patterns.
The constancy and reliability of this summer wind that
blows from June to September, the Meltemi, has been
noted since ancient times and in these waters you are
never out of sight of land, the surrounding hills ensure
that the swell very rarely rears up and there is so little tide
that its direction could be changed by the movement of
sh. This was the life. You set a course and just GO there.
The only instrument to which I paid anything more than
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with glasses of oak-aged Tsipouro. We laughed as
Michalis, the chef, was advised on what to eat by a drunk
and amorous old lady from Birmingham. It was a rare
and excellent evening in a truly excellent restaurant.
By 10am the next morning it was already very hot
and we went for coffee along the parched waterfront
beside the saltwater lagoon with its tidal sh traps. We
left by eleven and set off down the channel that separates
the Levkas canal from the saltwater lagoons. This all used
to be swampland. A dredger was dredging next to some
weary lime trees and the sea had turned from deep blue
to muddy green. The hills rose around us again, covered
a passing concern was the hygrometer on the front of
Yianniss humidor. This humidity plays hell with cigars.
After Michalis had served us spaghetti with octopus
and poured us retsina from his own vineyard we were
visited by dolphins under a pinkening sky. The land along
this part of the coast is mostly uninhabited and
unchanged. As it is the same mythical place that Homer
wrote about, one has an unerring feeling of being among
schoolbook history.
The oating lifting bridge into the Gulf of Levkas
opens on the hour every hour so the timing of arrival was
paramount. As we rounded the point we realised that
Infanta, a 1947 45ft (13.7m) yawl that had been our
main rival in Corfu Classic race, had been waiting for the
bridge to open and although we werent actually in a
race, we were, of course, racing them. We moored up
alongside each other and headed to a restaurant run by
friends of Yianniss. Levkas town has a charming port
front and just down a side alley we were steered to the
restaurant Thymari. Here we ate the chefs speciality;
seafood Trachana, a meal so good I had to prise the
recipe from them, knowing that Id never be able to
recreate it at home, as the main ingredient was handmade
by an old lady who dries it in the sun. We drank
Gerovassiliou, a rened blend of the indigenous grape
varieties Assyrtiko and Malagousia, and smoked cigars
Above: Transiting
through the
Corinth Canal in
the hours of
darkness
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in olive groves spiked with pines. This was the Inland Sea.
A Mediterranean within a Mediterranean. Lygia, a shing
port notoriously well populated with seafood restaurants,
came into view and we passed Scorpio Island, formerly
owned by the Onassis family and recently bought by a
Russian. Some sort of vast, white motor cruiser favoured
by the Russian elite was anchored next to it looking like
someone had taken an axe to an enormous fridge.
Snobbery aside, however, this area is what Sotiris
explained as the sweet spot. To the west there is
Apherinos and Meganisi Island, on the Eastern shore
Episcopi harbour on Kalamos Island and Ithaca and
Castos to the South. From
where we were, covering all
points of the compass there
were 15 top Mediterranean
small ports of the type you see
in the brochures, the type
where you can step off your
stern and walk straight into a
taverna and at least twenty
crystal clear anchorages. This
is all within a radius of just ten miles, all of it scattered
with archaeological and historic sites and world-class
snorkelling and shing, all in line-of-sight navigation,
where headlands curl around to make lake-like conditions.
Tantalisingly, we carried on past them as we were rushing
through to get to Spetses on time and Sotiris, my personal
tour guide and the chairman of Corfu Yacht club, and I
discussed the idea of extending this trip as a very real
possibility. If time enough were given, even just a week
between the Corfu race and the Spetses regatta, this
transit, done in a otilla led by the Greek boats, would be
the feeder of a lifetime and a diary entry that should
become a central annual event. It was becoming clear to
me that Greece just isnt like anywhere else.
Once wed passed Ithaca we turned almost due west
and were in the gulf of Patras, our next stop being the
city of Patras, the regional capital of western Greece built
at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon. The wind followed
our turn along the high cliffs and continued to blow steadily
if gently, breathing life into the spinnaker. Night fell as we
slipped in by the huge ferries and went to the nearest bar.
The vast expanse of the Rio-Antirio Bridge lled our
skyline the next morning as we passed under it. It was
designed by a friend of Nicos and is a huge construction
that marks the beginning of the Gulf of Corinth and links
the Peloponese Peninsula to central Greece. Vaggelis, a
sailor in the lighthouse division
of the Greek navy
enthusiastically pointed out
ancient lighthouses hed visited.
We sailed past Lepanto,
whos name is shared with the
largest naval battle in history
fought nearby. Then past
Delphi to the north, the
renowned archealogical site and
modern city. I went below to grab a camera and found
Michalis in the bilges. They were full of cans of beer. That
solved the puzzle of the self-lling fridge. After Id served
up kedgeree we approached the Corinth Canal. Vaggelis
sidled up to me and told me the ancient story behind it.
Before the canal was cut it was still well known as the
shortest distance across the landmass and with boats just
light enough to pull over ground, it was still worth the
effort rather than the long trip round. At both ports on
either side there were brothels and the captain would
promise to pay for a visit for each of the crew to
encourage them to pull the boats over the hill. A poosy
can pool a boat, he wisely remarked. Once we could see
the deep vee of the canal we joked that they must have
Clockwise from
left: Corfu Sailing
Club with the
School of Music
and Old Fort
behind; Vaggelis
and Yiannis
tweaking the
spinnaker; the
Rio-Antirio Bridge
with the author in
the way; picking
sea urchins for
lunch; ace chef
Michalis in down
time, with CB natch
The only instrument I paid
any attention to was the
hygrometer on the front of
Yianniss humidor.
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been exceptional prostitutes as it was clearly the hulls of
the boats made by over eager sailors that had worn such
a sheer groove into the sandstone.
The canal itself, especially at night, is amazing. Firstly
the low-lying road bridge sank into the water on giant
hydraulic ramps and we motored over it. As the strata of
sandstone slowly rose up around us we became quiet with
awe. The sides, towering to 650ft (200m), are lit with low
orange lights that cast huge repeating shadows of us and
the boat onto the sheer walls. Gulls circled in and out of
the darkness in silent agreement, landing on protuberances
to watch us pass. Then the walls lowered and we were
through. We moored on the western bank and had kebabs
in a local restaurant while a smattering of locals and a cat
watched the World Cup on a huge TV.
We decided to make straight for Spetses after this, so
night watches were drawn up. The Greeks were extremely
polite and all spoke good English together when I was
present, on one occasion changing to English mid-sentence
when I arrived. For the sake of a good joke or technical
issues, they turned to Greek and I was very happy to sit
back and smoke a cigar. If there was raucous laughter one
of them would lean over, explain it to me, then wait for
my response and we would all laugh all over again. If deck
orders are shouted in a foreign tongue however, as I learned
in Russia, never assume what they mean and stay out of
the way until asked or you learn what the order means.
Sotiris and I were on rst watch at midnight so we set
off through the widening gap into the warm night air of
the Saronic Gulf lit by the Isthmia oil renery. Onwards,
ever southeast. The wind had died as it does at night, so
we motored with a little help from the main. We smoked
our pipes, watched for lights and talked of Greek things.
Sotiris pointed out landmarks as small islands appeared
and disappeared in the darkness. By four wed turned
through the channel between the headland and Hydra and,
now heading southwest, were on our last tack to Spetses.
Spetses is a special place. An island with no cars that
has always been home to tobacco and shipping magnates.
As we headed in that morning, the sounder read 20m
(65ft) and we could see our turquoise shadow scud along
the bottom of the gin-clear water. As soon as we were
moored next to a convenient taverna we went down the
road to the nearest beach. Armed with my Boye knife and
a pair of goggles each, Sotiris and I began prising sea
urchins off the rocks in order to clean them and eat them
for lunch. An old lady told us that we were doing the
island a service as nobody ate them there any more and
the urchins had badly encroached onto the kids swimming
platform. We ate them with bread and cold Tsipouro.
Then we had octopus and Tsipouro then a tomato salad
with Tsipouro. Then Michalis and I got onto a moped and
drove to the top of a dusty mountain track to pick throubi,
a rare, wild cooking herb. Michalis, like many Greeks, is
an emotional man and had a worrying habit of slapping
his chest and waving his arms, leaving no hands to steer
as we careered down the mountain, me on the back with
a shirt stuffed full of herbs and him, waving and shouting
about a recipe or an old moped or love or something.
That evening I stayed at the Poseidonion Grand Hotel,
a beautiful building and the islands best hotel. It was with
pangs of regret and disloyalty that I left Alexandra. I knew
that next time Id see her and the crew Id be clean-shaven
in an ironed shirt wearing a press badge and being steered
around meeting race organisers and dignitaries. Id be at
work. At least they were now spared my snoring.
After returning I talked to the organisers, who have
agreed to stretch the time between the two regattas to
around 10 days. This makes it three events: two great
regattas and a dream-like transit in some of the best
harbours and most magical day-sailing in the entire world
in a otilla of classic boats led by locals. In a country by
which I am and you will be, utterly smitten.
NAVIGATION NOTES
For navigation we had on board a
Garmin GPS 158i which, as far as I
know, wasnt used. The local Greeks
either knew where we were going or
glanced at their smart phones but
they let me look at the relevant Imray
Tetra charts that we had on board
which had a warning printed on them
anyway, advising us to take them with
a pinch of salt as many of them were
drawn up in the 1800s. I would,
however, check our course on the
lovely Kelvin-White compass at the
wheel but we were never out of sight
of land. I was reading from pages of
Greek Water Pilot by Rod Heikell 2007
and our weather check was mostly
done by simply looking around us. The
wind was incredibly predictable and I
saw one cloud... once.
Above, left to
right: Very pistol
on Alexandra; the
restored Rhodes
sloop Tincano that
belongs to the
owner of the
Grand Poseidonion
Hotel behind;
En route on
Alexandra
For more photographs from Greece visit www.classicboat.co.uk
Kelpie of Falmouth
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New Classics
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Weve always had a fondness for catboats and wondered at how handy theyd be
on the East Coast of England as well as the USA. Think of it unbeatable cockpit
accommodation, shoal draught, massive form stability, brilliant light-airs sailing
and that look. There is a trade of, as with all boats catboats are unsuitable for
bluewater work and can carry bad weather helm. And you would fear a gybe with
that huge sail! Some though, are well sorted Theo Rye, our technical editor is a
fan of the genre and has sailed some well-behaved, neutral-helmed boats. Sadly,
Caracal is a bit far away for us to test, but judging from the photos, Areys Pond
Boat Yard have come up with a beauty. Shes a solid 2,400lb (1,090kg), and 19ft
(5.8m) long with a beam of 8ft 6in (2.6m). According to her builder, Areys Pond, shes a
good singlehander with room for up to eight in the 70sqft (6.5m
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are two berths and opening portholes below. Other renements include an inboard
electric motor and folding prop. According to Areys Pond crew and guests do not
even need to move to windward when tacking on 12 knots of wind. That must feel
weird... good weird, as they say.
