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COVER STORY 24 . TIP-TOP TROY Richard Bond reveals how he restored a rotten Fowey daysailer NIGEL PERT RIGHT: PACE. FRANCO COVER 30 . WOOD IS GOOD! Ted Spears on the construction 24 techniques behind his Spit re 18

COVER STORY 34 . BROADS APPEAL Find out how the IBTC helped Snowgoose spread her wings RICHARD JOHNSTONE-BRYDEN 34 NIGEL SHARP

44 . SECRET SPETSES REGULARS ere’s much more to this Greek 18 . TELL TALES island than a yacht regatta… 54 41 . SALEROOM 42 . OBJECTS OF DESIRE . 95 . LOOKING AHEAD 51 MONEY MATTERS 96 . LETTERS Our guide to nancing your 98 . STERNPOST favourite yacht ONBOARD COVER STORY 54 . CARRIACOU SLOOP TO NEW YORK ALEXIS ANDREWS . 54 . TWO MEN AND A BOAT 62 JOHAN ANKER 64 . BOOKS Antigua to New York in a sloop. 65 . LAZARETTE Follow their adventure here 67 . CLASSNOTES 68 . NEW CLASSICS 62 . YACHTING LEGEND 71 . GETTING AFLOAT We review a new book about the CRAFTSMANSHIP life and in uences of Johan Anker 78 . YARD NEWS . . 80 ELLAD RESTORATION – PART 7 85 ENGINE ROOM 85 . HARBOUR MARINE SERVICES We head to Southwold to visit the 86 . BOATBUILDER’S NOTES . masters of motorboat restoration 85 HARRIS EMILY 89 ADRIAN MORGAN

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CB311 Editorial.indd 5 01/04/2014 14:25 Fife’sLatifa ﬁ nest Famously described as one of the most beautiful yachts ever built, Latifa is a sight to behold. Here, her owner and circumnavigation skipper, Mario Pirri, describes the exhaustive restoration and shares his passion for this wooden wonder PHOTOGRAPHS FRANCO PACE

CB311 Latifa new.indd 6 31/03/2014 14:51 CB311 Latifa new.indd 7 31/03/2014 14:51 Above: the main first came across Latifa in September 1976 saloon sports a through a letter from Alistair Easton, the debonair pair of luxurious Lymington broker, who described her in such sofas port and enthusiastic tones that the next day I was on the starboard, a first flight to London. The moment I saw her my gimballed table heart missed a few beats as I knew, beyond any and a heavy Idoubt, that our destinies were linked. bookcase stocked As a trained architect, classical art lover and collector, with Mario’s I was immediately captivated by her utter beauty; by the favourite tomes. harmony of her lines and the right proportion of every Left: Latifa’s detail. In Latifa there is that rare, almost magical Fife owner, Mario Pirri combination of power and grace. Latifa was built in 1936 with a composite construction (much like the Cutty Sark and all the great boats built in the Clyde area) of 2in- (5cm) thick planks of Burma teak, fastened with bronze bolts on a strong steel structure, hot riveted and galvanised. Originally built as an ocean racer, Latifa had no engine, electricity or winches. However, when I first saw her, she had a six-cylinder, 100hp Nissan engine squeezed between JAMES ROBINSON TAYLOR JAMES the cabins and under the deckhouse. Without a trace of

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soundproofing, when running or even idling, the noise replaced with 316-grade stainless steel copies, sandblasted Clockwise from was unbearable. This engine and gearbox system weighed and painted; the steel structures were treated with epoxy top left: bronze almost a ton; the weight balanced by a number of lead and the whole of the interior from the deckhead to the compass binnacle pigs stashed in the bilges under the mast step. Add to all bilges was painted in white enamel. and cushioned this a petrol generator and I was in no doubt that it all At this point, I took the liberty (I had no choice really) helmsman’s seat; had to be removed and changed. of changing around part of the accommodation in order just one of many to create a proper, insulated engine room in which to fit, delightfully radical restoration with access for maintenance, two 40hp Mercedes diesels, verdigrised To start the work I sailed her with a good crew to a 4.5kW diesel generator, two watermakers and various fittings; glowing Gibraltar, then to the Beconcini yard in La Spezia, which, pumps, fans and blowers. To achieve this, the toerails, covering at that time, was the only one doing grand restorations companionway ladder was hinged at the top and heavily boards and and, under my supervision, they had done good work soundproofed. The port and starboard cabins had to be bowsprit; close-up on my 52ft 5in (16m) A&R yawl Aleph. shortened, doing away with the chest of drawers at the of the pristine After careful consideration, my approach was radical. narrow bunks’ heads. A new cabin was created aft in the new deck and the All the machinery, electrics, tanks, bulkheads, partitions, large space where once the sails were kept. In this cabin skylight-mounted cabin sole and furniture were stripped out. All the 4,000 or where, admittedly, the access takes a little time to get used Dorade vent so fastenings were tightened; the keel bolts were removed to, there are the B&G navigation instruments, radar, two and then polished after being found to be in perfect autopilot controls, GPS, radios, electrical panel, a proper condition; the seams above and below the waterline were chart table and two comfortable sea berths. Without splined to make the hull tight; deck seams were recaulked instruments the deckhouse is totally original. At the risk and re-payed; steel deck fittings were removed and of being called a heretic criticising Master Fife, I must say

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CB311 Latifa new.indd 9 31/03/2014 14:51 CB311 Latifa new.indd10 LATIFA 10 foreground) ( year’s Fife Regatta battle during last instruments; doing brass-cased tableand chart Chesterfields, leather-backed deckhouse with CLASSIC BOAT MAY 2014 to top Above, bottom: bottom: IAN BADLEY Latifa is in the isinthe original original III wouldhaveapproved. long-distance cruisesingreatcomfort. IfeelWilliam Fife yacht withmodernequipmentandaccommodationfor paint andvarnish.Theresultwasastrong,classic1930s we addednewsailsfromRatsey, upholsteryandgallons of along with20newbottlescrewsand50Merrimanblocks; to theoriginalthreeheadsails,allstandingriggingreplaced was movedtostarboardongimbals.Therigrestored In thegalleystovewasathwartships,sonewone frowned uponintheolddays,butwhichisamustforme. allowing fortwolongsofasandabookcasethatwouldbe two forthesaloon,whichnowhasgoodproportions away withacabingainingoneframefortheheadsand lengthen itbyrepositioningtheaftbulkhead,thusdoing saloon didnothaveattractiveproportions.Idecidedto that, attheendoflongcorridor, theshortandbeamy comfortable, predictable motion,eveninrough weather. her seakindliness: thefeelingofgentlestrength andher The experiencethatdelighted me fromthestartwas solo sailor

swirling plankton; the roaring of the sea past the hull. swirling plankton; theroaringofseapast hull. moonless, under brightstarswithawakeofluminous sparkling danceofthereflections, clearmoonlitnights,or warm sun,theshapesandcolours oftheclouds, losing thesenseofitdaybyday. Allthatmattersisthe in order, Ienjoybeingthetotalmasterofmytimeand freedom. Eveninstrongwinds, witheverythingonboard the ship’s navigation,seemedthemaximumexpressionof under sail,insilence,responsibleonlyformyselfand first timeIhoistedandtrimmedheryawlrigunaided. under power. Buttherewasa nicebreeze,andforthe trepidation, withtheideaofcovering20orsomiles boat started bychance.ManyyearsagoIhadtomovemy past GibraltartowardsAntilles,landinginBarbados. Italy toGreeceandTurkey, circlingtheMed,thenfinally encouraged metoresumemyfavouritesolosail:from with crewandfamily, andinspiteofthenot-so-easyrig, And itwasthesequalitiesthateventually, afteryears In thosefewhoursIhadarevelation.To beatsea, Like mostthingsinlife,mysinglehandedsailing . I left the mooring with a degree of Aleph. Ileftthemooringwithadegreeof 31/03/2014 14:51 mario’s masterclass relatively small. The main problem is the running Above: with her To maintain this wonderful feeling of solitude, there are a backstays. No mistakes are allowed there because, complicated few fundamentals to consider. The first is to avoid getting as you can see from the plan, the staysail and the rigging, you can hurt. The second is a careful preparation of the boat. The intermediate stays converge towards the upper spreaders see why Latifa is rigging and sails must be in perfect order. The need of a that are only supported by the runners, each set by a two a challenge to reliable autopilot, possibly with a back-up, is essential. by four purchase. The mainsail, worthy of the name, has sail solo Also important is the smooth running of systems from two-slab reefing along a 32ft 8in (10m)-long boom and battery charging to radar operation during off watches, measures 1,292sqft (120m²). Taking in a reef is, for one to running lights and all that. Last, but not least, a person, a complex 20-minute operation that, in spite consistent dose of good luck, however fleeting, is a of my little tricks, leaves me exhausted. I installed an precious commodity. People often ask me how I can electric winch for the 164ft (50m)-long mainsheet. manage alone such a big complex boat as Latifa. The I have to say that my sailing, especially in the last few easy answer is I don’t know! But I guess I have gained years, has become very lazy indeed. I do not enjoy the a lot of experience over the years. boat on her beam ends, with torrents of water on deck, It must be said that Latifa’s Marconi yawl rig is an and when the going gets rough, after having done all that old complicated one with three headsails, all maintained is needed on deck, I take refuge in the padded aft cabin in hanks, in spite of the pangs of envy I feel for the where the motion in minimal, the sounds are muffled handling ease of roller-furling sails. I see that furling and the bunk very comfortable. Latifa sails herself, would not be in keeping with Latifa’s period (although accurately steered by one of the autopilots. The radar there are some old rare photos showing rolled sails). keeps watch and warns me when ships are getting too The advantage of such a fractional rig is that the sails are close. I only need to lift one eye from the book I am

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“She is one of the loveliest of sailing craft yet seen”

BY THEO RYE in his appreciation. Ever a fan of Fife’s point to the stern. This tenseness gives work, Fox wrote in the 1937 edition of strength to the relaxed curve, a Latifa was commissioned by Michael Racing, Cruising & Design: “She is one of suggestion of latent energy, beautifully Mason in late 1935 and launched in time the loveliest of sailing craft yet seen.” apt for the type of boat.” for the 1936 season. She was designed as Douglas Phillips-Birt, a naval It is in some ways more remarkable an ocean racer, but Mason wanted to be architect and accomplished technical because Fife chose a canoe stern, able to cruise her as well (he described author, wrote a more analytical which is a form that’s notoriously an ambition to take her through the appreciation of her form in An Eye for di cult to resolve. Strait of Magellan and round the Horn). a Yacht in 1955: “The Fife sheerline, Above: Latifa’s Fife had spotted an advantage under William Fife III, who would be 79 by which we see in Latifa, shows a subtle lines and genius the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) the time Latifa was launched, responded variation on the relaxed curve in the designer, William rules; he wrote to Mason saying: “Canoe with a masterpiece (yard number 818) way that a tenseness aft is developed Fife III stern lines 51ft 6in (15.7m) LWL work described as a “51ft 6in (15.7m) LWL fast where the sheerline rises more steeply out about the same rating under RORC cruiser”. U¡ a Fox was typically ebullient than is now common from its lowest rule as the counter stern lines 50ft 2in (15.3m) LWL”, and he returned to the type for Chris Ratsey’s lovely RORC racer-cruiser Evenlode the following year. The canoe stern was subsequently

reading to check on the instruments for wind speed and direction, and if needs be I can alter course with a fi ngertip. Virtual navigation really… Having said that, when I’m on deck I never wear a harness, not even when changing sails on the bowsprit. Only when reefi ng or fl aking the mizzen I wrap its halyard under my armpits because there is not much deck space on a canoe stern. Going to sea for me has never been about racing; it’s about enjoying the mystical side to the ocean. Having to run to time in a competition would have erased all that.

STEEL PLATES In 2000-2001, under my strict supervision, more work was carried out at the Beconcini yard. From the keel up, eight planks were carefully removed on both sides, starting from the sternpost to the butt-plates, to well forward of the mainmast. The reason for this was the need to access two reinforced steel plates in the mainmast area down at the bilges. Along the top of the

BEKEN OF COWES keel, on either side, there was a steel plate measuring

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adopted for nyatonga (830), a 24ft also lent her to friends to race). she (7.3m) LWL sloop that Fife designed won the bénodet race in 1936 and was but wasn’t built until 1950, which in second over the line in the 1937 Fastnet, turn evolved into a series of double- which she had led from start to enders, built by Archie mcmillan, practically within sight of the finish such as nyachilwa (836), navara when the wind dropped. she also tried (839) and eventually nevada (858, her luck in the 1938 bermuda race but now ellad see p80) built in 1957. carried away her bobstay. however, the designs for Latifa and evenlode she returned in time to win the Queen were credited to William and his mary’s cup at cowes Week, so Fife younger nephew robert balderston lived to see his creation fulfil her Fife, as was by then typical for nearly intended role in style, with the rig he all the yard’s designs. it is difficult to had always intended her to have. evaluate robert’s influence, but he post-war, she won line honours and studied yacht design and it is possible her class in the 1947 Fastnet. that the canoe stern was his suggestion. Fife’s friend and fellow yacht in 1911, balderston had independently designer george L Watson described designed a canoe stern auxiliary yawl, yacht design as the poetry of naval gwyneth, built by Dixon brothers and architecture. Latifa is an exemplary “She is one of the loveliest of sailing craft yet seen” hutchinson Ltd of southampton. in any example of Fife’s poetry. event, the result for both boats was graceful and effective. Looking at her now it is difficult to LATIFA imagine her as anything other than a LOA yawl, a rig that seems to suit her perfectly, but she was also briefly a 77ft (23.5m) cutter. the dates on the sail plans in LOD the archive at Fairlie Yachts tell the 70ft (21.3m) tale: Fife evidently conceived her as a yawl (the first plan is dated October beAm 1935, and this is the one he first sent 15ft 7in (4.8m) to mason), and she raced with this rig DrAught in 1936. there is then a cutter sail plan dated December 1936, at the end of 10ft 4in (3.2m) her first season, which was executed DispLAcement for the start of 1937, but she was back 39,916lb (44 tons) to a yawl before the end of the season. she was campaigned vigorously by tOtAL sAiL AreA mason (he owned her until 1954, and 2,200sqft (204m²)

11ft 10in (3.6m) in length, 1ft 5in (43cm) in height and and the new set of holes were drilled, before the two Left and above: ¼in (6mm) thick, bridging nine frames, through-bolted plates were sent off to be hot-dip-galvanised. The reasons Latifa pictured in to the floors. The lower hull planks were then fastened for such a long process are two-fold: to allow the plates 1951; at full sail, onto the plates. This is a simple, clever piece of to be galvanised all around and inside the drilled holes, her double-ended engineering because by connecting the floors to each and for the teak planks (perfect after a simple cleaning) to hull, huge expanse other, it forms a grid preventing distortion from mast retain their original fastening holes and recesses. Inside, of sail and yawl compression, thus sparing the planking from stress. the substantial, if slightly corroded, bridge-like mast-step rig make a After 64 years the two plates were extremely structure, spanning four floors and bolted on top of them, majestic sight corroded on both sides, which meant that long sections has been totally replaced and is now made of 316-grade of planking were scantly fastened. In spite of that, there stainless steel. Before reassembling all the pieces, the was no leakage mainly due to the previous splining. lower part of the frames and floors were found to have However, replacement was not easy, as these plates lost less than 1mm in thickness. have a double curvature – one on the frames and the Other areas that needed attention were the other along the keel. After laboriously matching both chainplates of both mainmast and mizzen. Although curves by heating and hammering, the plates were held in there was not as much corrosion, all four chainplates position and the corresponding bolt holes on each frame were removed. The inner side of all planking was in were marked. Then they were taken down, drilled and excellent condition. I chose stainless steel for the large temporarily bolted on to the frames. Next, the planks plates. These are fitted below deck between the frames were clamped into position thus allowing, from the and planking, and help spread the load from the hefty outside, the steel plates to be precisely marked through welded rigging tangs going through the covering board the fastening holes. Everything was taken down again and emerging on deck. The stainless-steel plates were

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Above, left to presented, marked, taken down, drilled and positioned. thickness, only 1¼in (32mm) remained in the most worn right: one of two The original planks were positioned on them, the holes out areas. It was then sanded and levelled to 13/16in huge reinforced marked, the planks removed, the fastening holes drilled in (30mm) and the remaining caulking was pried out, the steel plates used the stainless plates, then the planking refastened. seams cut and splined with teak strips and glued with by Fife to reduce At this point, I wanted the steel structure of the floors epoxy. On top of it an exact reproduction of the old deck stress on the and the frames up to the beams to be sandblasted. was made with 5/8in (16mm) teak planking, glued, planks; laid up Years before I had seen the disastrous effect of such an primed and rubbered. All fittings were replaced. in the boatyard, operation on a boat of similar composite construction. Meanwhile, the masts and spars were taken back to the sheer scale Given the softness of the wood compared with steel, it is bare wood and given 12 coats of varnish. The topsides of Latifa’s elegant all too easy to blast away sections of the wood planking were sprayed with Awlgrip. In 2013 all the stainless steel form becomes close to the frames. So, in order to prevent this, I had all standing rigging was replaced, the topsides sprayed again obvious. the wood inside, frame to frame, temporarily covered with with Awlgrip and the covering boards varnished. Below: the Latifa precision-cut 1mm metal plates, lightly nailed to the I have owned Latifa for 37 years and she has always windvane that planking. Afterwards, the inside looked like a steel hull! been maintained and upgraded to the highest standards. stands proud on Following the sandblasting, all the fastenings were I’ve neither thought nor dared to calculate the cost, top of the parish tightened and the broken ones replaced. All the steel was but I presume it’s a few million! church in Fife’s epoxy-treated and it was painted again in white enamel. I look at the results. Latifa has taken me across the home town of The 40hp engines have been replaced by two 50hp oceans without a glitch and has given me great pride. She Fairlie, Ayrshire Kubota motors. Each engine drives an alternator, which is is a twice Overall Winner in the Concours d’Elegance at capable of charging both groups of gel batteries for a total the Antigua Classic Week; she won the 2013 Fife Regatta of 672ha/hr. I also fitted a new 6kW Northern Light and, of course, she has just won the Classic Boat 2014 generator (replaced again in 1998) and new standing award for Best Hull Form. rigging. All this was a lot of essential work giving Latifa Latifa is now back in La Spezia. Along with the usual another long lease of life. maintenance, 24 new gel batteries have been installed. Both autopilots have been designer deck “I have overhauled, any play in the steering system The original deck needed to be redone and minimised, a new Webasto heater installed, I always had a clear idea about what to do, completed 11 the aft cabin coaming and hatch replaced, but every yard I talked to wanted to do the 20 most important blocks redone, all something different. So I postponed until, solo crossings running rigging renewed and paint and in 2009, I met Richard Straman in varnish applied. Antigua, owner of the wonderful 1923 Fife of the Atlantic I have always considered my schooner Astor. Richard’s approach had singlehanded voyaging to be a private been exactly the one I had thought of and, on Latifa” affair and never made much about it. But after many years, it looked perfect! So recently I have read some preposterous Latifa went back into the yard and work claims about some solo Atlantic crossings began. First a careful deck relief was done, in the ketch Eilean. I know for a fact that marking the exact position of every fitting. to do this you need a boat prepared for it. Then everything was removed, every single So, to put the record straight, I have piece catalogued with its fastenings and completed 15 solo ocean crossings: three two crates were filled with more than 200 across the Atlantic on Aleph, 11 across the pieces inclduing the cockpit coaming. Only Atlantic on Latifa and one in the Indian the deckhouse and skylights were left. Of Ocean, from Cairns to Djibouti in the 13 NIGEL PERT the deck’s original 1 /16in (46mm)– Horn of Africa.

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OBITUARY A modern designer with a classic touch BY THEO RYE

David Sadler, the designer of some of the most capable small yachts of the 1970s and 80s, has passed away at his home in New Zealand, aged 93. With a sailing background in Merlin Rockets, he went on to race a Folkboat very successfully before drawing a modified version for GRP production by Jeremy Rogers, and in April 1966 the Contessa 26 was born. GaRy BLaKe GaRy These sound little cruisers carried JoHn LiGHT on in production until, by 1990, they Yachts was set up in 1974 with the Above, left to typical half-tonner of the period, numbered over 750. The Contessa 32 launch of the Sadler 25, another right: David further enhancing the reputation for joined in 1971, with an eye on IOR successful fast cruiser with good Sadler; a Contessa seaworthiness of Sadler’s designs. racing and cruising, and quickly offshore manners. As the company 32 in action Later that year the Sadler 32 was reinforced the 26’s reputation for grew, David gave up his post at the launched, to be followed in 1981 by speed and seaworthiness. A class win Ministry of Defence in 1977. the “unsinkable” Sadler 26 and 29. for the C32 at the 1971 Cowes Week In the disastrous 1979 Fastnet With foam buoyancy bonded in, this was followed by “Boat of the Year” Race, a C32 was the only Class V unusual feature proved a hit with at the London Boat Show in 1972, yacht to finish. The official inquiry nearly 600 built. Sadler retired in a much sought-after accolade at the into the fateful race favourably 1981, before finally settling in the time. With his son Martin, Sadler compared the stability of a C32 to a Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

Hobie Alter 1933-2014 news reached us while going to press of the death of Californian Hobie alter, aged 80. as a surfboard manufacturer, his catamaran, the Hobie Cat 16, is possibly the most one-BRyden successful boat type ever designed, with over 250,000 built. RiCHaRd JoHn ST Ainslie to Restored HMS Alliance reopens to the public support NMMC By RiCHaRd JoHnSTone-BRyden olympic supremo Sir Ben ainslie has been The principle attraction of Gosport’s Royal navy Submarine Museum, HMS alliance, reopened to the public in april at the end of a named as the new two-and-a-half-year, £7m restoration. designed to fight in the Pacific during World War ii, Britain’s first preserved submarine served patron of the across the globe during the Cold War, and briefly held a world record for the longest submerged voyage. The 281ft (85.6m) aClass national Maritime submarine set the record off the West Coast of africa shortly after her completion in 1947, when she took 30 days to cover 3,193 miles Museum Cornwall. underwater. Since opening to the public in 1981, she has acted as a memorial to the 4,334 British submariners lost in both world wars, The nMMC, 10 last as well as the 739 men who died in peacetime disasters. With the notable exception of the beginning of 2014, she has remained open year (CB307), keeps for the bulk of her restoration, which included the reconstruction of her bow and stern, blasting back the exterior to bare metal, the two of Ben’s winning creation of a dry platform to enable access to the hull, internal restoration work, installing a new sound system to recreate the sounds boats in its collection of an active submarine, and “dressing” the interior to create the impression that the crew have just stepped ashore. – a Laser and the Finn Rita.

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Final Arch Logan restored Rawhiti, the biggest and last and fastest of all the lovely creations from the pen (and boatyard) of Arch Logan – ‘New Zealand’s Fife’ – was built in 1906. She’s 54ft (16.5m) long and was restored recently – full story in CB284 and online at classicboat.co.uk.

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More than 100 people made the journey to Gweek evidently know a thing or two about dock parties) Quay in Cornwall at the end of March to celebrate and the celebrations went on late into the night. the relaunch of the 79ft (24m) LOA schooner Kelpie, Charlie Wroe, skipper of the Fife yacht Mariquita, as she emerged from her shed following a 15-month the only 19-M sailing today, found Kelpie for sale in the

rebuild. The crew, workers, friends and other USA in 2012. She was designed by Ford, Payne & PPL MEDIA supporters braved a brisk breeze and were rewarded Sweisguth in 1928 as Hopeful, and built by Harvey LORiEnt, FRAncE with champagne and short speeches. A bottle of Gamage’s yard in South Bristol, Maine. During the champagne was emphatically smashed on the bow Second World War she served as a USCG coastal patrol Tabarly remembered and, as if on cue, she floated free on the tide. boat, and afterwards cruised to Mexico, Hawaii and A mixture of Gallic hospitality and Cornish the Pacific, before settling in California. By the 1990s A special event in Lorient will be held this summer informality combined in the hog roast and drinks she acquired the nickname “The Fastest Schooner in to mark 50 years since her most famous son, and afterwards, expertly hosted by Mariette’s crew (who the West” after success in offshore races, including arguably the most celebrated yachtsman of the the Newport to Ensenada. Having fallen on 20th century, Eric Tabarly, won the OSTAR in 27d hard times, Charlie spotted her potential 3h aboard his ketch Pen Duick II. and a crew was despatched to make an epic Pen Duick II will be in attendance at the Breton 9,000-mile journey with her back to port. During his life, Eric Tabarly won pretty much Cornwall, where she arrived in late 2012. every ocean race you can think of, including the Working from original drawings and Sydney-Hobart, Middle Sea, Transpac and, in 1997 photographs, she has been restored to her at the age of 66, the Fastnet. In 1980, aboard the original gaff rig with an all-new interior, trimaran Pen Duick II, he broke the transatlantic engine, systems, deck and rebuilt transom. sailing record set 75 years before by the schooner She is now in Falmouth for the final fit-out Atlantic, by sailing from New York to the Lizard before her debut at the Pendennis Cup in in 10d 5h. More than that, though, he is credited

EMILY HARRIS EMILY late May. Report by Theo Rye with igniting French sailing, ocean racing and boatbuilding to the status it enjoys today.

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DEVON Two boat fires in a week

c/O THevIewFrOmTHeDArTmOuTOFFIce.cOm This March the press was full of records the day-to-day happenings Above: African African Queen can be salvaged as stories of how a Dunkirk Little Ship on the river on his website, and who Queen ablaze on she is still just about afloat.Blue had been destroyed near Dartmouth, sent in this amazing image of the the River Dart Storm was irretrievably destroyed reports Clare McComb. boat ablaze. The following day, her as her glassfibre hull burned more However, these were hastily blackened wreck was sickening to see. fiercely than wood. corrected because the African Queen, More than 60 people rushed to Afterwards, Dartmouth fire chief a 51ft (15.5m) General Service assist in vain. The Lower Ferry carried Andy Callan stressed the importance Launch (Dickens Series II), was built fire appliances over from Dartmouth, of taking proper fire precautions, in 1946 and although designed for and two lifeboats, the Coastguard, such as regularly tested gas, carbon naval use was too late to participate harbour staff and fishermen fought all monoxide and smoke alarms, and in the war effort. night, removing the 700 litres of diesel professionally installed appliances Nevertheless, for the Dart on board; however, the blaze kept and electrics. He said people need community her loss is no less re-igniting below decks. Fortunately, to remember that gas cylinders devastating: as the best-known no one was hurt. explode like bombs, carbon charter boat on the river, her comings Days later Blue Storm, a 25ft monoxide is as inflammable as and goings were watched by (7.6m) Bayliner, burned down, also acetylene and that you risk your life everyone, including Andy Kyle, who in Dartmouth. Everyone hopes if you cut corners with safety.

Transat Classique It’s been confirmed that Panerai’s Transat Classique will leave Lanzarote on 7 January 2015 bound for Martinique, 3,000 miles away.

Correction and apology Gremlins got aboard us in our Awards issue in April where we said Ben My Chree had Deadline won when it was Trasnagh! We are sorry!

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projects (afloat, on New DA c/O HAJO OLIJ, WORD OF THE MONTH land and in the air), FALMOUTH without the usual RUMBO public service Holland’s sail-trader visits Falmouth rope stolen from a dockyard. caveats. Deadline The engineless sail-trading ship, the brigantine Tres Hombres – thought to be the only rumbowline is therefore condemned for applications this one of her kind in the world – is due to arrive in Falmouth on or around 16 April, bearing a canvas, rope, etc. Also the coarse year is 30 June. Visit mouth-watering cargo of rum and chocolate. Her friendly Dutch crew are inviting interested rope that secures new coils of rope. transporttrust.com parties on board to learn more. Go to newdawntraders.com for more information. A Ansted, Dictionary of sea Terms to learn more.

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01/04/2014 16:53 Untitled-101 3 02/04/2014 11:31 Bond’s ba by With just four months to salvage, redesign and restore a rotten old Troy One-Design called Solitaire before the Fowey Royal Regatta, Richard Bond and his team had their work cut out. Find out if they made it…

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ichard Bond is an habitual owner and restorer of classic boats – he has previously had five 6-Metres, including Caprice and Erica, and the S&S yawl Tomahawk – and having had a house in Fowey for R30-odd years, it was perhaps inevitable that one day he would own a Fowey Troy One-Design. About five years ago, he asked the Troy Owners’ Association for permission to build a new one and this was duly granted. However, it wasn’t until early 2013 that he decided to go ahead with it and, in the meantime, the building of a number of other new boats had given the Fowey harbourmaster concerns about mooring availability, crowded start lines and the number of neglected older boats. So the class association changed the rules: before anyone would be allowed to commission a new Troy, they would first have to sail on an existing

CB311 Solitaire Troy.indd 24 31/03/2014 12:05 CB311 Solitaire Troy.indd 25 31/03/2014 12:05 boat for three years. Richard then heard that T13 – misled people for so many years – a short horn timber originally built as Little Gem in 1947 and later renamed and a rudder stock that was tight to the transom. So Amber – was for sale. She had been lying ashore neglected after removing much of the bottom planking, he moved in Polruan for about four years, during which time her deck the existing forefoot forward and fitted a new wooden had been crushed and she had broken three planks. Richard keel and sternpost in the correct position. The class rules bought her and took her to boatbuilder Peter Williams’ specify that the centreline components have to be grown yard just up the Fowey River at Bodinnick, initially with the oak and, while it was easy enough to obtain these intention of just “tidying her up and getting her afloat”. straight pieces, it proved much more difficult to get The reality, however, was to prove very different. a curved piece for the stem. Peter served his apprenticeship some 20 years ago with This presented an additional problem as the stem John Fuge who, by a neat quirk of fate, had helped build provides the datum from which almost everything else is T13 when he was serving his own apprenticeship with measured, so Peter was understandably keen to fit it as Archie Watty, the man who had designed the Troy in 1928, early as possible. After the class association turned down specifically to sail in Fowey Harbour, and then produced his request to fit a laminated stem, he eventually made a the first 15 boats. In total, 28 have been built – three by special trip to Dartmoor to get a suitable piece of timber Peter – and all but two survive. from local supplier Anton Coaker English Timber Ltd. Very soon after T13 arrived at Peter’s yard it became The other ‘shape’ issue was the beam of the boat, apparent that she was in a bad condition. At the same time, which Peter knew was about 4½in (115mm) too narrow. Richard decided that not only should the work be done After removing the deck and the beamshelves, he decided really thoroughly, but that it must be finished in time for to offer up the moulds he uses to build the new boats Above: given him to race the boat at the Fowey Royal Regatta in August. – one of only two sets in existence and officially her rotten state, It was now April and the pressure was definitely on. approved by the class association – inside the hull. He Richard and his had done this previously when restoring T4 and he felt team of expert design dramas that it was the “only way to be fair about it” and that restorers have Peter had two concerns regarding the shape of the boat, the “no one can then say anything has been tweaked or done a splendid first being that, according to local folklore, she was too messed about”. He made some cuts in some ribs and job returning short. However, as soon as he took a tape to her he found planking and then tried to force the moulds down to Solitaire to that her overall length was “pretty much bang on” but that splay the planking outwards. However, he was still not a seaworthy her wooden keel was too far aft and her sternpost was too able to get them down far enough – in fact, they were condition raked, resulting in the two pieces of false evidence that had about 8in (20cm) above the keel – because, as he had

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CB311 Solitaire Troy.indd 26 31/03/2014 12:06 Clockwise from top left: old rotten stem; new wooden keel; garboard, two conventional planks and glued strips viewed from inside and showing one of the templates; new hull timbers and foredeck; Solitaire has a unique-in- class swept teak deck and cedar king plank and covering boards; bronze winches came all the way from Italy; new stem and hull planking; new garboard and planks topped with glued strip planks