Tel: +1 508 255 0994, areyspondboatyard.com
The latest Spirit yacht from the eponymous yard in Sufolk is a departure from the
usual Spirit look, with its modern and innovative fan light set into the top of the
coachroof and the modern portholes let into the cabin trunk. Its brave but wont
suit everyone design departures like this are, after all, highly subjective. The rest
of the yacht is a corker in anyones book, particularly the huge, oval, American-
style cockpit and luxurious solid-wood interior. Being a Spirit, she ought to be fast
too... these boats have modern underbodies and her builder reckons the 74 can
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Johan Anker 8 metre
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S/Y - Njord was built 1918
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After several years of total
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She has a IEMA sertifcate and
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Lazarette
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Flare pan
In the galley, due to all the bashing
about, we usually use the rejects from the
kitchen. This however, if treated right, (it is
non stick) could save a lot of gas. We found
that the Flare Pan, designed by a jet engine
thermodynamic engineer, heated water to
boiling 35-40 per cent quicker than all our
normal pans, the ns catching the escaping
side ames and adding side heat. Take that
across the Atlantic, for instance, and it could be the diference
between running out of gas or not. Expensive, yes but theres a
long term saving on the gas too. 64.99
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Boatwarden
security app
To put your mind totally at rest the
Boatwarden app is a cunning invention
designed to be used in conjunction with
the hardware and boat-monitoring
security system and allows you to
remotely check the position of your boat,
set the bilge pump going, set the alarm,
check the battery status, set distance-fenced
movement alarms or customise your remote
orders to what you want including cctv
operation. It uses very little power and some
insurance companies are ofering reductions
if its tted. Free to download to the iPhone
or Android phones
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Cloth
This big, soft
500gsm high-tech
diamond-weave towel
holds over 1L of water.
Its designed to dry
without smearing but in the way that
everything on boats gets demoted, it ends up dealing
with oil spills, the bilges, and even dog drying. 12
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Blunt-end safety
rescue lock knife
Whether its because youre bouncing around
the foredeck in a lively sea or sitting in a RIB
or a liferaft, a blunt-end safety knife is an
essential bit of survival kit. Heres one with a
keen stainless steel, serrated blade, one-hand
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Bronze rigging thimbles
To progress you sometimes need to take a step backwards, so back to the 1958
specication for the shape of thimbles for wire rope BS464.
This design creates a better shape for hand splicing than the
more modern DIN standard thimbles, and to meet increased
demand, Classic Marine has now made them
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A spongebag made from old sails. It looks good, it
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deodorant (often the bte noire of lesser sponge
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Books
Morgans
Origins
When my uncle Hugh Venables was entering Jamaica, the big
customs lady looking at his passport announced, You gotta lot of
nerve turning up in a place like this with a name like that. To
properly understand why, we nd ourselves back in 1654.
Cromwell told my great great etc (you ll in the rest) grandfather
General Robert Venables and Admiral William Penn to put
together a eet of 42 ships and take Hispaniola from the Spanish.
Penn was in charge of the ships and Venables the troops and as
we all know, you gotta only have one skipper. Consequently they
buggered it up, (Venables valiantly blaming the cowardice of his
own troops) so they
took Jamaica instead,
which was hardly
defended and had nicer
beaches. Two events
followed that changed the
history of rum forever (is
history ever changed
temporarily?) Firstly,
Venables rewarded the
sailors and soldiers with
a daily ration of the rum
from what had been left
behind by the eeing
Spanish force, starting a
tradition that became the
daily tot of rum and
one that continued
until 1970. (Prior to this
British sailors would
have had to rely on beer
or water for refreshment
on board, both of which
spoiled fairly quickly, unlike rum.)
It is also notable that the army did not carry on the tradition and
instead opted for compo rations (water sometimes sweetened
with colouring, biscuits you could tile your bathroom with and
pink meat in a can infused with chemicals that render it inedible).
Secondly, once Venables and Penn had left, after enslaving
much of the local indigenous population, getting very ill and
generally behaving rather badly (apparently Venables has a
statuette in Jamaica which is spat on regularly by the locals), a
welsh privateer Henry Morgan stayed behind to carry on mucking
about in the Caribbean. He was made Captain, and, to mark the
success of his exploits, partly due to his recruiting 500 of the
meanest pirates and dressing himself in red silk, was knighted in
1680. He became governor of Jamaica and retired to become a
sugar cane plantation owner and spend his time perfecting his
own rum, what we now know as Captain Morgan.
In 1931 Peter and Anne Pye bought a 29ft
west-country shing boat for 25. She
was put into the hands of a local
boat-builder, converted to a yacht,
rigged as a gaf cutter, and, as a nal
touch re-named Moonraker after the
pirate ship sailed by Mary Lovell.
For the next 18 years Anne and Peter
spent holidays aboard, until in 1949, they decided
to give up their jobs, cut their ties with the land and embark on what was
to be the rst of a series of ocean voyages. This omnibus contains the four
books that were written about these expeditions. Red Mainsl covers the
rst trip, an Atlantic circuit to the Caribbean and Bermuda, returning via
the Azores, where a visiting yacht was such a sensation that the day was
declared a public holiday. The Sea is for Sailing is about a second voyage,
through the Panama Canal and into the Pacic, while A Sail in a Forest
sees them setting of for Finland. The nal book Back Door to Brazil covers
a fourth cruise, this time in the South Atlantic. Aside from the descriptions
of the sailing, the places they visit and the people they meet, what makes
these books so appealing are the Pyes themselves. They are a true team,
who are happy together, love their boat and thoroughly enjoy the life they
have chosen, making their readers feel like casting of the mooring lines to
depart on adventures of their own. Richard Toyne
We received four re-released books from
publisher Adlard Coles in the of ce recently:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne),
South (Sir Ernest Shackleton), Mutiny on the
HMS Bounty (William Bligh) and this, the
most literary and conceptual of the bunch,
Sea Wolf by Jack London.
It is a dark, frightening story of bookish urbanite Humphrey Van Weyden
whose ferry, on a routine crossing from San Francisco to Sausalito, is struck in
fog and sinks. He is saved by Captain Wolf Larsen of the sealer Ghost, headed
for Japan, and here his nightmare begins. Enslaved on the ship, it transpires
that Larsens interest is not in delivering Van Weyden to safety, but in enslaving,
humiliating and torturing him, forcing him into violent confrontation with fellow
crewmen and robbing him of his status as civilised man. This is a classic tale of
good against evil, civilisation versus savagery. Captain Larsen ranks among the
most horrifying characters in all ction, a hangover from the 19th-century
novels that depicted men so brutal they were in danger of assuming cartoonish
auras. What makes this so dark and unsettling is that Larsen is almost believable.
First published in 1904, this edition includes an insightful introduction from
Bear Grylls. Its a useful primer to the story, which is somehow a page-turner
and challenging at the same time. My only criticism is that the price seems quite
high for a paperback re-release of a book no longer in copyright. SHMH
Pub Adlard Coles Nautical, bloomsbury.com, paperback, 352pp, 8.99
Peter Pye Omnibus
by Peter Pye
The Sea Wolf
by Stan Grayson
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BY VANESSA BIRD
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f you ask several classic boat
enthusiasts to describe a Belfast
Lough One-Design, dont be
surprised if you get more than one
denition. There are in fact ve
different classes of boat that answer
to that name, and which all sailed at
around the same time. All were
conceived prior to 1901, at a time
when Belfast Lough in Northern
Ireland was proving a vital source of
new one-designs. Although three of
the Belfast Lough One-Designs share
similar proles, they were all very
different designs, and ranged from
14ft to 37ft (4.3m-11.3m) length
overall. Now, only individual boats
exist, with eets long since dispersed,
but at the time these classes were
signicant designs. They were only
ever built in small numbers, but
proved very popular with Irish
yachtsmen at the six yacht clubs on
Belfast Lough. Even today, they
command high prices second-hand.
The rst class of Belfast Lough
One-Designs Class I was designed
by Wm Fife III in 1897. Known as
the Seabird class, it
followed the Cork
Harbour One-
Design, which Fife
drew in 1895 for
members of the
Royal Munster
Yacht Club. They were 37ft (11.3m)
LOA and designed as comfortable
cruising boats. Built by John Hilditch
at Carrickfergus, nine of the cutters
were launched into Belfast Lough,
and most were named after seabirds.
Today, the whereabouts of just three
is known, but two of these have
recently seen extensive restoration.
The second class Class II was
also designed by Fife, in the same
year as the Seabirds. With a length
overall of 24ft (7.3m), nine of these
sloop-rigged daysailers were built,
ve by A Hutchinson & Co, two by
P McKeown and two by John
Hilditch. With its long overhang and
elegant bow, its an attractive design
now reborn as the Artisan 15, a
spirit-of-tradition version built by
Artisan Boatworks in Maine.
The Jewel class was the third
design, this time from Linton Hope.
Ten were built by William Roberts in
Chester, at 24ft (7.3m) LOA. These
were centreboarders named after
jewels and relatively little is known
about them now.
In 1899 the existing three classes
were joined by a fourth, designed by
Alfred Mylne the Ulster Star of 30ft
(9.1m) LOA. Soon after, a fth class
was introduced, the smallest on the
lough at just 14ft (4.3m) LOA. The
Insect Class open
centreboarder was
designed by WM
Inglis for the Ulster
Sailing Club. Twelve
were built.
Despite their
popularity in the last years of the
18th century, by 1902 a new one-
design the Linton Hope-designed
Fairy One-Design had superseded
all the classes on Belfast Lough as the
tradition of employing paid hands
waned. Today, it is the loughs main
class and a ourishing eet remains.
IAN ROYSTON
Vanessas book,
Classic Classes,
is a must-buy.
Please bear in
mind that this
book provides only
a snapshot of the
myriad classes
in existence.