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Above, left to suspected, the boat’s bilges were too slack. After making expected, and this theme carried on right through to the right: race start some more cuts, he eventually got the moulds down to later stages when Richard asked Peter to paint the inside with Solitaire the keel and fixed them there. He then fitted new of the planking and varnish the timbers. The result, positioned 6th garboards and two conventional planks above them, however, beautifully accentuates the Troy’s fine lines from right; owner then a 12in (31cm) width – the maximum permissable inside the hull. Richard Bond at – of narrow strip planks, glued and edge-nailed, in the While all the work for the new rig was carried out the helm of his area of the tuck. within Fowey Harbour – Peter made the new spars, and very own Bond girl “The early boats always used to have trouble there the sails and rigging were provided by Alan Harris at Sail because that’s where all the stresses of the keel are Shape – the winches came from much further afield: working against the boat,” Peter explained. The Harken in Italy and, uniquely among the Troy fleet, they remaining planks were left in place at this stage to use are made of bronze. After burning the candle at both them as ribbands, while new oak timbers were steamed ends, Peter managed to finish T13 in time for Richard to in place throughout the boat. “The association was very have his first sail at the Fowey Royal Regatta. keen, and I think quite rightly so, that things were replaced bit by bit rather than by going through the the name’s bond… process of building a new boat,” Peter told me. He also For obvious reasons, Richard named a number of his found it useful to use the old planking as a guide to previous boats after characters in the Bond films – he has widths and runs when fitting the new Brazilian cedar owned a Wayfarer called Odd Job and RIBs called Pussy planks. There is no class rule regarding timber species for Galore and Moneypenny – and he continued this theme hull planking but there is a minimum weight of 30lb (while also respecting the Troy class’s tradition to name (13.6kg) per cubic foot, and most of the newer boats are boats after gemstones) by naming T13 Solitaire, after the planked in cedar, which is light and stable, and tarot card-reading temptress in Live and Let Die. preferable to the heavier larch or “cheap softwood that I met up with Richard halfway through Fowey Royal the equivalent of Jewsons would sell in the 1930s”, Regatta just after he had come ashore from a race in which was generally used in the original boats. which he finished 8th in a fleet of 20 (he ended up 7th Throughout the project, Peter tried to save weight overall at the end of the regatta), and he said: “I’m very wherever possible, while keeping within pleased, absolutely delighted that I have class rules. Nevertheless, Richard was rescued an old Troy rather than build a new particularly keen that, while three other SOLITAIRE one. At the time I thought it was a bit of a Troys have straight-laid teak decks, T13 nuisance but it was the best thing to do – would be the first with a swept teak deck. LOs the association were absolutely right in their More than 10 years ago, he had acquired 22ft (6.7m) approach to it.” He was also full of praise seven tons of teak skirting boards from a LOA for Peter Williams: “He’s done a fantastic disused hospital. Having sold much of it, job and he did it with consummate style. he then brought some more to Peter’s yard 18ft (5.5m) Full marks, I’m so pleased with what he’s for T13. To try to minimise the extra LWL done. It’s been a treat.” weight, Peter fitted a thinner-than-usual 17ft 6in (5.4m) Another of Richard’s rituals is to keep 3/8in (9.5mm) ply sub-deck, and kept the pieces of timber that have been replaced teak at just 5/32in (4mm) thick. However, BEAM during previous restorations, and to use he found that he was unable to edge-bend 5ft 9in (1.8m) them in some way in subsequent boats. the teak planks enough, even by steaming DrAught In this case, a piece of Tomahawk’s old them, so he ended up fitting a semi-swept 3ft 9in (1.2m) wooden keel has been fitted to the forward deck with snapes in the cedar covering end of Solitaire’s stainless-steel tiller. boards, as well as in the king plank. sAIL ArEA “Isn’t that nice that I can hold that tiller Many aspects of the restoration were 297sqft (27.6m²) and I know that it’s a piece of much more time consuming than had been Tomahawk?” he said.

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Man of steel, then man of strip plank… The founder of North Quay Marine has never conformed to type

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onyer Creek, a tendril of the Swale tugboating and found success in the Sixties boom years Channel that separates the Isle of in slum clearance, demolition and specialist machinery Sheppey from mainland Kent, is just moving, bought the local yard on sight, together with a few miles east of Queenborough, that three shipwrights and three apprentices. favourite bolthole for sailors on passage Soon after, Ted found the 2.5-ton Hillyard Mynx in a in the Thames Estuary. It’s classic north field and restored her with wife-to-be Mary. He sold her CKent – endless vistas over marshy plains to the sea, two years later (to buy an MG sportscar!) but by 1975, big skies, muddy creeks and centuries-old, white-painted married and with son Ewan on the way, bought the boat clapperboard houses. This was smugglers’ country in he had been lusting after for years – Welcome Too, a the 18th and 19th centuries and, later, a centre of clinker, 32ft (9.8m) ex-Admiralty rowing cutter built in brick-making and barge-building. the 1930s and converted to a yacht in 1948. She would There is building going on at North Quay Marine, influence the look of the North Quay boats years later. too, with a new shed going up on a hillock behind the the Spears’s household. Spears Snr, 91, Poplar-born Man of steel ex-Thames tugman and boxer… “a proper Cockney”... Around this time, Spears Snr and his wife moved to is out at lunch, the beagles are at the vets being neutered Scotland to run a small charter-fishing and chandlery and son Ewan drifts in and out. But in Ted’s sitting room operation, leaving Ted and younger brother Bill to take with its view over the creek and the odd watercolour by over the Conyer yard. “What we did not want to do was his own hand, all is calm. In January, we fit out GRP shells from Colvic, which sailed the latest boat from the yard of “What we did was what everyone else was doing at North Quay Marine (aka Ted and son the time,” Ted recalls. So they busied Ewan), the brilliant Spitfire 18 (CB310), not want to themselves with repairs and maintenance, and we got to thinking about how, over until a customer came asking for a the last 20 years, North Quay Marine has do was fit out 38ft (11.6m) steel yacht hull, swiftly been building its little yachts and dayboats followed by another. “That was popular in Western red cedar strip plank in a GRP shells from then – no comebacks, no hassle – but I sector dominated by GRP and ply. Spirit wanted to build a complete yacht.” That Yachts is a notable exception in Britain Colvic…” order soon came, for a Canadian sailor and, elsewhere in the world, particularly who wanted a 42ft (12.8m) ketch to a Turkey and the USA, large Spirit-of-Tradition yachts are Maurice Griffiths Good Hope design. “We built it all built in strip. But in the 15ft to 30ft (4.6m-9.1m) range, in steel – right down to the cockpit. At her launch, she North Quay Marine is alone. went down the slip and just kept going. I knew so little Ted was born in nearby Rochester in 1948 when the then – I was just winging it. She was 8in (20cm) below her family was living aboard a First World War steam waterline, so I phoned Maurice Griffiths, who said ‘don’t pinnace converted to a yacht. “Dad was mad about worry – just paint a new waterline – she’ll be as stiff as a boats – even more than me,” he says. Ted built his first church’.” The boat turned out to be fast and seaworthy boat aged seven with his father’s help – a 7ft 8in (2.3m) – if a little wet! Steel boatbuilding continued for 17 years, Foil dinghy, built from tortured ply, round-bilged and and included about 25 yachts and scores of other craft, fastened with bifurcated copper rivets, glass and tape. including tugs and barges for lands as far-off as Nigeria Soon after, the family moved onto terra firma and and Mozambique. As Maurice Griffiths retired, Ted took bought a 29ft (8.8m) Polperro Gaffer called Wendy. Ted over designing, after a course of home study (favourite remembers sleeping on sail bags in the fo’c’s’le on family book being Norman L Skene’s Elements of Yacht Design). holidays, although his love is not for distant shores and blue water, but for estuary and river sailing in small boats. Man of strip planK By 1967, the family arrived where they have lived Two jobs in the early 90s are worthy of particular ever since – Conyer Creek. Spears Snr, who had left mention: one was for a 110ft (33.5m) superyacht in

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Above, left to right: steel to a Tony Castro design – “the biggest boat ever “straightforward for amateurs, which is essentially what a North Quay 19 with built in Conyer Creek” – and an order for a 28ft (8.5m) we were”. There were also economies of scale: for a its high-peaked gaff, Edwardian-style steam launch. She had to go on a trailer, boatbuilder, every new order can feel like the last, so Ted obviating the need making steel too heavy. Enter strip-planking, which had was not keen to invest in a mould for GRP building – an for a topsail and with been gaining in popularity since the early 1980s. It was expense that would have taken 20 boat sales to recover. built-in camping similar to building in steel, so Ted felt at home with it. Steel, too dense for the volume of small boats, was out. potential; Conyer “The owner – Mr von Finck, a very nice gentleman – “A nice boat is rounded,” says Ted. So ply – though Creek, Spears’s HQ owned a bank that backed Hitler’s war effort and helped possible to round – was out too. Western red cedar has a build Messerschmitts. ‘Don’t mention the war’ [Fawlty durability (rot resistance) equal to teak. It’s denser than a Towers], suddenly became a significant commandment at pure former, like balsa, but less dense than something the yard. When he collected the boat, I noticed that the like fir, which only needs the glass and epoxy for name of the bank on the cheque he signed was the same protection. On a Western red cedar boat, wood, glass as his name. And when he told us what his name for the and epoxy pull together to form a strong monocoque; so boat was, we were astonished: Spitfire! In England, he strong, in fact, that in ½in (12mm) strip planking, a said, you call a lady with fire in her belly a ‘Spitfire’, 17-footer (5.2m) doesn’t need frames. “I wasn’t worried and his steamboat had a fire in her belly!” about weight. The 17-footer came out at around 992lb (450kg), which is what I think a NORTH QUAY mARiNe “It looked as 17-footer should weigh.” By the 1992 recession the yard was failing. So far, history has proved Ted’s hunch Ted went to the Southampton Institute to though someone about strip plank to be right. Just last year train as a marine surveyor, but in 1996 a he was aboard the steam launch Spitfire, friend employed him to design a dayboat. had attacked now under a different owner and in the Remembering the lines of the clinker Netherlands. All his boats have remained naval cutter Welcome Too, Ted drew a it with a chip maintenance-free since then. Ted’s only handsome shape: plumb bow, tucked-up concern about strip plank – that as an transom and a nice sheer, although the hammer” encapsulated monocoque it would be boat was quite progressive in terms of her hard to repair, was allayed in 2000 when strip-plank build and use of space, including two berths a storm-damaged boat arrived for repairs. “It looked as under the foredeck and a cruising canopy that extended though someone had attacked it with a chip hammer – aft into a custom-built tent. holed in two places below the waterline and chipped all That summer, he took the boat to the Greenwich over.” They turned the boat upside down, removed the Wooden Boat Show. “James Wharram and a couple of glass/epoxy skin, dried it out, then cut neat round holes other boatbuilders showed some interest and the next around the jagged holes caused by the boat’s banging morning we were presented with a trophy [CB’s against a sea wall in Chichester Harbour, then plugged Professional Boatbuilder of the Year]. We didn’t even and resheathed. Another advantage of strip over GRP know there was a trophy to be won, let alone that was energy absorption, meaning that the chips did not we’d been judged for it!” craze outwards, as they would on a glass hull. Ted and, in later years, son Ewan, have built 18 more In 2012, Ted’s knowledge of modern wood of the North Quay boats in 15ft (4.6m), 17ft (5.2m), construction led to him being appointed by Lloyd’s as a 19ft (5.8m) and 22ft (6.7m) variants, with and without specialist surveyor to the Queen’s barge Gloriana. While cabins – and even a 30-footer (9.1m). In that time, Ted the future might be in faster boats, like the Spitfire 18, has become wedded to strip planking, partly because, one thing that looks set to remain constant is Ted and as he freely admits, he’s “not a boatbuilder” and it’s Ewan’s commitment to building in strip plank.

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It takes something very special to win a Classic Boat award – and here it is! Thanks to one man’s passion and the redoubtable restoration skills of the IBTC, Snowgoose is one of the ﬁ nest Broads cruisers on the water

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS RICHARD JOHNSTONE-BRYDEN

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he winner of this year’s CB Powerboat designer Ted Landamore drafted the lines of the 32ft Above: few Broads of the Year award represents the (9.8m) four-berth Vesta class motor-cruiser for his cruisers, new or ultimate incarnation of an interwar expanding hire fl eet. old, cast a more design that was created by one of the Twelve years earlier, Landamore had returned to the arresting shadow pioneers of motorboating on the Broads, Broads to set up a boatbuilding business following his on the water Ted Landamore, and refi ned by his wartime service. During his time away, the local hire fl eet than Snowgoose Tson Leslie to refl ect the tastes of the early 1960s. industry had been shaken to its core by the impact of Following a year-long restoration by the Suffolk-based the First World War. The carnage caused severe labour International Boatbuilding Training College (IBTC) shortages and triggered a 300 per cent rise in the cost of commercial division, the 37ft (11.3m) Snowgoose has hiring the sailing craft that formed the bulk of the local been returned to her former glory and sympathetically hire fl eets. These craft were usually chartered with at least optimised for extended cruising on inland waterways. one professional member of crew, thereby making their The origins of Snowgoose’s chequered career date owners extremely vulnerable to any rise in manpower back to 1935 when the Wroxham-based boatbuilder and costs, especially in a period of austerity. However, the

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CB311 Snowgoose3.indd 35 01/04/2014 13:02 Clockwise from increasing availability of lightweight petrol engines, Fortunately, not all of Landamore’s customers took such top: modern suitable for marine use, created the opportunity to a direct or illegal approach when they wanted to acquire furnishings develop motor-cruisers that could be handled by those one of the yard’s motor-cruisers. Edward Suckling, who contrast with new to boating. This enabled the yards to dispense with had been one of the company’s long-term hirers and a bygone features, the services of their professional crews, which, though close friend of Ted Landamore, purchased Vesta 5 when such as the unfortunate for some, was the industry’s salvation. she was withdrawn from the fleet in 1954. old-school radio, Astute boatbuilders like Ted Landamore and Broom Clearly, he admired his friend’s design and six years hinting at how boats increasingly focused their efforts on the later commissioned an improved version of the Vestella Emmet has development of motor-cruisers that went on to form the class. Originally named Eclan in honour of her builders retained much backbone of hire fleets across the Broads. Like several E C Landamore & Co Ltd, she was subsequently of Snowgoose’s other family-owned boatyards in the area, Landamores renamed Snowgoose by a later owner. Ted entrusted the vintage charm built up its own hire fleet, which led to the construction task of drafting the revised design to his son Leslie, who of the first Vesta class motor-cruisers in 1935. had qualified as a naval architect. The notable differences After the Second World War, Ted Landamore enlarged included the lengthening of the hull by 2ft (61cm), the Vesta’s design to create the 35ft (10.7m) five-berth adding two Morris Vedette petrol engines to improve Vestella, and a total of seven were built between 1949 manoeuvrability, and increasing the size of the windows and 1955. They introduced countless families to the in the cabinsides, as well as the forward half of the hull. magic of boating on the Broads, although one such family Leslie managed to disguise her fulsome proportions had very different ideas when they hired Vestella 6 in through the clever use of two thin rubbing strips along May 1957. Instead of pottering around for a week, they each side of the hull, and a coat of white (not grey) paint renamed her Loup de Mer (sea wolf) and tried to head to to the upper section of the forward half of the hull France. However, they abandoned her in Ramsgate finished off Snowgoose’s contemporary appearance. harbour and escaped to the continent. Vestella 6 returned By the time Andrew Holmes purchased her in 1999 to Norfolk on the back of a truck and the culprit was (sadly, the whereabouts of this boat in the preceeding caught several years later when he returned to England. 39-year period is something of a mystery), Snowgoose

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Clockwise from had been fitted with a pair of Ford toll, which was confirmed by the top right: the Watermota Sea Tiger petrol engines. “In the end they subsequent survey. Undeterred, Emmet well-appointed They were replaced by two 29hp Nanni struck a deal and decided to use her to galley; clever diesel engines during an extensive refit by did what they explore the Broads for the summer with curves, cutaways the now defunct Brundall-based Native his wife Clair, while searching for a and brightwork Yacht Company in 2003. The other work said they would, yard to carry out the restoration. hide Snowgoose’s included fitting new upholstery, a Apart from introducing the couple to considerable bulk; generator and an inverter. In-between on time and the Broads, these cruises provided them the cockpit, cruises, Andrew kept Snowgoose in a with an opportunity to consider what, complete with wetshed within the village of Horning. within budget” if any, changes they wanted to make. super-comfy Sadly, Snowgoose lost this protection Choosing the right boatyard can be a captain’s chair when she changed hands in 2007 and was moved to daunting process, as Emmet explained: “I sought lots of Brundall, from where she rarely moved. Her new owner advice and recommendations, then drew up a shortlist in lived on board until ill health forced her to move ashore in Norfolk, Suffolk and on the Thames. However, the yard October 2011 and put Snowgoose up for sale. visits and subsequent communication, or lack of it, was Although no one could find a key to unlock the very disappointing. Most of them didn’t want the work: interior, Irish businessman and boat enthusiast Emmet more than 50 per cent never sent me a schedule of Hart was captivated by Snowgoose’s lines when he saw charges, so I quickly whittled down the list to three. her in 2012: “I had looked at a number of boats, motor IBTC Heritage stood out and my research confirmed the and sail, and initially was not set on a wooden boat. But quality of their workmanship. Nat Wilson, the owner it needed to be comfortable, spacious and with character. of IBTC, was very thorough in his assessment of what I was not adverse to buying a restoration project provided needed to be done, how long it would take, and the she had the ability to meet the above. After looking at budget required. More importantly, he cared about the lots of options, Snowgoose caught my eye.” From what boat and the quality of the work. During the restoration, he could see, her recent inactivity had clearly taken its the team always took time to explain the processes,

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Above, left to difficulties, solutions and suggestions – it was clear they They wanted to optimise the interior for extended right: Snowgoose knew what they were doing. In the end they did what cruising for two people, while retaining the ability to edges out of the they said they would, on time and within budget.” accommodate guests overnight. The aft cabin originally shed at the IBTC The commercial division of IBTC Heritage was had two large single berths laid out in an L-shape. These Heritage yard; the originally set up by John Elliot to provide students with were exchanged for one double berth in the aft port team responsible up to six months’ work experience after their graduation. quarter, while the shower was replaced by a new en-suite for her immaculate However, it was always a bit of a halfway house so, after heads/shower compartment. The removal of the half- restoration Nat and Gill Wilson purchased the college in 2005 they length wardrobe along with the repositioning of the decided to turn it into a commercial boatyard with a generator allowed more natural light to pour in. permanent workforce that specialises in wooden boats. Although the galley, situated between the wheelhouse and Unlike the college, IBTC Heritage is not constrained by the saloon, retains its original layout, the Harts decided a syllabus, so it can tackle a broader range of projects. to replace the 1960s Formica worktops with oak. The The combination of the college’s reputation and his remaining internal alterations were confined to the dealings with the staff convinced Emmet to bring forward cabin where the heads were removed to create a Snowgoose to Lake Lothing in Lowestoft to be slipped spacious cabin, which will become a study in due course. by IBTC Heritage on 24 October 2012. The subsequent Shortly after her launch, Emmet moved Snowgoose to stripping out of her interior revealed the full extent of her Wroxham where she joined Katinka in a wetshed. The deterioration and inevitably extended the scope of the sight of these beautiful boats together presented Emmet structural work, which included replacing 50 per cent of with a real dilemma – which one should he keep? While the hull’s planking, renewing 30 per cent of her timbers, he could afford to run the pair, he felt they should be fitting new floors throughout, recaulking the entire hull, regularly used rather than laid up gathering dust. Having adding a 3mm mahogany laminate to the transom, enjoyed a memorable summer of cruising in Katinka, repairing the cabinsides and the cold-moulded coachroof. which included several months on the Thames where she As Emmet contemplated the prospect of being without caused quite a stir during the Henley Royal Regatta, he a boat for the 2013 season, he purchased the immaculate reluctantly decided to put her up for sale. “They are both 44ft (13.4m) Broom Admiral class motor-cruiser Katinka very different boats, but more of my soul is in Snowgoose (CB310) in February 2013. Meanwhile, IBTC Heritage so when I received an offer for Katinka, I agreed to sell had made enough progress by April for Emmet and her,” said Emmet. At the time of writing, the formalities Clair to firm up the rest of their plans for Snowgoose. of the sale are being completed. Thus, Emmet and Clair will spend this season exploring the Broads in Snowgoose before possibly SNOWGOOSE taking her across the Channel in 2015 to begin making their way BUILDER down the French canals towards the Ted Landamore Mediterranean. The idea for this trip LOA was triggered by one of Emmet’s 37ft (11.3m) previous adventures, as he explains: “I once flew a private plane to Cannes BEAm and cruising through France to the 11ft 9in (3.6m) Med is probably a similar, but slower experience, so we plan to tackle the DRAUght trip over two seasons. Beyond that, 2ft 3in (0.7m) our plans remain open-ended and may mAx spEED involve the movement of Snowgoose 8 knots to other European inland waterways before eventually bringing her back to the Broads.”

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Spetsesrevisited With idyllic warm-water sailing, authentic Mediterranean charm and an annual classic yacht race, what could be better than a few days on the Greek island of Spetses? Former resident, Nic Compton, heads back for a catch up

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hraxos was beautiful. There was no other adjective; it was not just pretty, picturesque, charming – but was simply and effortlessly beautiful. It took my breath away, fl oating under Venus like a majestic black whale in an amethyst evening sea…” PThis is how John Fowles describes the island that is used as the setting for The Magus, the novel which turned him into a literary phenomenon. It’s the story of an Englishman who goes to Greece to teach English at a private boarding school and becomes embroiled in mind games with a (possible) former Nazi collaborator who lives in a villa on the other side of the island. The book is full of puzzles and mysteries, but one which didn’t take long to solve was the location of the real Phraxos. A few months after the book was published it was identifi ed as the island of Spetses, and thus began a literary association unrivalled in Greece until Captain Corelli’s Mandolin threw Kephalonia revisited into the limelight in the 1990s. By the time I arrived in Spetses in the mid-1970s, the island had succumbed to a fl ood of English tourists, shipped in by the thousands on cheap package deals. Out of season, however, a strong expat community of writers, artists and academics – many of them living on boats in the Old Harbour – gave the place a surprisingly cosmopolitan feel for an island occupied by fewer than 4,000 people. It was a great place to grow up, messing around on boats, swimming several times a day and generally roaming around the island free as birds. Although we were poor fi nancially, our quality of life was extremely high. Since then, the island has reinvented itself as a chic resort for wealthy Athenians, who bomb down in their

ALAMY luxury motor yachts at the weekend and pile into the

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CB311 Spetses.indd 45 31/03/2014 13:13 Above: wooden boats jostle for harbour space with the millionaires’ superyachts. Below: the annual regatta brings out the best boats and ageless fashions. Right: majestic Med – sailing under a sultry sun is just one reason to visit Spetses

Old Harbour three boats deep. The English package were built. It was its large fleet of ships that enabled tours have all but vanished, along with most of the Spetses, along with the neighbouring island of Hydra, to boat-living community, but despite the change in play an important role in the Greek War of Independence. demographics and the arrival of some large new None more so than the island’s most famous heroine: the developments, the innate beauty of the place – its legendary Laskarina Bouboulina. A successful shipowner distinctive architecture, pine-covered hills and crystal- who inherited two fortunes from her two husbands, she clear waters – remains. devoted all her resources to the fight against the Turks and was treated as an equal by the other (male) members childhood memories of the revolutionary council, eventually becoming the My main impression revisiting the island after an interval only female admiral in Greece’s history. of more than 20 years was of constant sensory delight. Not surprisingly, her image is to be found all around It’s impossible to walk 10 yards in Spetses without seeing the island, as well as on Greek stamps and, when I was a some delightful architecture, or smelling an exotic flower, child, on the country’s 50-drachma note. The flag from or hearing birdsong and the sea lapping at the shore. the War of Independence, depicting a Christian cross For a visiting sailor, the place to be is in the Old crushing a Turkish crescent next to the motto “Freedom Harbour – not the ‘new’ jetty by the town centre, which or death”, remains Spetses’s banner to this day. is exposed to the prevailing wind and to the wash of The island was still a hub of boatbuilding when I was every passing ferry. It’s in the Old Harbour that the a teenager, with half a dozen yards in the Old Harbour island’s fortunes were made, first in building traditional wooden caiques, the mid-1700s by building fast cargo mostly for fishing. Most of the yards have ships that could outrun the Barbary now been replaced by bars and cafés, but

pirates and carry wheat from Russia G R E E C E a few new caiques are still being built, but to the western Med, and again in the all for leisure use. Not only have the early 1800s by building a fleet of ships waters been overfished, but an EU

that could dodge the British blockade Athens directive means that fishermen are paid to of Napoleon’s empire. give up their fishing licences – providing By the 1820s, Spetses was one of PELOPONNISOS their boats are destroyed. As a result, the most powerful islands in the more than 5,000 caiques have been region and its shipowners were so SPETSES broken up in the past 10 years.

wealthy they took to hiding their gold A E G E A N The Old Harbour is made up of two in wells. It was during this period that S E A parts: the inner harbour, or Baltiza Creek, the grand houses that line the coast where the speedboats cram in at weekends

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in the summer, and the outer harbour, where you can these will no doubt be heading for the impressive either lie at anchor or anchor off with a long line to the Poseidonion Grand Hotel. Built in 1914 by the island’s shore. The outer harbour is the only sensible option at benefactor, Sotirios Anargyros, it’s modelled on the Belle weekends, though during the week and off-season you Époque hotels of the Côte d’Azur and certainly brings a might be able to squeeze into Baltiza Creek – especially touch of class – or pretentiousness, depending on your on the far side, where the pool that used to be used as a politics. Described in The Magus as “an obese Greek- ships’ graveyard has been cleared out. Edwardian hotel” that was “as at home on Phraxos as a hansom cab in a Doric temple”, the Poseidonion isn’t the good old days loved by everyone, but there’s a sense that, 100 years From the Old Harbour, it’s a short walk into the town after it was built, the rest of the island may have finally centre – either along the coast past the former caught up with Anargyros’s vision, and the hotel seems shipowners’ houses now converted to holiday homes, less incongruous now than it did before. or taking the shortcut via the St Nicholas monastery and Another Anargyros legacy, the private school at the down a path lined with bougainvillea end of town where John Fowles taught, and oleander (and passing probably “It’s not the kind also gets short shrift in The Magus, the best bakery on the island). Cars are where it is described as “a dauntingly banned from the island – apart from a of arduous sailing long building several storeys high and few taxis (just one when I was little, reminiscent, in spite of its ornate now around six) and some vans for northern sailors Corinthian façade, of a factory”. Like essential services – so the only means the hotel, the narrator says, the building of transport is either by amaxi might be used to” is “equally at odds with the landscape”, (horse-drawn carriage) or motorbike. though he’d be relieved to know that This means you’re unlikely to get run the spread of pine trees in the school over by a car, though you do have to be on constant grounds means it is now mostly hidden from view. guard (especially if you have small children) against the Indeed, Spetses was known in ancient times as relentless stream of motorbikes, usually stacked high with Pityoussa, the island of pine trees, and although forest everything from a yiayia (granny) to the kitchen sink. fires have denuded large tracts of the island, those shady Downtown Spetses is the Dapia, a lofty terrace of woods are still one of its defining features. The cafés overlooking the crescent-shaped harbour where description of Phraxos still applies: “Its beauty was rare locals and tourists alike gather to enjoy a frappé (iced even in the Aegean because its hills were covered in pine coffee) and some kourabiedes (butter biscuits), while trees, Mediterranean pines as light as greenfinch feathers. watching the latest arrivals coming off the ferry. Some of Nine-tenths of the island was uninhabited and

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Left and right: a typical Aegean schooner at full sail, known locally as a caique; enthusiasts get a close-up view of the action

uncultivated: nothing but pines, coves, silence, sea.” Spetses Classic Yacht Race, which takes place in June. Back in the Old Harbour, the rustic taverna where we Now in its fourth year, the event was started by sailing used to eat fried squid on a balcony over the water has enthusiast Stratis Andreadis (and CB Awards sponsor) become a smart restaurant; the grubby bar where my and the owner of the Poseidonion, Antonis Vordonis, as father used to buy his retsina loose by the gallon is now a way of highlighting the plight of the indigenous boats, a fancy gellateria, and the muddy track to the lighthouse as well as attracting some extra tourism to the area. The is now a paved road lined with expensive villas. But event attracts a mix of craft, including a few genuine perhaps most shocking of all is that the boatyard where classics, but, crucially, it has stimulated a revival of my friend Vagelis used to work building caiques has been interest in Aegean schooners, many of which have been closed down because, after 40 years’ leasing the site to rigged and restored to take part in the regatta. In that Vagelis’s family, the owner decided he could make more sense, it has already been a force for good. money opening a bar and art gallery. But not all change is for the worse. opportunity knoCkS A recent development is the annual Spetses certainly has plenty to offer the cruising yachtsman. When I was a teenager, I skippered a 24ft (7.3m) Cornish Crabber for an elderly American couple who lived on the island. We devised a selection of trips: for a quick swim, a potter around the corner to Agia Marina was sufficient. For a half-day sail, we might head over to the mainland to the sandy coves on either side of Costa, or sail west past the Dapia to the idyllic Zogeria Bay. A whole day trip would be sailing around the island, stopping on the way at Paraskevi beach for lunch and drifting back into harbour on the last breath of wind. The best overnight trips were either to the bustly town of Hydra or, at the other extreme, the deserted bay of Dhokos, both east of Spetses. Or we might head the other way to the little-visited town of Leonidhion, set in a dramatic mountain range on the mainland to the west. And that remains one of the attractions of Spetses. As well as providing a safe harbour with a town CruiSing inForMation rich in history and culture, it’s surrounded by unspoilt Fuel: Fuel quay on the dock at the national tax for all yachts, regardless coves and harbours. It’s not the kind of arduous sailing entrance of Baltiza Creek, on the of nationality, in Greek waters. Charges northern sailors might be used to – the afternoon breeze west side of the harbour. are: 23ft to 26ft (7m-8m) LOA – €200; rarely blows stronger than a Force 3–4 – but it’s Water: At the fuel quay. 26ft to 33ft (8m-10m) LOA – €300; 33ft wonderful relaxing family sailing. You’re not likely to Chandlery: At the fuel quay. to 39ft (10m-12m) LOA – €400; over run aground on a falling tide, no-one’s likely to get Shipwright: There are three 39ft (12m) LOA – €100/metre. seasick, and you won’t have to pretend to enjoy beating boatyards on the east side of Baltiza Hazards: Rocks and shallows on the into the wind for two hours on the way home because Creek. Try Pantelis Korakis +30 22980 shores of the outer harbour; shallows you’ve misjudged the current. Quite the opposite. The 74128 or email [email protected]. at the inner end of the small quay on principal danger is that, after sailing in such benign and, Mooring fees: Free, except at fuel the east side of the harbour. Do not frankly, hedonistic waters, a budding sailor might never dock, which may charge 25 euros for moor at the town quay (especially not want to sail anywhere else! mooring overnight in peak season. the east side), which is exposed to Be warned: there is now a new wash from ferries and water taxis. Spetses Classic Yacht Race, 19-22 June, classicyachtrace.com. The new Corfu Classic Yacht Race, 12-14 June, ccyr.gr

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26ft. YONNE CLASS BERMUDIAN CUTTER design, Clemens of Portsmouth in 1935. Winner of Classic Boat Magazine Best Restoration 2012. An exceptionalHarrison yacht and butler a rare 36ft. SILVERETTE CLASS MOTOR-YACHT opportunity to own a virtual new HB. restored for actor Robbie Coltrane. Four berths, 50hp Thornycroft £60,000 Devon diesel, new ketch rig 2013. Excellent condition Formerly and Silverette owned number and one built in 1931. 31ft. CORNISH MOTOR-SAILER £40,000 by Gerald Pearn, Looe. Iroko hull and Designed decks. Four and berths. built in 50hp 1970 Ireland Thornycroft diesel, 400 sq. ft. ketch rig. 52ft. STEAM PICKET BOAT picnics or ﬁ shing. £29,750 Generous cockpit for family Admiralty by Gills of Chatham Samuel1910. Teak White hull, design iroko forsuperstructure. the West Sussex Liveaboard style interior, 72hp BMC diesel. First World War survivor. £39,950 Useful ketch rig. Rare pre Somerset