The Class I Belfast Lough
One-Design Whimbrel was
designed by William Fife III
in 1897. She is one of only
three still in existence
Belfast Lough
One-Design
Even today,
they command
high prices
BELFAST LOUGH ONE-DESIGN FIVE CLASSES
Class I Seabird
LOA 37ft 3in (11.4m)
LWL 25ft (7.6m)
BEAM 8ft 8in (2.7m)
DRAUGHT 6ft 3in (1.9m)
SAIL AREA 848sqft (78.8m
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DESIGNER William Fife III
Class II
LOA 24ft (7.3m)
LWL 15ft (4.6m)
BEAM 6ft 2in (1.9m)
DRAUGHT 3ft 6in (1.1m)
SAIL AREA 355sqft (33m
2
)
DESIGNER William Fife III
Class III Jewel
LOA 24ft (7.3m)
LWL 17ft (5.2m)
BEAM 6ft 6in (2m)
DRAUGHT 18in/5ft 6in
(46cm/1.7m)
2
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DESIGNER Linton Hope
Class IV Ulster Star
LOA 30ft (9.1m)
LWL 20ft (6.1m)
BEAM 7ft 6in (2.3m)
DRAUGHT 5ft (1.5m)
SAIL AREA 550sqft (51m
2
)
DESIGNER Alfred Mylne
Class V Insect
LOA 14ft (4.3m) BEAM 5ft (1.5m)
2
) DESIGNER WM Inglis
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For more information about any of these boats
call 01491 578870
mobile 07813 917730
email sales@hscboats.co.uk
www.hscboats.co.uk
For model boats, dockside clothing and
lifejackets visit www.boatique.co.uk
Elysian - one of six slipper
stern launches currently for
sale from 15,000
EHY16 - Visit us as
Southampton Boat Show
with English Harbour
Yachts
Tramontana - a Chris Craft
with heritage and speed,
ideal for forays abroad and
classic fun at UK rallies
Kings Shilling - a Broom Captain in lovely condition
with a smart and contemporary interior
Berenike - a hybrid saloon launch with full facilities
on a 26ft GRP hull, sliding canopy, stunning interior,
built 2011
Juliette - a Martham Broads cruiser with loads of
space on board for family cruising, wood burner,
galley in the forepeak, big double aft and cosy
saloon
Dione - If you are an admirer of the designer
Alex Moulton here is his eighties cabin launch in
immaculate condition and very comfortable on
board. Comes with bespoke trailer
Golden Butterfy - one of several gentlemans
launches, some electric, some conventionally
powered, all with bags of character
Maken - a 1931 open launch from the land of the
fjords. Very practical layout and elegant lines
Duet - a rare Burgoine Victorian steam launch
confgured for a solo engineer skipper, with trailer
Sambuca - one of three Andrews day launches
currently on brokerage and available for viewing at
our Thames boat store
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CLASSIC YACHT AUCTION, ROTTERDAM
Zinita going under
the Dutch hammer
Anyone in the trade knows how
difcult it is to sell a classic boat. The
scenario so often repeated sees a
proud owner asking an unrealistic
price, then spending the asking price
on storage for two years, before he
realises no one is buying, the boat is
starting to crack up, and the next
stage is a phone call to a man
competent in the use of a chainsaw.
Some of the time, you cant even give
a classic boat away. Weve seen it
happen a hundred times. A better
course of action for many boat-
owners might be to give thanks for
the happy years of ownership youve
had and give the boat away to her
next custodian.
Obviously this only applies to
some boats those of limited appeal,
for instance, marginal value or a bad
state of repair. But a not-for-prot
auction in Rotterdam this autumn is
giving owners the opportunity to
seize the moment and put boats up
OYSTER SMACK
Amazing Alberta
Smacks in nice condition like this one
dont come up all that often. Alberta is
an Aldous-built smack and one of the
fastest aoat. She was built in 1885 for
shing of the East Coast and has since
proved herself racing. She had a full
2004 re-build by the well-respected Dan
Tester and a 2011 re-rig. According to her
owner Robin Page, an active participant
in smack-racing, she is also tted out
with comfort in mind with a proper
galley, six generous berths and a 2011
inboard diesel. She also has a full
complement of sails, 30hp Zodiac tender
and much kit, including a spare topmast.
Asking 140,000
Tel: +44 (0)1206 304690
robin@strong-point.co.uk
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for sale with no reserve. The nale
of a physical auction is being held by
the Rotterdam Oceanwide Yachting
Club on 15 November 1300hrs local
time (ofce opens 0900hrs), although
the auction was due to start online on
1 September. As we went to press,
Zinita (Wm Fife III 12-M yacht),
Zeearend (100SqM yacht) and
Baccarat (S&S inboard yawl) were
the boats listed on the auction
website and clearly these are yachts
capable of fetching high prices.
As the auction progresses (new
lots will be accepted up until 31
October), we expect to see more and
more, particularly of the give-
away sort. Organiser Leo Aarens
has the following message for
anyone holding onto a boat they can
no longer keep, Now is the time to
admit that any future is better than
none. Always true...
To list or bid visit royc.nl
Zinita William Fife
III 12-M yacht
Alberta winning race
two of the 2014
Wivenhoe regatta
with Sallie Page,
aged 8, on the helm
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1930S ANDREWS SLIPPER CHIN CHIN
A graceful mahogany & teak 25 ft Thames launch, including
canopy, traditional bench seat across her stern plus wooden table
and two Lloyd Loom chairs at helm. Fully restored, her engine
was also overhauled in 2008 & hull re-furbished by Henwood and
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BUEHLER/COLIN
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MOTOR SCHOONER
20m, double-ended,
schooner, completed in 2003.
Powered by a 180hp Cummins
Diesel, cruises at 8.5 knots,
and has a range under power
of 2000nm. Extensive re-t,
2013. She is currently hauled,
lying under shrinkwrap at
Port Saunders,
Newfoundland, Canada.
Available for $695,000
Tel: +1 804 815 2835
Email: walteradey@aol.com
SILVER LINING
Porter & Haylett Carvel motorsailer.
Beautifully maintained.
Designer: J. Francis Jones
Type: Sole Bay Ketch Year Built: 1966
Location of Boat: Amble,
Northumberland, England.
Length: 10.52m Beam: 3.07m Draft: 1.45m
Displacement: 10,973kg
Rig: Gaf Rigged
Construction: Iroko on Oak.
Engine: Thornycroft 230 63hp.
Price 35,995
Tel. 01665 712 168
CHESFORD 18 CLASSIC MOTOR SAILER
Mahogany on oak clinker, bilge keel, 2 berth, bermudan rigged
sailing boat - built Kingswear, Devon in early 1960s and now fully
restored. Original refurbished Stuart Turner P5 4hp inboard. Sails,
covers and Seagull outboard included. Boat safety certicate to
2016. 5,000. Contact: alexanderfenton@me.com, 01635
579317 or 07917 832749. In storage near Henley-on-Thames.
OAKLEAF 1972, NEWLY RESTORED
Clinker wooden construction with green painted topsides,
varnished toerail and cabin sides, cream painted coachroof top,
long keel with centreplate, aft-cockpit, tiller steering with transom
hung rudder. Sleeps 6 (6 berths in 2 cabins. 18 horsepower Saab
engine. Price: 12,000 Please call: 07842 245169
SAILING YACHT PEACE
Unique opportunity to buy this steel yacht launched in 1976.
One owner from new. 4 berth. Fin keel, self-draining aft
cockpit, skeg hung rudder. Bermudan sloop rig, steel decks
and superstructure, epoxy coated from new. Last survey
1997. Leyland 1.8 litre 55HP inboard diesel engine (1980),
complete rebuild and overhaul in 2004. Indirect cooling.
Competitively priced at 7,250 Tax Paid for a quick sale. For
more information contact Peter Clayton 01621 772841 /
07801 712904 or email peteclayton@btinternet.com

Sailing Yacht Peace

Unique opportunity to buy this steel yacht launched in 1976.One owner from new. Sailed
extensively on the East Coast, Holland, France, Belgium and south to the Channel Islands.
Robust family sailing yacht. 4 berth internal layout in 2 cabins with around 6ft maximum
headroom. Fin keel, self-draining aft cockpit, skeg hung rudder. Bermudan sloop rig, steel decks and
superstructure, epoxy coated from new. Last survey 1997.
ENGINE: Leyland 1.8 litre 55HP inboard diesel engine (1980), complete rebuild and overhaul in 2004.
Indirect cooling.
SAILS & RIG: Slab reefing mainsail (Wilkinson, 2006) with mainsail cover. Separate hank on sails
including No 1 Genoa, No 3 Genoa, No 1 Jib (Crusader, 2010), No 2 Jib (Crusader, 2010), storm Jib
(Cranfield, little used). Aluminium mast and boom (Sailspar and Kemp). Mast new in 1982 and boom
new in 2006. Stainless steel standing rigging professionally replaced 1995 to 2006.
NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: Sestrel compass, Raymarine Fluxgate compass, Lowrance EVR880
DSC/VHF radio, Raymarine Smart Pilot X5 tiller pilot, MLRFX312 GPS.
Competitively priced at 7,250 Tax Paid for a quick sale
For full inventory or more information contact Peter Clayton 01621 772841 or email
peteclayton@btinternet.com
S&S NEVINS-40 YAWL - PRIMA DONNA
Class winner of the 1989 Marion-Bermuda Race, one of eleven
centerboard yawls built by the master yacht builder Henry B. Nevins
after Carlton Mitchells Finisterre, the only three time Bermuda Race
winner (1954, 56, 58), considered by some as the perfect
combination of a fast racer and a comfortable cruiser.

Full re-fastening, new frames, & new oor bolts - Spring 2013.
Nanni N3-30 diesel engine, new 2010 Auto-Helm Autopilot
Garmin 5208 Chart-plotter, with radar & weather overlay
Propane cabin heater Hot water, and shower
Fridgo-Boat refrigerator Heart DC/AC Inverter; rewired 1998
Muir Windless - 250 chain. Full set of racing & cruising sails
Rigged for of-shore: Too many other details to list here.

$90,000 US Contact: david@puchkof.com
FALCON 1972
BILL TRIPP
DESIGNED
Designed 1958 by Bill
Tripp highly regarded
U.S. designer (Adlard
Coles Heavy Weather
Sailing). Participant in
Cowes Classics Regatta.
Elegant classic shape.
Counter stern. Wide side
decks. Spacious,
wood-trimmed cockpit.
Aft deck. Wood-panelled
saloon. Sleeps 4. Long
keel converted to skeg-mounted rudder. Well-balanced, dry boat.
Renovated 2009, inc. new engine and rigging. Length: 30ft.
Price 25,000. Contact: tomhart92@gmail.com
ADELE - 17FT SUPERYACHT TENDER
Built 2007, Pendennis Shipyard, Gerald Dyskstra GRP hull, 90 HP
Evinrude outboard engine. Immaculate teak decks, Awlgrip paint,
stainless steel ttings. Cockpit includes stern bench, drivers and
co-pilots seats. Mahogany cabin seats 4, includes a heads
forward. Strengthened lifting points. Trailer included. Viewing
by arrangement Falmouth. 25,000
Contact 07961782997/christopher.fuller@gmail.com.