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matters 27/02/2014 11:54 New pension rules now mean you can unlock capital to buy your dream boat. But is that the best option? We ﬁ nd out

uying a classic boat has always been an other sources, such as a state pension, ﬁ nal salary pension inexact science because it involves a scheme or another annuity, the annual income is capped. component of human emotion not always Right now, the maximum someone can withdraw from apparent when purchasing an equivalent a £100,000 pension is £7,080. Anything above this is GRP craft. It’s about sleek lines and the smell charged at 55 per cent and, understandably, no major Bof varnished wood on water, so much so that the impact pension provider offers this service. can be intoxicating and cause buyers to lead with their From April 2015, this crippling tax rate is to be heart and not plan with their calculator. scrapped and you will be able to withdraw the entire In last month’s Budget, the Chancellor, George pension pot (the ﬁ rst 25 per cent will be tax free and then Osborne, ripped up the pension rulebook, which means the remainder will be taxed at the individual’s marginal for some the prospect of buying a new boat has suddenly rate), thus making it easier to dip in and out of the fund become a distinctly more realistic proposition. and use the money to buy something big. Disregarding those whose pensions are linked to “Buying a wooden boat must be regarded as a hobby; workplace salary schemes, currently, a saver has three it’s about the love for sailing,” says Peter Gregson of choices. If the total pension pot is worth less than £18,000 Wooden Ships Yacht Brokers. “If the boat increases in this can be withdrawn, 25 per cent being tax free and the value during your ownership, then that’s a bonus. In remainder charged at the individual’s marginal rate. addition to the purchase price and mooring/yard fees, add Where the value exceeds this amount, the saver can have in the cost of maintenance and upkeep, which can be up to two pensions worth up to £2,000 each as cash lump markedly dearer with a wooden classic. Buy what you can sums, again subject to income tax. afford,” he asserts. Option two is to buy an annuity that guarantees a So what happens if you haven’t got a pension fund, monthly income until death. In reality, a 65-year old or you are not of retirement age to be able to access it? NEW with £100,000 can expect an income of £5,800/pa at That’s where a loan comes in. Ken Drinkwater of PENSION today’s rates from the annuity. Unless the pensioner Woodrolfe Brokerage takes up the point. “Finding can show £20,000 of guaranteed suitable funding can be a stumbling RULES income from other sources, their “Buying a block, even for cheaper wooden craft, From April 2015, you can withdraw your whole annual income is capped. Finally, and for some time now sales in this pension, 25% tax free a saver can leave the pension sum wooden boat sector have struggled. For example, a invested in the stock market and take classic craft on our books that started at a gradual income from the proceeds. must be regarded £20,000 stuck for years until the price Unless the individual can show £20,000 fell to below £10,000; a deal has now of guaranteed pension income from as a hobby” been agreed for £8,200.” However, not

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all buyers can run to £20,000 and many brokers are 15 years. The minimum advance is set at £100,000 with critical of the unwillingness of some major finance Loans the boat itself providing security against the loan. houses to even consider loans for cheaper craft, sighting While perhaps not everyone’s idea of the perfect lack of understanding and knowledge over the Here we look financial solution, some consider buying their craft using a reputation of many respected boatyards, such as at five ways credit card, especially in the under £30,000 category. It Buchanan, Hillyard and Morgan Giles, and the quality of borrowing might also solve the answer to purchasing the necessary boats they’ve created. £25,000 over parts, paint and varnish should you also be looking at a “That’s the reason I argue against my customers, in 60 months buy-to-restore project. However, check the interest rate the main, seeking help from the larger maritime finance first – credit card rates can be eye-wateringly high. companies,” says Peter Gregson. “Rumour has it that in If you prefer a more traditional loan, then you need to Promarine such establishments, wooden boats are seen as a lot of finance take into account that some finance houses expect you trouble and they’re unwilling to look any further. It’s to contribute a proportion (say 30 per cent) laziness really.” Some customers for Wooden Ships’s £664.75 as a statement of commitment – rather like the craft are in the enviable position of having the ready a month* part-payment applicable with some home mortgages finance to support such purchases from their own £39,895/5yrs – towards the overall cost of the craft. assets. And here we’re talking five-figure sums, perhaps APr 19.1% Unlocking equity in your home is also often an using investment capital rather than letting it sit idly in a attractive way to raise cash, and re-mortgaging is a bank account earning (almost) nothing. popular route for this. Many lenders are still offering low Ken Drinkwater says Woodrolfe has established a deals of around 2.5 per cent – tied in for two years, but good relationship with Promarine Finance, where marine these often have an arrangement fee, typically around Barclaycard finance director Stuart Austin, an enthusiastic sailor £990. New guidelines tightening up on mortgage lending himself, says they specialise in the under £50,000 £625.00 will mean you need to satisfy a bank you can afford it. maritime loan market. “It makes no difference whether a month** Some existing mortgages have large reserve overdraft it’s a wooden or GRP craft,” maintains Stuart. “Our £37,500/5yrs facilities and these can be the best way to borrow with customer loan application begins with an asset outline APr 18.9% lower rates than loans, typically around 4.9 per cent. form emailed to the client, followed by a credit check In the case of boats for sale outside the UK, 20 per and bank statements, before progressing to the survey cent VAT must be added if the craft is to be imported. stage equating value against sale price.” However, craft built in the UK before 1985 do not attract In stark contrast, from our research, the criticisms VAT but, given instances where it has been restored after over the lack of available loans from some of the big natWest loan that date (and let’s face it, most have), evidence of the finance houses clearly has credibility. Will Bowen, £497.98 VAT paid on materials and components should be head of media relations at Barclays Wealth and a month available to view and form part of the boat’s Investment Management, says that after a recent provenance. Naturally, VAT must be paid on new strategic review, Barclays no longer provides marine £29,878.80/5yrs wooden boats, perhaps making the purchase of a classic APr 7.5% finance for new clients because it has a sizeable and craft a more attractive proposition? sustainable client list and no desire to change this. Another cost to consider is transporting a boat from Karyn Theron, marketing communications manager its current location after purchase. For example, to at Lombard, another of the big lenders, said that it has transport a 26ft (7.9m) wooden vessel from Essex to never traded in the classic-boat sector, yet was unable to remortgage South Wales on a truck costs £600 plus VAT. say why. However, while it is true Lombard actively + arrangement fee Clearly, the number of funding options is vast, making promotes its loan business, a quick telephone call £474 it even easier to buy the boat of your dreams. reveals the limitation of its loan service spectrum. a month Theron reinforces the point by saying that it doesn’t Don’t forget… £28,444/5yrs matter if you’re considering a used classic craft or a ■ New pension rules applicable from April 2015 APr 3.6% new build in timber, it won’t fund the purchase. could help you unlock capital Dominic Prisco of Close Brothers financial services ■ Promarine Finance demands an upfront payment paints a more positive picture, saying that every request of 30%. On a £25,000 boat, that means you’ll have is treated individually, starting with the specification to find a cash advance of £7,500* of boat, the loan value against the overall cost, Barclays loan ■ Add 20% if the boat is purchased outside the UK followed by the applicant’s personal details and ■ Add on transportation costs from one mooring or an out-of-water survey, before deciding whether £472.91 boatyard to another a month to proceed. The minimum amount they’ll ■ Check APR, especially on credit-card finance consider is £50,000. £28,374.60/5yrs ■ Only ever buy what you can afford Ment. MontHly fees redUce as tHe aMoUnt oUtstanding is paid off is paid fees redUce as tHe aMoUnt oUtstanding MontHly Ment. Alternatively, a marine mortgage available from APr 4.9% someone like HSBC Commercial Banking can offer UsefUl contacts a certain attraction, the package representing up to marine-finance.org; woodenships.co.uk; business.hsbc.co.uk;

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Antigua to N ew York

Most people would run a mile from setting sail on a 2,500-mile, non-stop, open-ocean adventure in a classic wooden workboat. But these two daredevil sailors are made of sterner stuff. Here’s their inspiring story

STORY BRITTANY MEYERS PHOTOGRAPHS DENIS DOWLING

CB311 Summer Wind Voyage.indd 54 31/03/2014 12:39 CB311 Summer WindVoyage.indd 55 D were doingittogether –usandSummerWind . Thatshe was allcaptainDowlingthinking. Hewasinlove. “I don’t everwanttogoseainaplasticboatagain,” Carriacou sloophadevergone, wasanafterthought. Carriacou sloop,SummerWind , furtherthanany more alive.Thefactthattheyhad takentheirtraditional would testanyvesselandcrew–theyneverfelt rises barely2ft(61cm)abovethesea,inconditionsthat “There was this distinct and very real feeling that we “There wasthis distinctandveryrealfeeling that we They were in an open wooden boat that They wereinanopenwoodenboatthat for hoursoffthecoastofNorthCarolina. ocean swellsandtorrential,blindingrain battling 40-knotsustainedwinds,huge enis DowlingandDubiKleinhadbeen been sailing. the firsttimetheyhadeverreally beensailing. nautical milesaccruedbetweenthem,agreed:thiswas expert sailorsintheirownrightswithwellover150,000 Grenadines, wasperformingflawlessly. DenisandDubi, spar, whichhadtravelledso far fromherhomeinthe meticulously hand-laidframesandherruggedwooden That beautifulboatandallherwell-oiledtimbers, would takecareofus…”Denisrecallsintrospectively. gone where no man has gone before, or done something gone whereno man hasgonebefore,ordone something exploits onthe high seas,veryfewofushave actually unknown territory”.Whilesailors arenostrangersto in hazardousactivity, especially theexplorationof these days.Bydefinition,toadventure isto“engage The word “adventure” gets thrown around a lot The word“adventure”getsthrown aroundalot sea voyage herepic after towers over famous landmarks the world’s most landfall! Oneof Summer Wind Summer Left:

what a 31/03/2014 12:39 ALEXIS ANDREWS

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that can truly be defined as adventure. And it is this Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and it didn’t take long to small fact that is precisely what makes Denis and his spot him. He was, of course, working scrupulously on the 2,500-nautical mile journey from Antigua to New York deck of Summer Wind to ready her for their journey. City aboard Summer Wind that much more magical. Sporting a tattered straw hat and sun-bleached dreadlocks, he greeted me with a warm smile and an wood is good! invitation aboard. It was immediately apparent that In an age where plastic boats are the norm, to see a Summer Wind was Denis’s passion, his pride and his joy: classic wooden boat with a design dating back to the late she had been completely rebuilt from the keel up and she 1800s is truly something to behold. The Carriacou sloop was beautiful and impeccably maintained. is no different and despite her very practical workboat He had island-hopped from Antigua to St Maarten roots, her lines are incredibly race-like and clean. Low to with no instruments or modern systems (besides an the water with extreme deadrise, engine), using only dead flush decks and a squat, wide “Every piece of nautical reckoning, the Southern Cross, transom, they were ahead of their and local knowledge. While his time. With a solid timber for a knowledge in my arsenal excellent seamanship coupled with spar – usually harvested from a a welcome dose of serendipity got forest in Grenada – and an was put to the test” him that far, he knew that Summer oversized and powerful main, Wind needed more gear and some they are also fast and efficient sailers. basic systems for the offshore journey to the East Coast. Historically, the essential element for inter-island The first job was to build a berth for sleeping when off commerce, these workhorses would traffic everything watch. The interior of a Carriacou sloop is not ideal for from produce to livestock between the islands of the West overnight passage-making; she lacks any and all creature Indies. Their distinct silhouettes graced the horizons of comforts, and inside you’ll see nothing more than these waters for the better part of a century, and as many wooden frames with some lead in the bilge for ballast. as 130 of these West Indian sloops were working during Function, not comfort, was the priority of this refit: her their heyday in the early to mid-1900s. Hand-built on propeller needed to be re-pitched, her exhaust system beaches out of West Indian cedar, by the cracked and rebuilt, hand pumps installed, and dead-eyes and calloused hands of some of the finest shipwrights in the chainplates needed replacing to make her seaworthy. Caribbean, West Indian sloops were built with heart and Furthermore, while Denis is a purist in the most soul. Sadly, only 17 are left in working order today, while authentic and traditional sense, a solar charger was the rest are rotting away on beaches of the islands they necessary to run the recently installed VHF, GPS, running once served. I first met Denis at Nanny Cay Marina in lights and, of course, stereo. Other than an EPIRB for

Clockwise from left: dolphins were a welcome sight; rough seas brought a sharp sense of reality; Denis enjoying a quieter time at the helm; Dubi showing off the Carriacou’s decidedly cramped below-decks accommodation

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emergency and a tiller pilot to provide the crew respite under full sail and headed out to sea. Denis and Dubi’s Above: no wonder from hand steering, these were the only conveniences spirits were high and it seemed an incredibly auspicious Denis has a that would modernise Summer Wind’s century-old beginning for an epic journey. As they got out of the lee beaming smile features. No heads, no galley, no settee, no dodger, no of the islands, however, conditions changed. Night began when this prize bimini and no freshwater system ensured that this was to fall and the winds and seas picked up considerably. wahoo is on the going to be a rustic journey to the past and Summer “It was like the ocean said, ‘wake up boys’,” Denis lunch menu Wind was going to be the time machine. recalled. “It became clear that we needed to reef immediately.” Reefing a mainsail is pretty easy, if a little changing course cumbersome. Reefing the main of a Carriacou sloop, After a solid month of 12- to 18-hour days under the hot however, is an entirely different beast requiring one crew Summer Caribbean sun, Denis and his first mate Dubi crossed the member to man the tiller and massive flogging sail, while wind final items off Summer Wind’s to-do list. The original the other wrestles the sail and halyard at the mast. There plan was to island-hop to Florida, but with the threat of are no halyard winches, no lazy jacks and certainly no LOA hurricane season upon them and so many other hazards roller furling aboard a Carriacou sloop. Add bucking 37ft 5in to consider by staying close to shore, he and Dubi grew seas, breaking waves and gusting winds and you have a skeptical. Aside from that, they were without a dinghy to veritable wrestling match not for the faint of heart. (11.4m) shuttle them to and from land and the added expense of With the main finally reefed and Summer Wind more beAm shoreside accommodation, the cost of marinas and meals manageable, Dubi took the first watch while Denis 9ft (2.7m) became daunting. So, at the very last minute they crawled below to get some rest. Almost immediately she decided to head offshore and make the journey in one took a huge wave over the quarter, pooping the entire drAught fell swoop; a potentially riskier endeavour, but one they cockpit and thoroughly drenching Denis in his bunk. 3ft 3in (1m) were more comfortable with. They would leave Tortola Soaking wet, uncomfortable and apprehensive about heading north, eventually turning left and sailing what lay ahead, doubt crept into his mind. “Are we in dispLAcement non-stop to West Palm Beach, Florida, a trip they over our heads? Should we be doing this?” he wondered 13,700lb estimated would take about 10 days. to himself. But there was no turning back. (6.2 tonnes) “The first few days were a huge learning curve and I’d reality bites be lying if I said it was easy. There was an overall feeling sAiL AreA On 23 June 2013, after the final frantic provisioning of total exhaustion. We were really, really tired, but we 764sqft (71m²) and preparation, Summer Wind glided out of Nanny Cay were committed,” Denis admits. Being physically closer

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Above: back for to the ocean than they had ever been took a toll on them. and winds picked up considerably. With no way to more punishment: The simple act of going to the bathroom was an ordeal access weather data, Denis was at a loss: “I worried that the boys leave the that involved strapping oneself to the mast while hanging perhaps something was brewing. It was hurricane season New York skyline overboard as the boat bucked and yawed with the and we were out there, so I asked for a sign. Something, and head home waves. Sleeping, even in the custom-made quarter berth, anything, to tell me that we would be all right.” They was uncomfortable at best. Their block ice melted in were 200 miles east of the Bahamas and, as if summoned four days and their food started to spoil. The open ocean into existence by his very thought, a bright yellow was relentless and the boys were bruised and battered. butterfly – one that, ironically, matched the yellow accent As sturdy as the Carriacou sloop is, comfort is not her colour on Summer Wind – suddenly appeared. It was the forte. Exposed, rustic and lively in sign he needed. a blow, she requires a tremendous “It was hurricane season After passing north of Nassau amount of energy and stamina to in a building weather system, they sail, let alone live on. “I have and we were out there, made landfall in West Palm Beach never been challenged like that as expected. After a couple weeks before. Every piece of nautical so I asked for a sign” of respite and re-provisioning in knowledge in my arsenal was put Florida, they continued their sail to the test and used,” says Denis. up the east coast, almost But something magical happens when you are faced exclusively under sail, stopping only in Beaufort, North with a great challenge: you adapt. Which is exactly Carolina, for, ironically, a weather forecast. what they did. By day five, Denis and Dubi not only found their new york, new york groove, but a brotherhood. The journey became spiritual On 5 August 2013, 44 days after departing Tortola, and there was an incredible and undeniable feeling of Denis, Dubi and Summer Wind arrived in New York being at one with the ocean. Euphoria replaced City, where they sailed, triumphantly, into New York exhaustion and their bodies adjusted to the boat and the Harbour. The moment would be captured by filmmaker ocean. Denis and Dubi were in tune with each other and and Carriacou sloop enthusiast Alexis Andrews for his the sea. “It felt so natural,” Denis reminisced, “This boat upcoming project Vanishing Sail – a documentary about had been built by hand, on a beach with local materials. the history, near extinction and modern resurgence She had a spirit. She was alive.” of these incredible ships. On day seven, the weather took an ominous turn. Alexis told Denis he wanted an iconic image for the The skies grew dark, the barometer started dropping film, which is precisely what he got: Summer Wind

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sailing into one of the world’s most famous harbours for the very fi rst time. The photo is, indeed, a classic: a ship of yesteryear completing an epic journey, the fi rst of its kind, ghosting peacefully past the majestic Statue of Liberty into the city of new beginnings. Two universal symbols of freedom: Lady Liberty and a voyaging sailboat, intersecting: Summer Wind had arrived. Docked and settled, Denis called the boatbuilder Alwyn Enoe, to let him know that one of his ships had sailed further and harder than any other Carriacou sloop ever had. She had taken care of her crew and brought them home safely. But it was more than timbers or frames or craftsmanship, it was her essence and her grace that made the journey what it was. She had become more than a boat on this odyssey: she became a living entity with a soul and a spirit, such is the magic of a hand-crafted wooden ship. “Summer Wind is real strong, you know?” Denis Above, left to right: sunset, Atlantic Ocean style – does it get much better than this?; told the original boatbuilder Alwyn over the phone. the boys’ makeshift toilet, all ready for the next overboard pit stop! And with a wise and knowing chuckle, Alwyn replied with a Caribbean fl air and said: “I know.”