FINESSE 24 Built 1992 by A. F. Platt, Thundersley Essex.
Last One built in her Class GafRigged Cutter. Iroko on Oak frames. Many changes to standard
fromnewas original owner specied including: Teak decks with twin Bits. Heavy wooden mast
and Spars custombuilt Open Plan interior. Solid Fuel Stove. Taylor Cooker. 28 BHP Yanmar
Engine. All Bronze Fittings including Oval Portholes. Creamsails by Jimmy Lawrence of
Brightlingsea Essex. Very Pretty Vessel, and sails with ease. In Superb Condition. 16,500OVNO
Tel: 077759 00001 / 01670 786081 Email: petergosling40@gmail.com
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No. 8. Excellent 2 berth coastal
cruiser, built 1999. Length 18
9 Beam 7 Draft 2 9 long
keel, designed by Roger
Dongray. Yanmar GM 10
regularly serviced. Very
attractive boat
lovingly maintained,
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12,000 ono.
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CUTTER
Built 1991, mahogany & epoxy hull similar to GRP, 1930s spars &
ttings, beautifully maintained. Visit www.idclark.force9.co.uk for
photos and specication.
25,750 Contact 00000 111111
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BOATS FOR SALE
FLEUR DE LYS 52
BUILT BY DAGLESS OF WISBECH 1961
Classic gentlemans motor yacht, built of Iroko on Oak. Spacious
and comfortable yacht, large saloon, separate wheelhouse and
well equipped galley. Sleeps 7 in 3 cabins. Twin 100hp diesel
engines, generator. Extensive hull refurbishment 5 years ago and
generally in good condition. Copper coat 10 year antifoul. Moored
Heybridge, Essex. 79,500
Contact Peter Tydie Phone 07590046262. tydies@aol.com
GREY MERLIN
Roxane hull, standing lug yawl rig, 30 lod, 45 length over
spars, built 1996. Beautiful, distinctive, fast shoal-draft
cruiser, excellent condition.
For details and photos see website:
http://southern.unospace.net/
47,500, ashore Birdham Pool.
Contact 07964314792 or
email southernpeter@googlemail.com
ROB ROY
Classic 1956 racer/cruiser
yawl, 56 feet. One of
Arthur Robbs most
legendary designs and
most successful racers.
Built to unusually superb
standards by Herbert
Woods Ltd of Norfolk.
Lovingly owned,
restored, raced and
cruised by the current
owners for the last 18
years. Lying Italy.
Reduced to 225,000
Email:
ddostall@yahoo.com
34FT HOLMAN DESIGNED MASTHEAD SLOOP
1970 Classic, iroko throughout long keel, wheel steering world
cruiser (double Atlantic Arctic Biscay history) Volvo engine, GPS,
radar. 21,000 Road trailer, free to rst/fast transaction. Lying
Northern Ireland. Tel: 07785 987791
FAVORI, 1963
Buchanan East Coast 1 Design yacht for restoration. Built by Harry
Feltham 1963, 29ft LOA, 10HP Diesel. Standing at Flushing,
Falmouth. Asking 3000. Contact ken.etchells@btinternet.com
INTERNATIONAL 5
METER KEELBOAT
Sensa, S 11, 1937. ( CB Aug. 2007 ).
Varnished Honduras Mahogany
on oak, teak deck, Artic spruce
mast, lead keel, 31 ft, Swedish,
Kungsors Batvarv. In beautiful
condition.
Asking price 25.000.
Please call: 44 (0)7816 932312
or email:
corneliusvanrijckevorsel@
googlemail.com
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Another fascinating selection of traditional and classic yachts only from Wooden Ships. Call for true descriptions, genuine honest values and a service from people who know their boats.
40 Colin Archer type gaff cutter built in Norway in 1979. Very
nice construction with 2 oak planking on oak frames, all bronze
fastened and grown oak foors. Doghouse gives headroom and
space below. 7 berths including a separate owners cabin. Cruised
extensively in recent years this is an ideal cruising boat with space
and security. Norway 65,000Euro
31 Dee 25 sloop. The famous Peter Brett design following on
the success of his Fair Rover. Varnished pitch-pine hull, teak
deck. Fractional rig on aluminium mast. Recent sails and rig. ST
winches. Volvo diesel. 6 berths. Standing head-room. A perfect
little fast cruising yacht, very smart indeed and super value.
Chichester 14,500
Mevagissey lugger FY317 built in Porthleven in 1920 as a sailing fshing boat. Largely
rebuilt in present 20 year ownership including much planking and framing, new deck,
interior and rig. 6 berths in 2 cabins + saloon. New gaff cutter rig. Doghouse gives
vast amount of extra space and makes her a very practical and comfortable boat. New
condition but with all the history. Holland 110,000
42 Bermudan cutter built by the present shipwright owner
in 1994. Enormously strong wood epoxy construction, far
better than any other boat of this type we have seen. Spacious
interior fnished to a high quality. 4 berths with separate owners
cabin. Very tidy yacht, meticulously maintained and ready to
go cruising, capable of taking anything that is thrown at her.
Cornwall 89,000
45 Osborne TSDY built by Osbornes in 1964. Twin Detroit
180hp diesels gives 22kts max. Inside/outside helm position, two
separate cabins with separate heads, large saloon and spacious
wheelhouse. Comfortable sea going motor yacht with a good turn
of speed for passage making. Wales 49,000
27 Cheverton Crusader designed and built by David Cheverton
in 1960. These were popular boats in their day with 50 built in
total. Very spacious for the length with 4 berths over 6, full
standing headroom and a separate heads. New deck, engine,
rigging and instrumentation in last reft. Tidy and ready to sail.
Devon 13,750
40 Sole Bay motor sailer designed by Francis Jones and built
in 1964. Iroko on oak all copper fastened. 6 cyl Perkins 120hp
diesel. One of only 3 boats built. 6/8 berths in 3 cabins. Spacious
boat for her size, comfortable at sea and immaculately maintained
in present 20 year ownership. Scotland 57,000
16 clinker launch built by Nick Smith and launched in 2010. Immaculate construction
with no plywood used anywhere in the boat. Mahogany on oak all copper fastened.
Vetus 11hp with only about 30hrs, fully serviced twice a year since new. Custom built
De Graff trailer, aux electric outboard. Absolutely stunning launch in better than new
condition which has only been on the water twice. Ill health forces a very reluctant
sale. Devon 19,500
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48 ft Dickies of Tarbert Gaf Ketch 1920
It is no wonder that MORNA with her canoe stern and fne drawn out ends
has found over the years owners who adore her - with more volume below
and expansive deck space, she has always proved the perfect cruising
boat. Dickies yard knew how to build strong and supremely seaworthy
boats and in MORNA Peter Dickies passion for beautiful yachts is also
very evident - along with a little infuence from Albert Strange and William
Fife II perhaps?

135,000 Lying Ireland
32 ft Fairey Fantome 1973
Built in 1973 and the second of the Fantome marque of which only 36
were built in total - the origin of this hull was a plug of the Huntsman 31
hull which had been a very successful boat in its own right. SHADOW is
powered by hand built twin Ford Sabre 290 HP diesel engines, new in
1999, which have been overhauled by Mike Wills Engineering of Poole
( cruise at 22 knots / top speed touching 35 knots). Now on her road
trailer in barn storage having been fully serviced - this is a comprehensive
turnkey drive away option from a serious Fairey Marine afcionado.
65,950 Lying UK
32 ft Spearfsh 2001
The Fairey Spearfsh has become the preferred Solent classic runabout for
yachtsmen and yachting photographers in particular as it combines speed
with a tremendously dry and soft ride and understated good looks. TOUCH &
GO built just 13 years ago was drawn by the original designer Alan Burnard
for owners who knew exactly what they wanted 3 foot longer than the
original design, she benefts from the aft cabin. Recent upgrades including
radar and GPS plotter, AIS system, hot water calorifer, extra fridge and teak
decks. We believe she has never wintered afoat or even outside.
87,500 Lying UK
45 ft Sparkman & Stephens Sloop 1970
Built in Trieste in 1970 by Astilleros Mariano Craglietto - It was a different
era when a yacht this beautiful raced round the World in the frst Whitbread
Race GUIA fnished 5th ! S&S seemed able to blend the CCA and the
then blossoming IOR Rules into capable and fast boats with good looks
as a by product. Testament to her fne pedigree, GUIA is a wonderful
family cruising boat and races successfully on the Mediterranean Classic
Circuit.

f225,000 Lying Spain
51 ft Aage Nielsen Ketch 1971
Nielsens manic attention to detail extended to his demanding the best
from his builders - with exquisite hull shapes and interior arrangements his
Double Enders were in a sense his trademark and NORMA OF MINOTS
LIGHT typifes this. It was for these reasons Olin Stephens considered that
if he were to have anyone design him a yacht; Aage Nielsen would be his
frst choice. NORMA is an incredibly well proven sea boat and a natural
choice for the design enthusiast.
f290,000 Lying Ireland
60 ft Jack Laurent Giles Bermudan Cutter 1956
PAZIENZA designed by Jack Laurent Giles was built by Cantiere Navale V.
Beltrami in Genoa in 1956. Laurent Giles seemed to achieve a seamless
transition between traditional and modern styling - it is not surprising that
PAZIENZA, with her handsome sheers and understated English good
looks has been down to the last two nominees for the most beautiful boat
in France in recent years. This is an excellent indication of her current
impressive condition.

POA Lying UK
33 High Street, Poole BH15 1AB, England. Tel: + 44 (0)1202 330077
email: info@sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk
63 ft Samuel White Gentlemans Motor Yacht 1963
CARAMBAs supreme good looks are not accidental the sheer line, beautifully
balanced proportions and purposeful profle are all in immaculate good taste. We
frst met her as a family yacht in Corfu, professionally skippered and run by two
people. Her current owner by contrast looks after the boat - and often cruises
her alone. Her versatility is therefore impressive. With her wide and protected
bulwarks, expansive aft deck, her little ship ambience with charming
saloon and intimate cabin layout, she is living testament to her old school
designer Fred Parkers skill. Why dont they make them like this anymore?
850,000 Lying UK
52 ft Sparkman & Stephens Sloop 1944
Designed by K. Aage Nielsen while at S&S Olin Stephens considered
him the best designer they had ever had. Nielsens manic attention to
detail extended to his demanding the best from his builders and CICLON
was no exception - and beneftting further from being the yard owners own
boat! Launched in Cuba in 1944 she was rarely off the podium beating
such legends as STORMY WEATHER and TICONDEROGA. Of course
beautiful and fast is it time now to reintroduce her to her sisters?

f350,000 Lying Cyprus
65 ft Robert Clark Ketch 1957
LONE FOX is a truly lasting testament to the vision of her frst owner Colonel
Bill Whitbread, the skills of her designer and builder and dedication of her
subsequent owners. Certainly her current owner has enthused all with his
charters and given the old fox a new lease of life. There will always be
special boats that everyone remembers for all the right reasons casting
their spells and seducing owners LONE FOX is defnitely one of these.

$450,000 USD Lying Caribbean
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MOORHEN I
A classic 22 Norfolk Boards cruiser built
1948 by R. Moore & Sons, Wroxham and once
part of their hire eet. Carvel mahogany on
oak. Morris Vedette side valve Mk2, 10hp,
850cc serviced June 2014. Sleeps two in
single berths plus one small occasional in
cockpit. Galley: Flavel gas cooker and sink
unit. Heads: Porta Potti. Current Boat Safety
Certicate & Broads Authority Licence. Full
inventory and further photos on le. Location:
Nr Norwich.
Price Guide: 16,500
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STANLEY & THOMAS
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Classic 30 Gentlemans Launch built c.1930s by H. Gibbs of Teddington.
Ford Watermota. Mahogany on oak, beam 6 9, bevelled glass windows, bustle
stern, attractive fretwork to fore & aft cabin sides. Plush saloon upholstery,
complimentary drapes & cushions. Plenty storage, hand basin with cupboard
under. Upholstered seating in cockpit, also with excellent storage. Roll down
PVC windows to shelter from wind or rain. All over cover. Beautifully appointed
throughout. Boat Safety Cert. expires April 2016. Viewing highly recommended.
Location: Windsor
Price Guide: 39,995
New 12 Dinghy
available with either
larch or Mahogany
planking. Class
celebrating its 100th
anniversary in 2013.
Prices from 8,500
Inc VAT
New 18 Deben
Lugger day/
camping dayboat.
Prices from
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New 10 GRP clinker
lug sail dinghy.
Prices from 2,950
Inc VAT
1983 Devon Yawl Dayboat ready to sail with new
Hyde sails, Yamaha 4HP 4-stroke, T-frame road trailer
3,750.00
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1975 Drascombe Lugger Mk2 in beautiful condition,
only two owners from new. With cover and T-frame
trailer 4,600.00
1978 Drascombe Dabber Mk1 ready to sail with 2010
Mariner 3.5HP 4-stroke outboard and Easy-launch
road trailer 3,250.00
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38m (124ft) Steel Brigantine Sail
Training Ship.
Air conditioned accommodation for up to 36 in 17
cabins plus 12 crew berths in six cabins; Bar and
lounge. Well-equipped, comfortable
31,900,000 Location Valencia, Spain
15m (49ft) on deck, Brigantine rigged
Motor sailer. Built Oak on Oak 1970.
6 berths, Perkins Sabre M115T 114hp diesel.
A real eye catcher!
3165,000 Location Netherlands
25m (82ft) Steel Twin Screw Gentlemans
Schooner part-nished restoration project.
Hull and decks restored, Twin Gardner diesels. Drop
Dead Gorgeous! 2010 Survey please ask for a copy.
195,000 Offers invited
Location Dorset UK
10.66m (35ft) Super Sovereign GRP
Long Keel Ketch.
Built Uphams 1975, to the Kim Holman design.
Comfortable, serious passage maker, with 4/5
berths, good galley, Nav station, heater, fridge, radar
etc., and 36hp Diesel
34,750 location North Essex
23m (75ft) Replica Dubrovnik Karaka,
built 1901, rebuilt 1996.
10 guest cabins, 25 pax, Air conditioning,
Very different!
3895,000 Lying Croatia
17.6m (58ft) Classic Teak and Mahogany
Italian Yawl by Sangermani, 1948.
Beautifully restored, great performer on the Med.
Classic Yacht racing circuit. Eight berths,
Recent Sails.
3300,000 Italy
14m (46ft) Modern Classic Sloop built
Astilleros Mediterraneo, Spain 2003.
Construction is cold moulded, double diagonal over
strip plank Cedar, all epoxy / glass sheathed.
6 berths. Yanmar 40hp diesel. A real stunner!
3139,000 Lying Costa del Sol, Spain
10.7m (36ft) Maldon Fishing Smack,
Built Howards, 1889, Larch on Oak.
Professionally sheathed in 1991, re-decked in 1995.
4 Berths BMC diesel. Great fun!
2007 Survey available, please ask!
15,000 Location River Colne, Essex
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SALAR 40 BERMUDIAN KETCH. Laurent Giles, Essex
Yacht Builders 1971. GRP moulded hull and decks. Teak
tted. Six berths in three cabins. New 75hp Perkins diesel.
Just completed a circumnavigation. Superb blue-water
cruiser. Read A Leap Of Faith, written by the owners.
78,500 Hants
22ft SLIPPER STERN LAUNCH
Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad 1935. Professionally refurbished
by Peter Freebody in 2013. Re-built 50hp Sea Tiger engine.
New Sunbrella hood. BSS Cert. Outstanding throughout.
Lazy days on the river & strawberry teas at Henley.
27,950 Berks.
34ft. SUPER LOWLAND MOTOR-CRUISER
Steijn Brothers, Netherlands 1974. Steel hull and decks.
Teak tted. Six berths including aft cabin. Galley, heads and
shower. Twin 70hp Volvo diesels. Spacious, well travelled
Dutch cruiser.
28,000 Netherlands
112ft. BENETTI MOTOR-YACHT
Fratelli Benetti, Viareggio 1969 for the British Royal Family.
Ten guests in ve en-suite staterooms, plus seven crew.
Fully equipped. Complete ret 2007. On-going coded
charter or stylish private yacht.
EUR 950,000 Crotia
42ft. TWIN-SCREW MOTOR-YACHT
McGruers of Clynder 1950. Re-planked mahogany hull,
teak decks and structure. Flybridge. Six berths in three
cabins. 42hp Thornycroft diesels. Complete professional
re-t 2014. Stylish, quality motor-yacht.
60,000 Essex
30ft. REVENUE CUTTER
17th century half size replica built McGruers of Clynder
in 1987. Teak construction throughout. Copper sheathed.
Authentic rig, Gowen sails. Four berths. Galley, heads.
Character little ship, ideal for television and lm work.
29,950 Hants
40ft. EDWARDIAN GAFF CUTTER
Thomas of Falmouth 1909 as a private yacht. 2013
professional ret in Bristol, complete new deck, mast and rig.
Five / seven berths in three cabin layout. Recent 75hp Beta
diesel. Attractive and historic vessel, interior to complete.
48,500 Channel Islands
54ft. MFV STYLE MOTOR-YACHT
Millers of St. Monance, Fife 1949. Larch on oak, teak tted.
Seven berths in three cabins plus deck saloon. 140hp
Kelvin diesel. Attractive, powerful little ship. Interesting
history. 2014 survey.
75,000 Ireland
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33ft Miller Fifer Ketch 1961
Scottish MFV, Totally overhauled.
36hp Lister Blackstone eng.
Guernsey 65,000
44ft Sailing Smack, 885.
A complete rebuild04. Iroko hull,
all new. Prize winning. Beta 25hp
N.Essex 140,000
62ft Skutsje Barge, 1914
Steel hull fully converted, Bespoke
joinery. Aga, central heating. Holiday
charters. Perkins.
Suffolk 195,000
30ft ex Police Launch 1942
Osborne built. Teak D/D hull.
65hp Ford Mermaid eng.
Shipwright owned.4 berths
Thames Ditton 18,500
32ft TSDY, 1937
Brooke Marine, Lowestoft.
BMC 2.2s. Accom 2+2.
Re ftted 14. 6ft 3hdrm
Essex 28,000
East Anglian Sloop MkII, 1962
Re furbished, rewired.
A1 condition.
Sole diesel. Accom 4.
Suffolk 19,950 OFFERS
46ft Bermudan Ketch, 1948
Finnish built, E.Olafsson Regularly
raced in Solent. Pitch pine on Oak,
Bukh 35ME eng. Basic ft out below.
Isle of Wight 35,000
Norske 35, Gaff Cutter, 1977
Windboats of Wroxham.
Yanmar 3GM. Seacrete.
Lines of a Colin Archer.
Exeter 24,950
11.5m French Gaff Yawl, 1905
Reworked, externally restored.
New eng. Pitch pine. Original features
Hdrm 6ft plus.
S.E. London 39,950
8m Falmouth Quay Punt, 1930
Shipwright owned & restored. Bermudan
Cutter, 07&09 sails. Yanmar 30hp09.
Good hdrm.4 berths.
Cornwall 26,000
29ft Felthams Bermudan Cutter, 1929
Pitch pine, teak decks.
BMC eng. Accom for 4.
Lawrence Sails.
Suffolk 17,500
25ft Bawley Yacht, 1971
John Leather design. Clicker.
Built by Cyril White. Saab eng.
Well kept & maintained. Gaff rig.
Essex 11,500
30ft Nicholson Sloop, 1939
IRC 6m, Camper & Nicholson.
Mahogany on oak. Yanmar 12hp eng.
Complete inventory. 4 berths.
Suffolk 14,950
10.5m Francis Jones Sloop, 1960
Offshore cruiser. Cardnell Bros built.
Teak on Oak. Wheel steering.
07 Beta eng. In dry store.
Scotland 23,750
9m Fred Parker Sloop, 1961
Percy See built as a one off.
Mahogany on Oak. Very kindly
sea boat. Complete inventory.
Essex 14,950
24ft Warrington Smythe Sloop, 1965
Pitch-pine on oak, elm, copper
fastened. Afromosia transom, Oak foors.
Mermaid 3cyl. 4 berths. Quality yacht,
built Falmouth. Southampton 13,500
27ft Roach Class Cutter, 1965
Maurice Griffth. Rock Elm.
Laid teak decks. Re-rigged 05.
Ratsey & Lapthorne sails.
Brittany 12,500
Yatching World 5t, 1949
Robert Clark design, built Cardnell Bros.
Teak on Oak, ply decks.
Bermudian. Dolphin eng.
Essex 10,000
9.4m Gaff Cutter 1990
GRP hull, inboard, open cockpit,
forward cabin, 2 berths. Traditional rig,
fx keel. Full tent awning.
N.Essex 19,500
27ft Spitzgatter Cutter, 1939
Internally reworked.
Prize winning presentation.
Pitch pine on Oak hull. Volvo eng.
Greenwich 12,500
27ft Laurent Giles Vertue, 1973
Australian built.
Gaff Rigged.
New rig. Yanmar GM10.
Essex 12,600
22ft Nicholson Dayboat, 1910
Gaff Rig, Gowens 08 sails.
Pitch pine, lead keel.
Much restored.