CRUISING INFORMATION: ANTIGUA TO NEW YORK LEAVING ANTIGUA When we set sail, we didn’t even have a New York Channel it was dark and working compass. We left around 4am I received an updated bound for Gustavia and I took my last U S A forecast. The weather had bearings with the stars and kept the been about Force 6 and wind angle constant until I started to was now becoming F7. It pick up swell north of Antigua. I kept the Beaufort had just enough north in it to carry us swell angle until St Barths, 8 hours later. without a stop across the Gulf Stream and into West Palm Beach. FROM GUSTAVIA TO A T L A N T I C ST MAARTEN O C E A N FLORIDA TO MARTHA’S FLORIDA This was an easy daysail as it’s all visible VINEYARD from St Barths. In St Maarten, I installed West Palm In Florida, we loaded up on charts as far Beach Nassau a working compass, running lights, as Martha’s Vineyard. We were now in a VHF with integrated AIS and a THE BAHAMAS peak hurricane season so we made a Raymarine A67 module with a GPS quick hop (four days) to Beaufort, NC, and antenna. I wanted to keep the CUBA left the following day to meet with a

equipment to a minimum, not only for St Maarten heavy south blow. My intention was to Tortola the sake of space but for the tradition reach the continental shelf at the same Gustavia of the vessel. I would love to have Antigua time the weather started to become sailed a hundred years ago, but the near-gale, giving me ocean swell to deal reality of our seas today is such that former plan of island-hopping with instead of inland chop and slop, as without this equipment, I would have and take an o shore route (see well as a dead run on the genoa up to been more of a navigational hazard. map above). I got hold of a New York. The system moved in faster I purchased NV chart packs for the North Atlantic overview chart, than anticipated and was accompanied Bahamas chain and the east coast of Above: with the which became my go-to chart. I couldn’t by electrical storms. We blew the genoa Florida, a hand-bearing compass, island-hopping get a sextant, so we ended up with dead out while scrapping the main as the fi rst dividers and a Breton plotter. As for route out of the reckoning and GPS. I did fi nd that my set of squalls came in, and ran the rest of books, I had a nautical almanac, sight equation, Denis iPhone with Navionics software proved the F8 blow on the storm jib alone. reduction tables for navigation (selected and Dubi took a more accurate than the Raymarine. stars), and a cruising guide to the more hardcore, NEW YORK Bahamas, which actually o ered very bluewater route WEATHER ROUTING I was surprised when we approached little in the way of seamanlike pilotage. to New York; local I used a weather-routing service before New York Harbour. I had been expecting NV charts we left Tortola, knowing that I would something closer to the volume of tra c BAHAMAS BOUND likely have no contact with the outside found at Gibraltar or the Dover Straits. As we prepared for fi nal departure in world for more than a week. When we But I guess we arrived on a quiet day… Tortola, we decided to abandon our fi nally reached the Northeast Providence Denis Dowling

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races and many others. Add into the The man equation a vision that dictated decisions about the International Rule and designs like with the Midas touch the Dragon class, which are still inﬂ uencing the sport well into the next century. T H E M A N , T H E D E S I G N E R & T H E S A I L O R BY CLARE MCCOMB E L I N K R A G S E T V O L D Believe it or not, but this impressive • O L E E N G E N portfolio belongs to Johan Anker (1871- here aren’t many people in this world who 1940). Some readers may not even recognise have won two Olympic gold medals, the ﬁ rst his name – but this very special biography in 1912, the second 16 years later in 1928; will go a long way to putting that right. It has just been Tdesigned, built and raced their own yachts to translated from Norwegian into English, which is why, victory; and penned the lines for a host of other legendary at last, we have a chance to read his amazing story. racing boats that won major competitions, including eight Anker ran the Anker & Jensen boatyard at Vollen, near Olympic golds, two One Ton Cups, four Coupe de France Oslo, and between 1905 and 1940 it built no fewer than

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355 boats. Anker is perhaps known as a master of Metre Clockwise from told through the diary of his second wife, Nini, whose class yacht design – producing many elegant and fast main image: insight and affection shine through. yachts – and a useful index contains a staggering role call gifted designer This is the best gift you could give to a sailor who has of Metres and Square Metre designs, conjuring up a busy Johan Anker; read everything. For technical detail and fascinating racing scene in the years before World War II. 15-Ms at Europe yachting tales, it is a cracking read. I couldn’t put it down For Anker, only the optimum solution to any problem Week 1914; and have returned to check a thought a hundred times would do: when he had decided what that was, he could Lisbeth V in the since. The book is so many things: reference work, argue his case in several languages. In the 1920s he was foreground with biography, a sensitive romance and a history of yacht respected wherever yachtsmen gathered to race, and other 6-Ms in the racing. Be warned – it has such broad appeal that you wherever the rule-makers gathered to make decisions. 1933 anniversary might find someone else in the family walks off with it. This beautiful book offers a complete and detailed regatta; Johan I have already had to retrieve my copy twice! technical account of his life’s impact. It is illustrated with and his second images from the great Edwardian photographers – and wife, Nini, 1936 Johan Anker, Master of Yacht Design: ankeryachts.no they are works of art in themselves. The narrative is often £60 plus p&p, 360pp, 346mmx243mm, pub Randviken 2013

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The Dinghy Cruising SUNDOWNERS Companion WITH GUY VENABLES by Roger Barnes Secret Dinghy cruising is more a lifestyle choice than just a budget form of stash yachting. To enjoy it you’ll need to appreciate its benefits, and this book I cannot stress enough the necessity to keep a few bottles of will certainly help you do that. Roger Barnes, long-time president of the Dinghy something on board at all times. Imagine the scenario: you Cruising Association, has put together practical advice covering all aspects of pull into an unfamiliar bay to anchor one afternoon and there buying, equipping and sailing a boat, along with some inspirational tales from is only one other boat for company. You raise your gin his own adventures and short reviews of some suitable craft. pennant, shout across, or even radio him, and invite him Barnes, an architect by profession, has a meticulous eye for the finest aboard so you can grill him for information about nearby detail, even down to the type of sticking plasters for your first-aid kit – supermarkets, cheap restaurants or the etiquette of dealing cloth-based ones “seem to adhere more readily to damp skin than the plastic with the local pirates. ones, and also provide cushioned protection for the wound”, which perhaps An offer of tea will get you 15 minutes of his time, but tells you a bit more about dinghy cruising than he intended. there’s a finite number of cups one can offer before The writing is a pleasure in itself, with a self-deprecating sense of humour feeling faintly ridiculous. What you need are several that is probably essential to the enjoyment of the pastime. On camping tents bottles of wine or a bottle of spirits and then you he says: “Nowadays I have a tan-coloured tent and my mornings are always have his undivided attention for at least an blissful. Every day dawns sunny and golden, until I open the tent flaps and hour. Wine is gentler but, on the discover otherwise.” practical side, spirits take up If you’ve ever even remotely considered dinghy cruising, or just like less room per unit. Gin is reading sailing books in general, this book is a worthwhile read. It might always good in these encourage you, it might put you off, but you’ll assuredly enjoy the circumstances, but a single experience of finding out. It’s the definitive work on the subject and the malt or a good rum is best insight into it since The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow. PW excellent as it tends to let RRP £15.99, 256pp, published by Adlard Coles, 2014 the evening last a bit longer and, in practical terms, can be mixed with water. Sextant Our editor was particularly by David Barrie impressed by a delightful Frenchman who climbed aboard his boat holding The overwhelming brilliance and ubiquity of GPS these days has taken away two bottles of his own wine. That’s much of the magic of navigation. The sextant – one of the most important nice when it happens, but you can’t of all man’s inventions and an icon of ingenuity – is a magician’s tool, count on it. Offer him tea after that and seizing heavenly bodies and bringing them down to Earth. So this is a eulogy he’s likely to throw it overboard and lead to an archaic tool and the men who developed it through its permutations: you onto the rocks. As I would. astrolabe, cross-staff, back-staff, quadrant, then sextant. Object history is The other reason to keep something often written by well-meaning cavillers but Barrie, who writes engagingly, on board is that even the shortest of realises that even scholarly books need journeys can become an epic battle narrative device. And so, we join the author as against the briney and, once safely a young man in 1973 in Maine on board tucked away at anchor, it is natural Saecwen, a 35ft (10.7m) Saxon sloop, en route to reward oneself with a liquid to England under the tutelage of Colin medal. After crossing the Atlantic in a 32ft (9.8m) Contessa 32, McMullen (RN retd). Sailing transatlantic, the and in tantalising sight of the Anchor Bleu pub in Bosham, young Barrie learns to steer by sun and star, near Chichester, I had to wait two agonising hours for while the Barrie of now relates the history of customs to turn up. We’d been without booze for 30 of the the sextant and its proponents – from Cook 40 days we’d spent at sea. When we finally made it to the bar in the 18th century to Worsley in the 20th. By we were refused service because we were swaying so much the time we reach Falmouth, it is clear that due to our incurable sea legs. After the interjection of this is also a paean to an age before digital someone who recognised me, and who could verify my story technology, like GPS, placed a plane of while simultaneously holding me back from diving head first user-friendly translucency between us and over the bar, we were finally served with a few pints of beer the physical world. SMH and some chasers. Like I say, keep a few bottles on board RRP £16.99, 368pp, published by Harper at all times… if you can. Collins, 2014

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rixham in Devon has been at the heart of Britain’s fi shing Bindustry since the Middle Ages. It has been described as the birthplace of the deep-sea trawling industry, a town whose fi shermen were instrumental in the creation of NIC COMPTON numerous new fi shing ports around Britain. Most of the sailing trawlers fast in order to deliver. And so the Above: the Brixham BUILDERS that were developed from the late Mule was developed. Larger than the Trawlers Vigilance and There were numerous yards in the 1700s have their roots in the Brixham Mumble Bee, the Mules, measured Provident racing o Brixham area which built trawlers, boats, and indeed many were built in more than 60ft (18.3m) LOA, and Brixham in Devon including Uphams, WA Gibbs, Robert the area. It was the Brixham were initially rigged as gaff cutters, but Jackman, Sidney Dewdney and John fi shermen that helped establish new proved so unwieldy that they were Williams. Gibbs could deliver a fully ports at Hull, Grimsby, Great eventually re-rigged as ketches. commissioned trawler within 12 weeks, Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Ramsgate; New legislation that allowed larger with the big sloops costing around and their craft proved so successful beam trawls then led to 70ft (21.3m) £1,200, the Mules £500 and the that many of them continued to trawl LOA ‘big sloops’, designed for their Mumble Bees £400, in the early 1900s. under sail until World War II. power and speed. With their straight Trawling for fi sh began in Brixham stem, cod’s head, long keel and LEADER in the late 1700s. Prior to this, drift- mackerel’s tail, they were powerful Leader was built in 1892 and is the netting had been used, but dwindling beasts that could tow heavy trawls in oldest and the largest Brixham Sailing fi sh stocks meant that fi shermen now all conditions, and they proved so Trawler still in existence. She was built had to go further afi eld for their successful that fl eets were soon for William Robbins by WA Gibbs for catch. The need for more seaworthy established around Britain, with £1,100 after Robbins borrowed money craft able to travel greater distances at 3,000 in commission by the late from fi shing entrepreneur of the time SPECIFICATIONS speed led to the creation of a new 1800s. They proved popular in AVERAGE MULE Robert Hellyer, who moves to Hull in breed of working boat. northern Europe, too, and although 1854 and established a fl eet of some The fi rst to be developed was the the arrival of the steam engine LOS of the largest trawlers in the UK. Mumble Bee, a threatened their 90ft 5in (27.6m) sloop and then future, trawling FASTEST TRAWLER “They were LOA cutter-rigged 30 to under sail continued Ibex, built by Uphams in 1896, is 70ft 6in (21.5m) 40-tonner of up to designed for their until 1939. reputed to have sailed 140 miles from 40ft (12.2m) LOA. power and speed” Today, Brixham LWL Bristol to Brixham at an average Originally from the remains the 60ft (18.3m) speed of nearly 10 knots. Mumbles area third-biggest fi shing of Swansea, the cessation of the local port in the UK, and although now BEAM HISTORIC ARCHIVE oyster trade led to a fl eet of the sloops dominated by a new breed of modern 18ft (5.5m) In 2000 a project was set up to create a being sailed to Brixham. The boats’ motorised trawlers, there is a new fl eet historical archive of information on the DRAUGHT broad beam, full bow and long, of sailing trawlers based there. Since Brixham Sailing Trawlers. Part-funded 9ft 4in (2.9m) straight keel made them well suited 1999, the Trinity Sailing Foundation by the Lottery, details of all the boats for trawling, and soon many local has moored its vessels there, including SAIL AREA (MAX) registered in Brixham are yards were building them. Leader (1892, big sloop) and 3,010sqft included. See brixham By the mid-1800s, however, the Provident (1924, Mule). The port is (280m²) sailingtrawlers.co.uk need for speed was paramount. The also home to Pilgrim (1895), Vigilance DISPLACEMENT arrival of the railway in Brixham in (1926) and Kenya Jacaranda (ex- Vanessa’s book, Classic 1868 opened up huge possibilities for Torbay Lass, 1923) – and each year 205,030lb Classes, is a must-buy. the fi shing industry, with potential hosts a regatta for trawlers that dates (93 tonnes) For more details, go to new markets, but the boats had to be back to the early 1900s. classicboat.co.uk

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CORnISH CRaBBERS Range expands Cornish Crabbers has added two small boats to its range: the 10ft (3m) Limpet and the 12ft 3in (3.7m) Cormorant, both designed by Roger Dongray, who drew the original 19ft (5.8m) Cornish Shrimper back in the late 1970s. Another development is the range of motorboats, like the 17-footer, which comes straight from the Crabber 17 (5.2m) sailing boat, and the Shrimper-based 19-footers. These might suit a sailor who has switched to power but still enjoys the more genteel way of cruising. This is a company on the move, now with a Hamble office where you can test the new dinghies, and sailing weekends at its HQ near Rock in Cornwall. (See CB soon.)

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CORMORanT LIMPET Family values

Less is Cornish Crabbers is calling this one a more “family dayboat” since it accommodates two adults and two small children. It’s an Like the Cormorant, the little ambitious claim, but not unreasonable lug-rigged Limpet looks the given the generous beam, solid weight part with a spruce mast and and lockable storage. The spars are yard, and plenty of wood trim. in spruce with hardwood detailing And, like the Cormorant, she’s throughout, and the sail insignia makes designed to be rowed, sailed for an attractive little boat, particularly or motored. Sailing doesn’t with the lug rig. Kit level is decent and so get much simpler than this, is the build quality. As for performance although she’s also available (whether under sail, oar or motor), as a tender without a rig. we hope to find out this summer!

LOA 10ft (3m) LOA 12ft 3in (3.7m) Beam 4ft 3in (1.3m) Beam 5ft 5in (1.7m) Draught 7in (18cm) / 2ft 4in Draught 7in (18cm) / 3ft (91cm) (73cm) Displacement 277lb (126kg) Displacement 144lb (65kg) Sail area 76.5sqft (7.1m²) for lug, Sail area 45sqft (4.2m²) 102sqft (9.4m²) for gunter RCD D RCD D Cost £3,490 inc VAT Cost £5,990 (lug), £6,990 (gunter) including VAT

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Each month we do our best to give SPIRIT OF TRADITION WINNER OVER 40FT (12M) you an exclusive insight into some Truly Classic 51 of the world’s greatest yachts and motorboats. But there’s really only One of the shapeliest looking SoT boats ever built – and you agreed, voting the TC51 Alexa to victory in her one way to do this and that’s to class (large SoT boats). She’s also more stolid and sensible than many of her peers – and she’s wooden! jump on board. So, from our list Andre Hoek designed her and Metur Yacht in Turkey built her. More on Turkish-built boats next month. of top-class 2014 award winners, we’ve picked out the ones you Cost: €650,000-€900,000 (£540,000-£750,000) ex VAT. Contact Hoek at hoekdesign.com or call the can enjoy right now… office in The Netherlands on +31 299 372853

BEST HULL FORM WINNER Fife’s favourite She’s thought to be the favourite of her designer, Wm Fife III, and this year, she’s won our first ever award for hull form (see page 6). Here she is, in great condition and looking completely fabulous: Latifa.