Essex 8,500
27ft Knud Reimers Tumlare, 1937
Good sailing capabilities.
Cradle, outboard.
In good order.
Pembrokeshire OFFERS IRO 6,000
25ft Folkboat K22, 1995
Apprentice built. Outboard,
Carvel wooden hull. 2 berths,
4ft 6ins hdrm.
Suffolk 4,950
12ft McNulty Kielder
GRP wood trim.
Gaff rig, Road trailer,
2.5 hp outboard. Pair oars.
N.Essex 3,250
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Craftsmanship Craftsmanship
Edited by Stefan Meyric Hughes: +44 (0)207 349 3758
Email: stefan@classicboat.co.uk
IPSWICH, SUFFOLK
Stella restored
BRISTOL
4 million Underfall Yard expansion
CHESHIRE
Pinnace enhancement
The Stella Centaur, built in 1968 by Tucker Brown, was facing
a slow death on the South Coast miles from home, when
Woodbridge-based sailor Peter Dyson took her home for a
keel-up restoration by Stella nut Tim Wood at Avocet Marine.
Shes his 10th boat but rst proper classic yacht, and Peter
had wanted a Stella since childhood when a neighbour (Jimmy
Myall for those with long memories) on Essexs River Crouch
ordered one for racing in the 1960s. The 25ft 9in (7.8m) clinker
Folkboat derivative is now nished and about to launch.
Centaur once belonged to AE 'Dickie' Bird, the sailor who, with
Tucker Brown came up with the idea for the Stella class.
The rst Dark Harbor 17.5 from Ben Jackson (YN, January) has been launched in
the UK and he is ofering similar boats for just 49,500. The Dark Harbor 17.5 is a
once-popular one-design yacht from the great American designer BB Crowninshield
who named it, like Herreshof, after its waterline length its actually just under
26ft (8m). Shes knockabout rigged (gaf main with a single inboard jib) and her
cuddy cabin sleeps two. The price is almost worryingly low, although Ben claims
he can make some prot on it. The build is strip/epoxy cedar on laminated
mahogany ring frames and plywood bulkheads, all sheathed in epoxy-saturated
glass. The boat weighs 1.5 tonnes and carries 311sqft (29m
2
) of sail.
The Underfall Yard is one of the lesser known gems of Bristol, but if things go to
plan that is about to change. Named after the sluices that control the water level
in the docks, with its patent slipway, Underfall is already home to several well
known and thriving marine businesses, but there is plenty of room to expand and
no lack of ambition. Although the majority of the tenants on site concentrate on
classic boats and include three boatbuilders, two riggers, a marine engineering
rm and a fabricator / blacksmith, it also hosts a composites manufacturer. The
yard as a whole is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, thanks to a unique collection
of industrial machinery and buildings originally constructed in the 1880s to
service and maintain the monumental apparatus of Bristols oating dock, in
which the visionary genius of
Isambard Kingdom Brunel had a
hand. The Trust who now run the
yard applied for Heritage Lottery
Funding (following their initial
successful bid in 2012) and in
March 2014 were awarded 3m,
provided they found a further 1m.
By August, thanks to huge eforts,
the Trust were within 100,000 of
their target. If they succeed, the
yard will doubtless become busier
and better known.
An Aussie-built replica of a 1909 British naval pinnace is undergoing a full ret to equip
her for the 21st century. The 42ft (12.8m) craft, in the superlative and now rare
boatbuilding timber Huon pine, was built in Sydney in 1975 to ply the famous harbour
under steam. By 1978 shed been shipped to her spiritual home of Britain. Shes had
various lay-outs and owners over the years, including the engineer Alex Ritchie,
Richard Bransons ballooning co-pilot and part of the team behind the supersonic car
Thrust SSC. She has spent the last decade of her life on the hard in the rain, but the
Huon pine has survived intact. Shes now been taken on by engineer Elliott Hopkins,
who has been working on the boat, originally named Gollywog, for 14 months in a shed
in Cheshire. He has kept the very authentic-looking wheelhouse added by Alex Ritchie
in the 80s and is tting a new interior (pretty much a blank canvas for an owner to
complete), diesel power and air-conditioning, to give it all the mod cons for a practical
cruising motor yacht for the 21st century. Alex is not a boatbuilder, but previous jobs
have included hand-built cars and supercharging Merlin engines.
SUFFOLK, UK
Dark Harbor launched
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HUFF OF ARKLOW
Soon to re-launch
IRELAND
Irish catboat for Connemara
Catboats are not exclusive to Americans
eastern seaboard, as the latest community
boatbuilding project from Jim Horgan of the
Galway School of Boatbuilding proves. He
has recently built and launched, with the
help of two local volunteers, a 12ft (3.7m) by
6ft (1.8m) centreboard catboat to an altered
1895 design by Dubliner W Ogilvy.
The rst one is larch planked, some of
which required steaming into place. Jim
concedes its not an easy boat to build, but
that has not stopped a volunteer group in
Bray, south of Dublin, from taking on the
building of ve. Jim is establishing a sailing
and rowing club in Connemara and this will
be the one-design to complement it. With
100sqft (9.3m
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full of movement said Jim and, despite the
beam, reportedly good to row. He has named
the rst one Bulstrode after the "very bold"
barge in Thomas and the Tank Engine.
One of the world's most distinctive yachts will return
to element in September, when Ufa Foxs Huf of
Arklow is launched from Cornwalls Mashfords Yard.
Shes seen an extensive restoration by Cremyll
Keelboats thanks, in part, to a 40,200 grant from
the Heritage Lottery Fund. Shes a Flying 30 and is
as singular in appearance now as she must have
been in 1951 when she was built. Back then, she was
the worlds rst masthead-rigged sloop and the rst
planing ocean-going yacht.
All yachting nations have their milestones and in New Zealands case, Johnny
Wrays Ngataki and his 1930s book South Sea Vagabonds turned the lights on
for many would-be ocean cruisers, reports Chad Thompson. Nowadays there
are thousands sailing the Pacic but then Ngataki was on her own taking her
self-taught skipper and mates to remote Pacic islands, cruising 58,000nM in total.
The stories of his cruising exploits are the stuf of dreams; but of equal
interest is the tale of how he designed and built the 35-footer (10.7m)
himself from 1932-3, scrounging otsam kauri, crockery from the scuttled
sailing ship the Rewa and fastenings from fencing wire boiled in tar
scraped of the roads.
Debbie Lewis continued cruising Ngataki around the world for 25 years
after Johnny sold her, then donated the good ship to the Tino Rawa Trust
in Auckland. After a four-year restoration involving a variety of NZ
boatbuilders and Yachting Developments Ltd, she was relaunched in July.
She is now ready for another 75 years of sailing under the care of the Trust
with Debbie as skipper.
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STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS
ROBIN GATES

A vintage wooden plane is a joy to use
once you know how it works. Rather like
an old gafer set up using blocks and
tackles, it has none of the screw
adjustments and levers of its more
modern counterparts and relies for its
efciency entirely on the eye and feel of
the user. The parts are few and simple,
just a solid beech wood stock, a tapered
iron and an oppositely tapered wooden
wedge. Heres how to set one up using a
jack plane as an example.
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HOW TO STOP THE DECK SPREADING
Boatbuilding advice
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1 Flattening a piece of elm
with the jack plane
2 The double iron consists of
a thick, tapered blade and a
cap iron which breaks each
shaving immediately after
cutting to prevent tear-out
3 For ner shavings set the
cap iron closer to the cutting
edge. Around 1/16 inch from
the edge is good for a jack
plane
4 With the plane on a at
surface insert the double iron
and then the wedge using only
nger pressure
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edge adjust the depth of cut by
tapping the top of the iron with
a small hammer
6 Check how far the iron is
extended by sighting along the
sole. Note the jack plane iron
has a slight camber
7 If the iron is set too coarsely
it can be backed out a smidgen
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CRAFTSMANSHIP
Panel gauge
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS
ROBIN GATES
Whether with saw, plane or chisel its
usually better to cut to a scribed line
than one drawn with a pencil because
it is more durable and even if the line
is hidden by dust you can still feel it
with your ngernail. If you cut to a
scribed line you will also achieve a
cleaner edge because the scribing
instrument will have severed the
surface bres. For scribing lines on
narrow boards a small Victorian
threaded beam gauge would be just
the tool, but for scribing wider
boards something larger and more
stable is required: the panel gauge.
The task may be to rip the waney
edge (formed by the exterior of the
tree from which is it cut) from a plank
fresh from the sawmill, cut a thwart
to width or perhaps size panels for a
framed cabin door, for any of which
the beam of a standard marking gauge
would prove too short and its stock
too small to provide a stable reference
for the spur which does the scribing.
With its wide stock and long beam
up to 30in (760mm) is not unusual
Traditional Tool
the panel gauge tracks the edge of
the board like a proa with a following
wind, while its knife-edged spur slices
a tidy wake along the grain.
Helping to keep the gauge on course
is a rebate cut in one side of the stock,
so that it sits squarely on the arris of
the board and the user can push down
rmly on it while the beam is
maintained at a xed height. The
beam, meanwhile, is locked at the
desired length by a captive wedge
between it and the stock. If the beam
is extended far it may be necessary to
place a steadying hand above the spur
to prevent it juddering or being
steered by swerving grain.
This is a fairly typical 19th-century
panel gauge with stock and beam in
ne-grained mahogany, chosen for its
dimensional stability, and the stock
shaped not just ergonomically for the
thumb and forenger of the pushing
hand but with a ourish that makes it
both efcient and a joy to use. The
spurs mounting block, which is
dovetailed into the beam, and the
captive wedge, are in dense boxwood,
a pale timber once used extensively in
gauges, rules and levels.
Clockwise from
above: The stock is
ergonomically
shaped and note
the Victorian
threaded beam
gauge in the
background;
The spur is
sharpened to a
knife edge;
A boxwood wedge
locks the beam.
Note the rebate in
the stock
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hen Charlie Wroe rst talked to his boss
(the owner of Mariette) about a new
restoration project, he was sure about two
things: the work would be done in the
Falmouth area home to Mariette and Charlies family
and not by an established yard. By renting a shed and
putting his own team together he was sure he would get
a top quality job for less money than we could get a yard
to do it.
Ashley Butler had recently moved to Gweek at the top
of the Helford River and his open yard policy and very
can-do attitude suited Charlies requirements so Kelpie
was taken there. Her 9ft 6in (2.9m) draft presented certain
difculties and Charlie thinks she may be the biggest boat
to go to Gweek for quite some time. This was solved with
the help of otation bags attached by one of Mariettes
deckhands diving under the boat.
Charlie managed the restoration himself, but he needed
an experienced lead boatbuilder to help supervise the
work and provide the expertise and knowledge that I
didnt have, particularly with regard to wooden boat
construction. He recruited Ken Wilkinson, not least
because of a favourable reference from CB editor Dan
Houston, whose family boat Neresis Ken had restored.
When Kelpies restoration was completed, Charlie said
that Ken has done an absolutely brilliant job. But many
others worked on the boat, up to a peak of 22 in March
2014, when the deadline of the spring tides was looming,
and Ken was just as complimentary about them.Everyone
who has worked on Kelpie loves her and everybodys tried
their best to keep the quality as good as they can, he said,
She is one of those boats that
gets under your skin.
Charlies role as project
manager was demanding on top of
his position as captain of Mariette.
The situation was eased by Trevor
Murphy, Kelpies delivery skipper on her
voyage from San Francisco, who relieved Charlie on
Mariette whenever the owner wasnt on board. Trevor was
also able to help with the restoration, with the invaluable
knowledge he had from sailing her 8,500 miles.
Charlie found Cornwall was enriched with the kind of
companies the project needed, in particular joinery
construction and metal fabrication, but the project also
benetted from Stones Marine Timber in Salcombe who
supplied almost all of the solid timber.
When Charlie rst came across Kelpie, she had very
little historical information or documentation with her, in
the way that she might have had if she had been from the
board of a more recognised designer such as Fife or
Herreshoff. Through Facebook we found a whole load
of American friends who are all absolutely nuts about
Kelpie, and more information and photos came our way,
he says. Kelpies owner is full of praise for the team who
restored her. Gweek was probably the best place to nd
such a dedicated and competent bunch of guys who so
love giving new life to a classic yacht, he said.
The success of the Kelpie restoration is mostly down
to Charlies remarkable ability to put together a bunch of
people working together as a motivated team.
Original story CB 314. Next month... the hull
Pulling together
Charlie Wroe takes on the restoration of
the 75ft (23m) Sweisguth schooner Kelpie
STORY AND PICTURES BY NIGEL SHARP
K
elpie
Restoration
part 1
Clockwise from
left: Charlie Wroe;
Some of the team,
including Ken
Wilkinson (back
left) and Charlie
Wroe (back right);
Going into the
shed for work to
begin.
Inset: Flying all
canvas (CB314)
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love boatbuilding colleges. Every time I visit one I start
to dream: Could I do this? Could I start working with
my hands producing something as beautiful as an open
wooden boat, clinkered up strong to be seaworthy and
long lasting? Im not sure if its the smell of the freshly
shaved larch or the array of well kept tools or just the
atmosphere of activity which have such a positive effect but
it seems a very life-enhancing thing to do. Could be
life-changing too. CB publishing consultant Martin Nott
trained at BBA after a career in motor sport publishing he
is now a Cowes-based boatbuilder/restorer.
Visiting the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis in
early June is a treat. Its the day before the 18 students on
the full time nine-month course (September 2013) are
christening their boats at a special ceremony where they
all walk the boats down to the harbour and launch them.
The event draws a crowd and this year was attended by
the famous furniture maker John Makepeace. Its a
celebration of some extremely hard work; the students on
the 38-week course have learned the skills, chosen their
design, procured the materials and built and painted the
boat. So its not surprising that for the day of my visit the
place is alive with energy as the projects near completion
theres nothing like a deadline for getting things done and
this is actually a relevant part of the course in preparing
students for the outside world of work if that is their
chosen path; for any realistic chance of success, boats built
or restored in the real world need to be nished within a
time-frame and to a budget.
There are usually around nine boats being nished at
this stage and this year they range from a paddle board to
a 20ft (6m) cabin trailer sailer a Roger Dongray Golant
New wave
Make a sailing boat in six months from
scratch? How do you achieve that? Lyme
Regis Boat Building Academy can teach you
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Ketch design which is being nished, in 9mm clinker ply,
by Keith McIlwain, a sailmaker from Suffolk. Keiths plan
is to base himself in Bristol and build boats like this, calling
his business Daydream boats.
Keith is a mature student and clearly had a well-dened
view of what he needed from the boatbuilding course
before he joined. Next to Keiths boat is a Whitehall Skiff
type 18ft (5.6m) beach cruiser which has been adapted for
sail and oar by designer Don Kurylko. Tony Corke and
Reuben Thompson were putting the nishing touches onto
this open yawl made of strip-plank western red cedar
which they only started in January. Most boats are built
from scratch, lofted on the college oors and then
completed, typically with two or three students working to
a boat, and to this six month deadline.
Its impressive, Tony and Reuben, who were off to
Mussett Engineering (F1 cars!) in Norfolk and Cockwells
Boatbuilding in Cornwall respectively at the end of the
course, said they had been in the shed until 0345 that
morning, painting their skiff. It was the only time there
wasnt dust everywhere, they explained cheerfully.
In the last 18 years the BBA has supplied a steady
stream of apprentices to the burgeoning classic boat
industry. They might go, like Reuben, to Cockwells at
Mylor, Falmouth in Cornwall a yard which has built a
reputation for ne traditional craft built with traditional
methods and materials, or they might go to somewhere like
Spirit Yachts at Ipswich which has an equally enviable
reputation building distinctive spirit of tradition yachts in
more modern wood epoxy materials.
Yvonne Green, who took over as principal seven years
ago explained that the BBA nine-month course provides
Clockwise from top
left: David
Rainbows 12ft
Gartside clinker
dinghy; James
Dicksons 12ft 6in
Selway Fisher
Coble; Keith Bowers
15ft Ranger canoe;
paddle board in
wood; BBA founder
Tim Gedge; Richard
Lyfords 14ft 6in
sailing canoe
of the Boat Building
Academy in Lyme Regis visit
CRAFTSMANSHIP
Clockwise from
above: projects
can be very
ambitious. This is
a Roger Dongray
Golant ketch;
Tony Corke and
Reuben Thompson
with their skif; the
class of September
2013 with
instructors
the necessary skill set to start a career as a boatbuilder.
We are not sending people out as fully-forged
shipwrights by any means but I hope we send them out
with a level of skills that take them quickly beyond the
tea-making phase of an apprenticeship... They should also
realise that the tea-making phase is a possibility...
The idea of building a range of boats in a short time
overseen by two or three instructors has served the college
well since it was founded in 1996 by Lieutenant
Commander Tim Gedge RN a Falklands Fleet Air Arm
Squadron Leader.
The process allows many disciplines to be taught, from
making a half model to planing planks, roving, building in
strip plank or with the vacuum bag technique. And almost
all of it takes place on the shop oors: Our course is 94
per cent practical, six per cent theory, Yvonne points out.
Students also often live on site in the college facilities
which may sound like a hothouse atmosphere but its a way
of totally immersing themselves in the shared experience of
this course which costs 13,950, plus living expenses.
Some means-tested bursaries are available to help with costs.
Students do restore boats at BBA and Dan Curgenvens
restoration of a 1946 cold moulded vosper Thornycroft
launch (with 18,000 staple fastenings) was a project that
did not launch. He hopes to nish it soon.
BBA also offers short courses and a 12 week furniture
making course on a similar City and Guilds structure (level
3). A current bugbear is that non-EU students were recently
barred from studying the long course and Yvonne says this
seriously affects BBAs and similar colleges viability. We plan
a special report on this subject next month. After all this is a
place that needs to be celebrated; when can I go?
DAN HOUSTON
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Far left: Coracle 250. Inset to text: Coracle 250 folded
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ther Peoples Boats can take over your life in
this game. So when the chance comes for a boat
builder to work on his own boat, even dare I say
sail her, he should grab that chance. And it only took a
few words from my current projects owner Change
of plan. I wont be needing her nished this season. Take
your time for me to down tools and head across the
loch to poor, neglected Sally, lying at her mooring. No
more long days in the workshop while good sailing (or
painting) weather went to waste. Like a schoolboy told
that the old dump had burnt to the ground days before
term starts, it was whoop-de-doo and off into the woods
to climb trees (or in my case, down to the water side).
And thus on a warm Tuesday in August you would
have found me tucked into the corner of Sallys small
cockpit reading a book after three days of long overdue
painting and scraping. Building other peoples boats can
seriously get in the way of things, unless you get a lucky
break, as I did. Or and this is risky decide to devote a
period of time every year, without interruption, to your
own boat, or boats as is invariably the case with boat
builders, inveterate collectors of abandoned craft. The
downside of which means no income. What the hell.
My little eet has, incidentally, expanded by one this
year to six, no, I tell a lie, seven (I inherited a deated
inatable which only needs a couple of patches). It is not
as if I have a Colin Archer propped
up beside the shed waiting for
attention. There is Sally, of course,
and I often feel a day apart from her
is a day wasted. She is a 1937 (a
good year as it was the birth of the
Spitre too) Laurent Giles 5 tonner
(which became the Vertue class after
the war) built of the very best
materials by a very good yard in
Christchurch. She has been with me
for over 20 years, from the Solent
and Brittany via the Firth of Forth
to the far north of Scotland, and
despite misgivings from time to time
(mainly over how much use she
gets) will never be sold. She is far
too precious, and probably, if I am
honest, far too valuable to keep in
these wild waters. However I do my
best every year to keep her looking
good and can only hope she survives
my ownership to enjoy a calm
retirement somewhere down in the
softer south in the hands of a loving
and wealthy owner with a handy
wooden boatyard nearby.
This year she had an engine
overhaul, a chance to scrape out all
the muck lying underneath. Last
year her mast was plucked and
revarnished. In short, one major job every now and
again with a sprucing up between times. A bit like what
they did with Kentra, a Fife ketch that dropped anchor
in the bay this season, except that a full varnish job for
her takes six months. Six months. Sallys varnish work
takes six hours. Topsides and decks rather less. Sallys
locker contains a tin of Coo-Var Yacht and Seaplane
Varnish (good stuff); a tin of grey deck paint and gloss
white Toplac. And a tin of light blue for the coachroof.
Thats about it. When I leaf through the pages of waxes,
polishes, stain removers and protectors peddled by
merchants I think myself fortunate that Sally needs so
little in the way of maintenance. But shes a wooden
boat. That means plenty of work, no? Well, no. Polish
Sallys topsides? Pah.
As for the other six (or was it seven) boats, in no
particular order: Fy, a Flying Fifteen, sail number 2796
(30 years old and still winning a few races); her tender, a
John Westell (505 designer) Tippy, plans available from
Classic Boat; another Tippy (Sallys tender) truncated to
t on her foredeck; a Bonwitco With runabout with a
8hp Yamaha (whooosh, dare I say my favourite boat?); a
Laser I bought new in 1986 and still shiny; a GRP
clinker rowing boat, rescued off the beach, patched and
painted and nally that Bombard inatable needing only
two patchesbelieve that if you will.