Asking: E2.5M (c£2.1M) sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1202 330077 MARC TURNER O PILGRIM TRUST O PILGRIM O CW HOOD C/ C/ C/O THE MOORS RESTORATION WINNER TRAD NEW BUILD WINNER SPIRIT OF TRADITION UNDER 40FT (12M) Sail on Pilgrim White Rose of Mevagissey CW Hood 32 Voyage on the oldest existing Brixham Trawler, She’s not for sale, but John Moor & Son “A boat that reminds you of why you fell in love Pilgrim BM45. A week-long West Country and (Peter) are raring to build another. with sailing,” said US magazine Sail, when it won France cruise is on limited offer to CB readers for Unfortunately, we’re not talking cheap their ‘best boat’ award in 2011. She’s a modern/ £649 (down from £799); or a nine-day cruise of here, but this is ‘superyacht quality’ and, classic daysailer with a PHRF rating of 147 that the Solent, taking in the big Yogaff regatta is on according to her builders, virtually every enables her to compete with modern boats. She offer at £799 (down from £999) – just quote us fitting is bespoke. An instant classic and has a foam sandwich hull, rod rigging and loads of when booking. But hurry: both are in May. long-lasting heirloom. carbon. Fast and beautiful – and good value.

Cost: £650. pilgrimofbrixham.co.uk, Cost: around £150,000. Tel: +44 (0)1726 Cost: cUS$105,000 (£63,000). cwhoodyachts.com, Tel: +44 (0)1803 858148 842964, email: [email protected] Tel: +1 781 631 0192

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CB311 Getting Afloat.indd 71 31/03/2014 11:27 BOATS FOR SALE Boats for sale Looking to sell your boat? Reach over 50,000 readers each month To advertise call Edward Mannering on +44 (0) 20 7349 3747 or email [email protected] Friendship Fairey Christina 25 Copy Deadline for next issue is 25/04/2014 An eye turning gaff rigged classic dayboat built by Salterns in 2013 uniquely £100,000-00 + Refit and Refurbishment. 1 X 200 HP Volvo Diesel finished in Russian pine and chromed fittings She is offered ready to sail All Offers will be Considered. Highly Recommended with trailer. Little used though the year and dry sailed. A joy to sail! Office: 0044 (0)1481 726335 • Mob: 0044 (0)7781 104419 Further details tel: 07909 537423 email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Stunning 1913 EaSt CoaSt onE DESign 1930’s Thames day launch 36fT GU Laws design for the Royal Corinthian, Redshank is no’ 5 of only Thought to be an Andrews hire boat, recreated by Peter Freebody 10 (CB June 2013). Comes with extensive equipment, brand new in 1976 with added rear saloon. Gastoldi Ford engine 25 hours. 25’ teak launch in need of restoration sails, full TackTick (race, wind, depth etc. and remote repeater), Same owner since 1975. Excellent condition. Retirement forces Once restored, would make ideal boat for Thames or Norfolk Road Trailer, Cradle and Outboard. Extensive restoration sale. Lying Poole. Transport can be arranged. Broads. Boat lying Suffolk. £3000. complete, photos available. £14,000 A real head turner. £22,000 ovno. Contact 0744 3119740 or [email protected] Contact: 0781 5752061 Email: [email protected] Richard 01628 824382

1970 TolcrafT Shark HerresHoff Haven 12.5 1970 Tolcraft Shark, originally built for racing, this boat has been Built in wood to high professional standard in 2011 and never carefully restored and had a cabin added. A new Mercruiser 4.3 launched. CE certified and stored under cover. 16’ long x 6’, lift MPI engine and outdrive was fitted in February 2008. This is a keel, gaff rig, a proper little yacht; see CB issue number 135. classic motor boat in very good condition for the year. £14,950. Ready to sail, incl. new road trailer. Reduced price £17k. Contact Contact 07973537014 or 07930152933 / 01646601024 or email [email protected] email [email protected]

Romilly 23 double-ended gaff cutter Almost brand new and top spec. Romilly built by CoCoBe in Holland www.romilly.nl delivered in May 2013 and very lightly used. Fitted This beautiful double-ended gaff cutter designed by Peter with all the extras, cream sails, wood trim, fresh water tanks, press. Bruun, (known for Grinde-Kaskelot design) and inspiration Water, deck shower, automatic bilge pump/manual bilge pump, from Colin Archer Pilot cutter. the boat is build larch on oak 12V/220 sockets, shore power, battery charger, nav. Lights and most and the deck is made of solid teak. Only owned by one importantly a Mastervolt 4KW electric engine with 4X100AH person and always cared for in a shipyard, and it is stored lithium batteries giving a cruising range at 4.5 knots of about 27NM indoor during the winter. Practically new spray hood 2013 (6 hours). R52 is Rosalyn Bris fitted with electric engine, batteries and the boat appear in a very good condition. When the sail and generator http://vimeo.com/12072429. Back-up get-home 2KW Honda generator and very quick charging (3 hours from flat) of is up it is 68 square meter and it sail as fast and well as batteries also an important feature. Centre plate/board (0.5 - 1.5 m) many new modern boats. for shallow draft mooring or anchoring and superb and easy-to- handle sailing characteristics as well as performance to embarrass €69,000. much bigger yachts. Summer & winter covers as well as road trailer Contact 0045 25154171 or included. Price substantially below replacement co st. email [email protected]. £47,500. Contact [email protected] orcall 01243 530 874.

Mahogany skiff by GOLANT GAFFER banhaMs of NO3. CaMbridge Roger Dongray designed 19 foot, 2 berth cruiser. Built in 1900. Built 1998, Yanmar GM10. Sculls; removable Well equiped, new cover sliding seat; fast. and hood. Cox & Haswell RapieR 3100 A beautiful example of historic classic vintage boat. An excellent Lovingly maintained Lovely boat, beautifuly maintained. weekend ‘family getaway cruiser’ with pedigree heritage. by Olympic oarsman Lying St Just in Roseland. Lovingly restored. Large cockpit and spacious cabin all fitted to a for the last 30 years. £10,500 ono. high standard. Sleeps 4-5 in comfort. Redesigned galley. Twin Tel. 07802 853203. diesel Cummins 6BT driving shafts. Plotter, Radar, Fishfinder, etc. Offers over £8,000 [email protected] ‘Pegasus’ has a notable history - winning best all rounder prizes Phone Simon Crosse in the Cowes/Torquay events in 1967, achieved ahead of the on 01603 621 628 Fairey Marine Range. A true classic of her day. £26,000 T: 07761 909543 E: [email protected]

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T J A S {Design No. 458}

70’ loa • 61’ lod • sail area 2,200 sq. ft Full compliment of sails & equipment

Newly on the market a er 29 years of ownership, this meticulously maintained schooner is currently available for sale by owner. Located in San Diego, California, USA, Dauntless has been featured on several covers and issues of Sailing Magazine, Wooden Boat, Nautical Quarterly and Santana magazines. Re-built in 1975, Dauntless has a competitive record including races from San Diego to Hawaii, biannual Master Mariners Regattas, and numerous races and cruises along the California coast.

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53ft. THORNYCROFT MOTOR-YACHT John Thornycroft design 31ft. MISS SILVER CLASS MOTOR-SAILER Successful fi fty/fi fty 27ft. SCARBOROUGH ONE-DESIGN SLOOP John Ley design, 28ft. HILLYARD GAFF CUTTER David Hillyard design, built in built Hampton on Thames for Frank Muirhead in 1938. Teak hull, John Bain design, 1963. Completely restored by Ocean Yacht Company. built in 1950. Keel-up restoration by Coombes Boatyard. Three 1926. Professional re-fi t. Pitch pine hull, teak brightwork. Four berths decks and interior. Twin 90hp diesels. Rare and original period New teak decks and superstructure. Four berths, aft stateroom. New berths. 18hp Yanmar diesel. Exceptional example. Owner retiring in two cabins. 30hp Yanmar diesel. Good strong rig. motor-yacht. Good liveaboard. BSS Cert. £95,000 Norfolk Ketch rig 2013. 50hp Beta diesel. £119,000 Cornwall from sailing. £9,950 West Sussex £12,500 Cornwall

26ft. YONNE CLASS BERMUDIAN CUTTER Harrison butler 36ft. SILVERETTE CLASS MOTOR-YACHT Formerly owned and 31ft. CORNISH MOTOR-SAILER Designed and built in 1970 52ft. STEAM PICKET BOAT Samuel White design for the design, Clemens of Portsmouth in 1935. Winner of Classic Boat restored for actor Robbie Coltrane. Four berths, 50hp Thornycroft by Gerald Pearn, Looe. Iroko hull and decks. Four berths. 50hp Admiralty by Gills of Chatham 1910. Teak hull, iroko superstructure. Magazine Best Restoration 2012. An exceptional yacht and a rare diesel, new ketch rig 2013. Excellent condition and Silverette number Thornycroft diesel, 400 sq. ft. ketch rig. Generous cockpit for family Liveaboard style interior, 72hp BMC diesel. Useful ketch rig. Rare pre opportunity to own a virtual new HB. £60,000 Devon one built in 1931. £40,000 Ireland picnics or ﬁ shing. £29,750 West Sussex First World War survivor. £39,950 Somerset

25ft. CYCLONE 11 CLASS CUTTER Harrison Butler design by 32ft. RAMPART MOTOR-YACHT John Desty design, built in 30ft. WANDERER CLASS SLOOP Laurent Giles’ famous Hiscock 25ft. CYCLONE 11 CLASS CUTTER Harrison Butler design by Dickies of Tarbert 1931. Teak hull and decks. Four berths. 12hp 1972. Iroko hull. Four berths. Twin 48hp Perkins diesels. Much design. Hamble built in 1985. Iroko hull, mahogany brightwork. Five Anderson Rigden & Perkins 1932. Pitch pine hull, teak brightwork. Saab diesel. Good rig. Re-commissioning required. expenditure. One of the last Ramparts. Ideal pied-a-terre. berths. 20hp Bukh diesel. Good, high speciﬁ cation example. Four berths. 20hp Yanmar diesel. Long family ownership. £5,500 Worcestershire £27,000 Central London £27,000 West Sussex Realistically priced. £8,000 Hampshire www.classicyachtbrokerage.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1905-356482 / 07949-095075 • [email protected]

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52 ft Sparkman & Stephens Sloop 1944 56 ft William McBryde Gaff Ketch 1952 51 ft Laurent Giles Royal Huisman Ketch 1971 Designed by K. Aage Nielsen while at S&S – Olin Stephens considered him Designed by W.G McBryde, YVES CHRISTIAN is a proper little ship drawn at a time Launched in 1971 this yacht is a remarkable combination of Jack Laurent the best designer they had ever had. Nielsen’s manic attention to detail when this was appreciated – sea kindly and comfortable she has plenty of beam, Giles’s design, a Wölter Huisman build and finish by A.H. Moody & Son; three extended to his demanding the best from his builders and CICLON was no which with her firm sections and snug ketch rig make her very stiff - and she of the greatest names in yachting at that time – and frankly they didn’t get exception - and benefitting further from being the yard owner’s own boat! was originally designed for long sea trips and Mediterranean cruising. Her current much better than that. BUCEPHALUS is a strong, comfortable classic yacht Launched in Cuba in 1944 she was rarely off the podium – beating such owners have attended with great attention and dedication to the period and detail equipped to the highest standard and fitted out not so long ago with the legends as STORMY WEATHER and TICONDEROGA. Of course beautiful and of the boat’s structure, meaning that her systems and interior are impressive. This intention to sail around the world, but the owner’s plans have now changed. fast – is it time now to reintroduce her to her sisters? is a vessel with little left to do but perhaps prepare a passage plan for somewhere She however is more than capable and absolutely ready to go. you have always wanted to go to, very confident she will look after you. f350,000 Lying Cyprus £280,000 Lying UK £265,000 Lying UK

47 ft Laurent Giles Yawl 1951 47 ft Stow & Sons Gaff Yawl 1895 35 ft Ed Burnett Gaff Cutter 2003 As with Jack Laurent Giles’ Vertue design ISMANA displays that purposeful VALERIE has been beautifully and sympathetically rebuilt, commensurate Ed Burnett’s aim is to design yachts of distinction that will give their owners charm blending style with function as only he knew how - a style that has the with her vintage, which at nigh on 120 years makes her a genuine historical many years of pleasure - we would go further and flag him as one of very onlooker captivated; more subtle than the very long overhangs that seduce artefact. Thus an object of such rarity, beauty and desirability can be few designers of the modern era who can draw a long keel yacht to match so easily and far more seaworthy as a result - her current owner has fully experienced and enjoyed as was intended by her maker so many tides ago. Laurent Giles or Harrison Butler for proportion and style. IVY GREEN was restored her with the help of Hubert Stagnol and he seems to have known The simplicity of her finish and fit-out with the re-introduction of her original conceived to provide a little more space than afforded by the successful exactly what he wanted to achieve. Her structure is impressive enough but yawl rig makes her a handy craft capable of being easily sailed by a small design No 010 ZINNIA without becoming a burden to handle for a cruising it’s in the simple detailing and original fittings on deck and below that make crew. Partial completion of her interior enables a new owner to specify his couple; her commissioning owners. She is now well proven and is offered this boat very special. own accommodation arrangements, for which an outline option exists. with an impressive inventory and ready for the season. f235,000 Lying France £200,000 Lying UK £150,000 Lying UK

45 ft A M Dickie & Sons Motor Sailer 1936 72 ft James Silver Motor Yacht 1952 59 ft Lawley Motor Yacht 1918 Dickies knew better than most how to build a strong and supremely THELMA VI was built at the renowned yard of James Silver and sons at Fred Lawley’s yachts notably combined attention to the detail of materials seaworthy vessel. Designed on the lines of a fishing boat - but as a yacht – Rosneath on the Clyde under their chief designer John Bain and is possibly and sound methods of construction - they were much admired for their her finer lines make her the more beautiful while retaining all the seagoing the last surviving “Bain 72 “. The wheelhouse and saloon roof were beauty of line, excellence of finish, sea going qualities and comfort. CARINA, qualities of a working vessel. TUNNAG’s wonderful varnished teak hull and ‘modernised’ in the early 1970s although she still retains much of her original formerly OLD GLORY with her stunning lines culminating in a canoe stern is the warmth of her characterful interior are fully revealed. These inherent character and style and is as an exceptional sea-boat with her trusty Gardner no exception; her interior is simple and largely original. Significant upgrading qualities have kept her in long and loving ownerships – Her most recent diesel engines and Vosper Maxi Fin stabilizers - accommodation boasts 6 in recent years has raised the bar, both structurally and cosmetically to her having lavished a superb refit, fully revealed in her wonderful condition today. berths in 4 cabins and a large double crew cabin forward. original glory. She is totally ready. £155,000 Lying UK £165,000 Lying UK $385,000 USD VAT unpaid Lying US email: [email protected] www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk

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M.J.LEWIS & SON (Boat Sales) LTD DOWNS ROAD BOATYARD, MALDON, ESSEX. CM9 5HG E-Mail: [email protected] • Tel: 01621 859373 • Mob: 07736 553487 Specialists in the brokerage of Classic Vessels, Traditional Yachts and Working Boats

42ft Ex Baltic Trawler,1950’s 23m Klipper Motor Barge, 1894 23.9m ex USA Patrol Vessel 1949 40m Steel Spitz Barge, 1956 38ft Gaff Yawl, 1905 Used as live aboard. Iron coastal vessel. New eng installation, Steel and aluminium. Twin Deutz engs 245hp GMC eng. Crew qrtrs. Huge empty clean French built, Pitch Pine. New Oak on oak, Mercedes eng genny, heating. 3 cabins. Fully functional. capable of 20kts. Live onboard. hold. Ripe for conversion. engine.6 berths, interior needs refit London £47,500 Essex £125,000 Open to offers Kent £150,000 Essex £65,000 N.Essex £39,950