One more on the feet
Adrian nds time to give his own boats some affection
Building
other
peoples
boats
seriously
gets in the
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LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY
Letters
I have just very much enjoyed
Septembers feature on Mariquita
and Harold Cudmore at the
Argentario Regatta, which
brought back my childhood
memories from the 1950s of
seeing Mariquita on the East
Coast. I also recall Harold
Cudmores AC campaign of
1986/87 in Freemantle with
White Crusader. Im also looking
forward to the October article on
Mariquita. All this caused me to
dig out an article from a fair
number of years ago in CB196
(which I dont have). The point to
this is that the article stated that
Mariquita was used as a
houseboat at Pin Mill and then
later, at Woodbridge. True in a
manner of speaking, except that it
Mariquita
memories
was the other way round. Mariquita
was moved from Mersea to the River
Deben after World War II and was a
familiar sight alongside the Ferry
Dock at Woodbridge through the
1950s. A relative knew her owners
and as a small boy I want aboard a
couple of times. I saw and went
aboard her again at Pin Mill in 1988,
where she was in use as a houseboat,
having also served at one time for
holiday lets. She moved to storage at
Fairlie just three years later. Im not
Above:
In the October
2004 issue of CB
we said Mariquita
was at Pin Mill
before
Woodbridge, but
it was the other
way round
Further to the letter from Mr Drummond (CB314), I have
witnessed the christening bell being used on two occasions
in the 1980s/1990s . My uncle, Mike Stephens, was engineer
for the STA aboard the Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller.
Both of his grandchildren were christened aboard the
Churchill and he constructed a wood frame to support the
upturned Churchill bell. The vicar from Hythe (who was a
sailing man) came across on the Hythe ferry with his bicycle
and Holy water. He lled a bucket with water from the docks
and emptied it into the bell along with a dollop of said Holy
water. The names were duly engraved inside the bell. My
uncle taught me to sail in the 1960s and I was able to repay
the compliment by taking him out in May this year whilst
visiting Hythe by yacht. He hasnt lost the touch.
Tim Cowen, Kent
I noticed a letter to CB in the August edition
enquiring as to the fate of the DB24 eet that was
under restoration. I too am interested.
Well, mines not one of them, but shes a DB24
nonetheless, that regularly sails on Sydney Harbour
with the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club Classic eet.
Watharas restoration is constantly ongoing. I have
promised to rebuild the stern that was cut of many
years ago.
I can supply a picture of a replacement stern in
case anyone sees it lying around the yard in Bnodet.
W (Billy) Loader, North Sydney, Australia
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100% certain that the article Ive
quoted above was from CB, but I
know that the Woodbridge/Pin
Mill confusion has, for whatever
reason, appeared in print before.
Finally, among the worlds most
beautiful boats, I wonder if CB
will be taking a look at the recently
re-launched Thornycroft motor
yacht Shemara? Surely one of the
last of her kind likely to be fully
restored. Yes, I know, shes a
superyacht and Boat
International will be all over her,
but the history, her looks and
sweet lines must make her worth a
few paras at the very least
especially given CBs recent piece
on the model of her contemporary
Philante (now Norge). Like
Mariquita, the Shemara spent
some forlorn decades on the East
Coast but is looking good again
now. Just saying
Roger Johnstone, Manchester
Skimming
dish help
Reference to the 16ft
skimming dish, referred to
by Mr Erik Benson: I was
most interested in this item
because as a young lad I did
some work on these boats.
If you could put me in touch
with Eric Benson I would be
most grateful. It is possible
I could help him. For
instance I can verify there
was an engine drivers cab
certainly on one brand new
one I worked on and it had
clear varnish too.
This was of course 72
years ago and its so good
to have a reminder of
bygone days.
I would like to visit and
see the refurbishment.
Thanking you, as a
subscriber since issue one I
look forward to each
edition of CB.
Roy Swift, via email
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Is this a dragon I
see before me?
A dainty little task
Accident from the past can you help with Kimmys history?
Answer to what
SRS stands for
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I have just read Septembers Classic Boat
and come across the query from Maldwin
Drummond about what SRS stands for.
SRS stands for Sea Ranger Ship. Sea
Rangers were part of the Girl Guide
Association until the late sixties.
Following the Guides, teenagers moved
up to the Rangers. There were three
branches, Air, Land and Sea. The sea
units were named after ships.
I was a member of SRS Wild Swan in
Handsworth, Birmingham. Some units
were able to visit their ship, if it was still
around. Sea Ranger Units were named
rather like Sea Cadet Units, e.g. TSs
Endurance/Adventure of Bristol.
Sadly the Girl Guide Association
chose to amalgamate all the Ranger
Units to Ranger Guides who could
follow any interest, but many of
us were sad to see the demise of the
distinctive pursuits with our
uniforms to match.
Lesley Maddock
(of SRS Wild Swan, 1966-69)
Who does not see a golden dragon on
the bow of a yacht and identify her as a
Fife? Originally it was seen on boats
designed by William Fife III in Fairlie.
However, some Fife designs built in other
yards also sport the dragon. Some other
designers plans built in Fairlie also have
the dragon. Even more confusion has
arisen when some other yards have put a
dragon on the bow even although the
boat had no connection with Fife. Usually
the smaller yachts designed by Fife and
some of the new one-design classes
never had a dragon.
This dragon appeared after 1900 and
no one seems to know why it was
chosen. I would like to suggest that it is
not a dragon at all but a sea serpent. Sea
serpents were sometimes referred to as
sea dragons so perhaps the
nomenclature is not so far out after all.
May Fife Kohn, Lenzie, Scotland
Ed: May, we have a feature on Fifes
Dragons planned for the winter
I recently bought this boat named Dainty from a guy in a Cork
who bought her around 10 years ago in England.
Shes been called Dainty for 40 years but Im looking to
nd out what she was called originally. All I know is that she
was built in 1939 in the UK. There is talk that she might have
built by a company called Sharp and Penn but I cant get
any more information other than that.
The last owner from the UK has passed on so thats not an
avenue I can explore.
Would you be agreeable to putting her photo in one of the
next editions and asking your readers if they could shed more
light on it?
Id love to nd out what her name was and give the old girl
back her rightful name.
Any help or suggestions would be very welcome.
Dom Moore, Dom.Moore@aryzta.com
Many years ago I bought a
collection of family photographs
from a secondhand book shop in
Ilkley, Yorkshire. The photographs
had belonged to the descendants
of Sophia Butler, and later Graham
of Castlecrine Co Clare, they dated
from the 1860s up to about 1950.
The photos of this accident were
amongst them. Earlier on this year
I discovered where the accident
had taken place Birdlip Hill in
Gloucestershire. The weight of the
boat was too much for the brakes
as it came down the hill.
I sent the photos to Old Glory
magazine and they published my
letter in June; then in the July issue
there was a reply letter
accompanied by a portion of a
newspaper report of the accident.
This was sent in from a lady who
was researching local history of
the Birdlip area. I was able to
obtain a copy of the newspaper
from Gloucester Archives, thinking
that I may nd out the name of the
owner and thus how he might be
connected to this family.
Unfortunately he wasnt mentioned
by name in the article. I wondered if
CB magazine would be interested in
these photographs and if published
whether some of your readers
might remember the boat?
Assuming that it had a long life
after the accident...
Ian Cranshaw, West Yorkshire
Any CB readers
know anything
about Kimmy?
CB316 Letters.indd 97 01/09/2014 18:48
The yawl Nordwind
in the 1939 Fastnet
Sternpost
S
aturday 2 September 1939. Much of the country
was enjoying pleasant weather with a light and
variable southerly breeze. Sailing races were taking
place at a number of clubs: from London Corinthian SC
to Looe SC, from Shanklin Amateur SC to Strangford
Lough YC and from Weymouth SC to the Clyde
Cruising Club. But it was no ordinary Saturday. The
previous day German troops had invaded Poland
and Britain had issued an ultimatum that they must
withdraw by 0900hrs on Sunday. Two hours after
the deadline passed, British Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain made the announcement: ...this country is
at war with Germany.
Tensions had been building up throughout the
summer. The RORC considered cancelling its Harwich to
Weser race in May but decided that this would be an
undesirable snub to German yachtsmen and it so went
ahead; the following year the RORCs London clubhouse
would be destroyed during the Blitz.
The Hindenberg Cup (an annual regatta for European
navies sailing Stars) was held in Kiel in July. It was won
by a Royal Navy crew for the rst time with the
Kriegsmarine, the German Navy, coming second. The
British skipper, Lieutenant Sam Woodcock, would
subsequently serve on HMS Barham and would be one of
841 sailors to lose his life when she was sunk by
torpedoes in November 1941.
The 60 ton yawl Nordwind, owned and sailed by the
Kriegsmarine, won line honours in the Fastnet Race, after
which British, German, French and Dutch sailors enjoyed
a dinner together at Plymouths Cooperative Cafe. At the
end of the war, Nordwind (see CBs 85, 199) would
become one of the so-called Windfall Yachts when she
was taken as a war prize by the Royal Navy.
At Dartmouth Royal Regatta at the end of August, the
regatta guard ship, HMS Brazen, was forced to leave
suddenly in the middle of the night, just two days after
she had arrived, to take up more serious duties. The
following July Brazen would be sunk by enemy aircraft in
the Dover Straits.
Lowestoft Sea Week was due to end on Saturday
2 September. The last two days were cancelled and all
visiting yachts were instructed to make their way to their
home ports. Not only was this the end of a sailing
season but the end of an era, wrote Peter Scott, who had
been competing in his International 14. Perhaps we
would never sail dinghies again.
Meanwhile the Royal Torbay YC was hosting Burton
Week, the national championships for National 12s and
this should also have ended that
Saturday. But during the course of
Friday, after news of the invasion of
Poland came through and increasing
numbers of competitors were
leaving to report for more
important duties elsewhere, the last
race was brought forward to that
afternoon. Bruce Banks Westwind won that race and
the Burton Cup itself. Another race for 12-Ms was
to take place in Torbay on Sunday. However, soon after
it started a launch approached each of the competing
crews to tell them that war had been declared and the
race was immediately abandoned.
Although Burnham Week (due to start that
Saturday) was cancelled, a handful of yachts from the
Royal Burnham Yacht Club enjoyed a sail on the River
Crouch a few hours after Chamberlains
announcement. John Booth was on board Felise with
his new ance Peggy whose father was the clubs
Commodore and he later wrote that they were half
expecting to see German aircraft before we got to the
Roach. What were our thoughts? Relief, fear, anti-
climax, or just a nice day for a sail.
At the outbreak of war
Nigel Sharp reects on how it affected the weekends sailing
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