34ft Essex Sailing Smack,1890 32ft Cardinells Bermudian Yawl, 1932 11.43m Hillyard Sloop, 1971 28ft Falmouth Quay Punt, 1912 23ft E.Woods Gaff Cutter,1930 5 yrs rebuild. Engineless Gaff Cutter Extensive sail wardrobe. Centre cockpit, Long keel, Ford Mermaid. Classic sailing, 100yrs on. Sails ‘06/7 Pt1 reg. Meticulously kept & maintained. Stove. In commission. 4 berths, CK375 Good headroom, Vetus Engine. 6ft 6ins h’drm, sleeps 6. Lister 18hp eng. 4 berths. Engineless. Interior varnished finish. 2 berths. N.Essex £49,000 Kent £16,500 East Scotland £28,000 Cornwall £25,000 Suffolk £19,950

28ft Friendship Sloop (replica) 1978 35ft Prawner 1900 22ft Elton Boat building Co., 1982 Oysterman16, Gaff Sloop 18ft Blackwater Sloop 2.5ton,1963 American design. Strip plank construction. Restored 2009-11 & sailing. Gunter rigged with centreboard. Clinker larch GRP fixed keel. Engineless Yanmar GM10 ‘05. Carvel planked, Volvo Penta new eng, Gaff cutter. Crew accom for 4. Vetus ’07 eng planking Yanmer 2GM. As new entire inventory. Refitted and in commission. Long keel. Twin berths Kent £18,500 Gaff Cutter Essex £19,500 Boat barely used. West Scotland £16,500 Essex £7,950 Essex £ 3,950 www.heritage-marine.com

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42m on deck, Classic Brig two-masted 38m (124ft) Steel Brigantine Sail 3m (75ft) Replica Dubrovnik Karaka, built 17.6m (58ft) Classic Teak and Mahogany square rigged sailing ship built Steel 1958. Training Ship. 1901, rebuilt 1996. Italian Yawl by Sangermani, 1948. Rebuilt to current form, 2005. Can seat 60 for Air conditioned accommodation for up to 36 in 17 10 guest cabins, 25 pax, Air conditioning, Beautifully restored, great performer on the Med. Dinner! World-wide classification. cabins plus 12 crew berths in six cabins; Bar and Very different! Classic Yacht racing circuit. Eight berths, New Sails € 3,900,000 - based - Netherlands lounge. Well-equipped comfortable. €895,000 - Lying Croatia €300,000 - Italy €1,900,000 - Location Valencia, Spain

14m (46ft) Modern Classic Sloop built 17.5m, 57ft on deck, Wishbone Ketch, built 10m (33ft) Fairey Marine Swordsman, fast 8.9m Hallberg Rassy 29, built 1986. Astilleros Mediterraneo, Spain 2003. Oak on Oak in 1928. cruiser. Up to six berths, two heads, excellent 5 Berths in two cabins Luxury, High class fit out. Construction is cold moulded, double diagonal She offers accommodation for up to 17 in 5 cabins. galley, Twin Volvo Penta TAMPD41P-A 200bhp Volvo Penta diesel on saildrive, very well equipped over strip plank Cedar, all epoxy / glass sheathed. Engine is 121kw (162hp) 6-cylinder diesel (1979) diesels installed 2000. Superbly maintained. One including Dinghy, Outboard and launching trolley. 6 berths. Yanmar 40hp diesel. A real stunner! Recently chartering. Owner from new. 2010 Survey £49,500 Offers £29,000 - Location River Colne, Essex €139,000 - Lying Costa del Sol, Spain €89,500 - Location Gdynia, Poland Invited! - Location River Colne, Essex

www.EasternYachts.com See Website for Photos, Specifications & Surveys 19 Colne Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, CO7 0DL • Tel: +44 (0) 1206 305996. Planning to sell: Please call Adrian Espin for details.

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Bermudan cutter designed by Winthrop Warner, one of 12 built by Graves of Marblehead, 58’ Lutine of Helford one of the most famous English yachts, Laurent Giles design, built 29’ McGruer centreboard sloop designed and built by McGruers in 1966. Planked in larch 1954. Planked in mahogany, 2001 refit with new deck, coach-roof and cock-pit with wheel by C&N in 1952 for the Lloyds YC. Teak hull and decks, completely rebuilt in present from one tree, all copper fastened. Spacious cockpit with 4 berths. 2013 mast, 2009 Beta steering. 4 berths. Volvo diesel. For 30 years the American Guiness family yacht. An ownership. Yanmar 100hp. 7 berths. Recent complete cosmetic refit, ready for the classic diesel. A much loved yacht that is a real head turner wherever she goes Scotland £18,750 exquisite classic in the purest sense. Devon £49,000 yacht circuit. Executor Sale. £330,000

42’ Looe Lugger built in 1904 as one of the last sailing fishing boats, only retired from 46’ Bermudan ketch built in Sweden in 1948. Pitch pine planking on sawn oak frames. 23’ Bermudan cutter built by Keith Nelson in 1952. Mahogany planking all copper and fishing in the late 1970’s. Pitch pine hull on sawn oak frames. Powerful 2 mast standing Powerful ketch rig on wooden spars. New Bukh 38hp diesel. Basic interior with 6 berths bronze fastened with sheathed deck and teak coachroof. Beta 10hp 2003, new standing lug rig, twin 55hp diesels new in 2011. 8 berths in 3 cabins. A beautiful working boat in and large saloon, races regularly in classic regattas. Big boat for the money. IOW £35,000 rigging. Simple interior. Very smart and pretty boat, professionally maintained with very nice condition. Devon £80,000 complete records of work, very sensibly priced. Hants £13,500

37’ Percy See bermudan cutter built in 1956. Major refit in 2012 including new deck, 24’ Fife One Design conceived for the Royal Angelsea Yacht Club, this is the only one of the 28’ Maurice Griffiths Roach Class built by Shuttlewoods in 1965. Trademark raised engine and rig. 5 berths in new improved interior. Cruised by present owners from UK to class to have been built by Fife. The most elegant day boat you will ever see with a breath topsides give her much more volume than a standard 28’ yacht. Professional refit 2003. Greece in the last 18 months. Elegant yacht in lovely condition, full inventory and ready to taking sheer line. In the same ownership for over 50 years, this little gem now needs a new Cruised extensively by present owner around northern Europe. Respectable and honest sail away. Greece £31,000 and caring owner. Devon £28,750 yacht. France £12,500 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.

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GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE Rebuilt smack yacht restored Rosanna, a one-off gaff yawl built in 1960 by Everson & Sons of Woodbridge, was being lifted out for her annual maintenance as we went to press. Formerly Glee, Rosanna was built along the lines of a retired fishing smack, but “refined through from amidships aft to produce a handsome, counter-sterned yacht”, her joiner owner John Wragg told CB. Soon after her launch, Maurice Griffiths redesigned the sail plan from cutter to yawl, as her owner found her “a little too much”. Now she’s a “sturdy vessel and a delight to sail”,

dAPS said John, who rebuilt her between 2001 and 2007. This year, the /o C job list is a little longer than usual, as John is going to rent out his LIVERPOOL, UK house, move onto Rosanna, and do some serious British cruising. Return of a tug tender Ten years after local tugman Dan Cross bought her for £1 to save her from the scrapyard, Daniel Adamson, one of Britain’s two remaining ‘tug tenders’, will return to public service on her old haunts around the rivers Mersey and Weaver, and the Manchester Ship Canal, in 2015. Since 2004, 80 volunteers and 500 members of theDaniel Adamson Preservation Society have spent 90,000 man-hours, aided by thousands of pounds' worth of grants, restoring the pair of two-cylinder compound condensing engines (500hp each). However, the boiler must be reconditioned and steel hull plates beneath it replaced before ‘the Danny’ can return to service. The Earl of Derby, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and MP Louise Ellman were among those who made a tour of the ship to celebrate her first decade of salvation.Learn more at danieladamson.co.uk C/o JoHN WRAGG C/o

LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK Two projects for IBTC The commercial division of the International Boatbuilding Training College, IBTC Heritage, is currently working on a couple of unusual projects. The first has involved the fabrication of a new oak stem for the 24ft (7.3m) Norwegian- built Havfruen. Normally, this would have been made in three sections, but the owner, Andrew Longman, wanted to follow the original design by opting for a single-piece stem. Across the shed, there is the 27ft (8.2m) double-ended ATS motor-cruiser Mouche. This winter’s work includes reframing and replanking the aft port quarter, fitting new deck beams and laying a plywood deck that will be epoxy sheathed. RJB C/o RESCUE WoodEN Bo RESCUE WoodEN C/o BURNHAM NORTON, NORFOLK, UK First wooden crab boat in 25 years They were once a common sight on the Norfolk coast, but today it’s thought there might be only one or two left in commission. Now, Rescue Wooden Boats, a heritage charity set up in 2010, is building a new one for a private client. She’s 16ft 10in (5.1m) long and traditionally built in larch clinker planks on oak frames, with a grown oak stem.Auk , as she will be named, resembles a Viking craft but has one concession to modernity, which is the use of Sikaflex on the lands – the originals used pitch pine and horse hair for sealant. The heyday of the original crabbers was the 19th century, when they were used to tend RICHARd JoHNSToNE-BRydEN /o

C crab pots under sail. After the First World War, the fleet was largely motorised. This one will have the option of either, with a 20hp Nanni diesel and a dipping lug rig.

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GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE Rebuilt smack yacht restored

CORnWALL, UK C/O JOn BRAy Big gaff cutter for a boatbuilder A substantial new boat is in build at Gweek Quay in the shape of a traditional gaff cutter measuring 40ft (12.2m) by 12ft 2in (3.7m) beam. She’s the personal project of shipwright Jon Bray, who learned his trade under Ashley Butler, with some welcome help from apprentice Mike Snell. The gaff cutter is inspired by several Cornish working boats and evolved through a number of half-models. The work, which started in July 2013, is well advanced – the hull, cockpit and coachroof are finished, with the spars well on their way. She’s larch on oak, bronze-fastened with an opepe deck, traditional pole mast, a 3.2-tonne external lead keel and Appledore roller reefing. When complete she will be Jon’s family yacht.

AMSTERDAM MALLORCA Another Little Fife bird returns month, Work to the William Fife III-designed Tern continues apace at another Ocean Refit. She’s a Belfast Lough One-Design (BLOD), one of award nine built and three remaining, and all named after birds. Hoek Design won Tern was built in 1897 by John Hilditch of Carrickfergus, near Boat of the year in Belfast, and bought recently by an anonymous owner who the sail category at wishes to race her, once restored, in the Mediterranean. the recent HISWA

The 24ft 6in (7.5m) yacht sports a gaff-cutter rig, which is Amsterdam Boat epHenS WARInG

being reinstated by Chuck Rigging, with new sails from Show, for the ST C/O Ratsey & Lapthorn, who made the originals in 1897. Tern is essence 33 cruiser/ NEW YORK STATE, USA racing successfully towards a planned August launch and the daysailer. The boat idea is to mark the beginning of the next phase of her life certainly seems Runabouts revisited by racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez this autumn. to be doing well, A wooden runabout inspired by 1920s American Gold Cup racing is with hulls three in build at the Tumblehome Boatshop near Lake George. She was and four now in drawn by Stephens Waring in Maine, who has been responsible for build. In March, many lovely SoT creations. The runabout, although designed in Andre Hoek was in homage to the likes of Hacker, and built comparatively traditionally London to collect (three layers of planking on sawn mahogany frames, all soaked in an award from epoxy), is quite a modern beast, with a constant deadrise hull and us, publicly voted chine flats below the surface. Above water, she sports twin bucket for, this time for seats up front (again, traditional) but in the aft cockpit there’s a more best boat in the modern set-up with longitudinal bench seats that fold up to form a Spirit of Tradition sun lounger. Aft of that is a deck hatch that folds up to reveal a swim

C/O BRenDOn HAy C/O (Over 40ft/12.2m) platform and ladder. She’s 23ft 10in (7.3m) and, with her 340hp category (see p71). petrol V6, should hit 60mph. She is due for launch this summer.

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ELLAd’s REsTORATION PART 7 From sloop to yawl and back again In the last part of our series on restoring the 1957 William Fife III double-ender Ellad, we look at how the team changed her rigging, mast and paintwork

story NIGEL PERT PhotograPhs dIdIER GRIffIThs

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1 2 Change of rig Revised sail plan Ellad came out of the Fife yard in 1957 as a sloop (above left), Didier didn’t like the 4/5ths sloop’s sail plan proposed by Fife but her second owner sailed her as a yawl (above right). (above right) and chose the better-balanced 7/8ths rig plan Ellad has now been rerigged as a sloop again. (above left) by Jack Gi ord, of GL Watson & Co Ltd.

3 4 Mast alterations Mizzen removal Several kilos were planed o the mast (top left). A channel was cut As a yawl, Ellad ’s mizzen was stepped in the hole to the right, for the cables (top right), and the head ﬁ tting was re-galvanised and which meant the mainstay was eccentrically placed. The new painted. An LED light and rubber cable protection were also added. backstay’s anchorage is the stainless steel ﬁ tting (far left).

llad was launched in 1957 as a sloop, but Didier drawn up by Jack Gifford of GL Watson & inherited her with a yawl rig that was put in by Co Ltd. The original mast, although in fair TOP TIP her second owner. Although this was in line with condition, had a large diameter, so was very the work done on Latifa (Fife’s more well known heavy and rigid. This diameter was reduced, Varnish E “Varnish timber spars every double-ender), it was not effi cient on a 34ft 6in (10.5m) giving a lot more fl exibility and reduced yacht, so Olivier Cyrille and the team set about changing weight. As a consequence, surface damage year to maintain wood her back to her original sloop confi guration. through lack of varnish since 2005 was also in good condition” Fife originally proposed this yacht with either rig. largely alleviated. Olivier followed the Didier Gri ths Didier referred to these original propositions and, in technique as for making a new spar, planing consultation with William Collier, elaborated his sail plan. eight fl ats, 16 fl ats, etc, to retain roundness. Didier didn’t like Fife’s 4/5ths plan, fi nding it unattractive. The bulky rectangular winch seats of this 45ft He asked Collier if 7/8ths would be a heresy. He thought 11in (14m) Oregon pine mast were also removed and this acceptable, presuming Archibald (Fife’s nephew, who new ones made later. The masthead remained virtually built Ellad), had simply ignored the mizzen of the yawl, unchanged. The resulting boat was much better without repositioning the mainmast to compensate. balanced, yet had kept her strength. During the trip to This led to an imbalance with the 4/5ths arrangement. Scotland for last year’s Fife Regatta, she experienced gusts Didier wanted to race Ellad, not cruise her, and to increase of 47 knots (MWF9) with no ill effects. her potential for speed. So he opted for a 7/8ths formula. A channel – later fi lled with a batten – was machined The height of the mast was retained, but the mainsail and at the mast foot to enable cables to pass through at sole jib were both increased in area, and the new sail plan was level (a length at the top and bottom of the otherwise

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5 6 Building th e boom Stepping th e mast Epoxy was used to assemble the boom halves, built in Oregon pine, After being craned in at Bénodet, the leather mast boot that hollowed to 1ft 11in (58cm) from the extremities and planed pear- went around the mahogany ﬂ ange (above right) leaked, so Didier shaped to accommodate a rail, which in the end was unnecessary. resorted to using self-welding tape underneath.

7 8 Gold standard Painting th e hull When Didier sanded her down, he unearthed this intricate Here’s the hull with its ﬁ rst coat of below-waterline primer. Topsides dragon motif. To make the most of it, he ﬁ lled it in, then had are almost completely taken back to bare wood, ready for painting. The it recarved and gold-leafed for her second season. large lettered name was not retained and ‘decorations’ became gold.

hollow mast is solid). The reduced diameter meant the mast fi tting for the lower crosstrees had to be remade, the other mast had removable spacing pieces to Painting perfection accommodate the old diameter. The interior of the hull and bulkheads were The galvanised steel fi tting for the boom gooseneck, spray-painted before fi tting out and all furniture like other fi ttings, was stripped and re-galvanised before was painted before installation. The hull painting. A new boom was made of two pieces of Oregon exterior was sanded to wood before the surface pine to accommodate the bigger mainsail. Each half was treatment (see below) was added. On sanding hollowed to within 1ft 11in (58cm) of the extremities, to near the bow, boatbuilder Olivier Cyrille found allow the fi ttings to be attached. the trace of an original dragon insignia that had been replaced by a less elegant This boom may need remaking, as the new mainsail version, so this original was reinstated in gold leaf. Where the existing varnish is loose-footed and this boom is not designed to only was intact, Didier sanded it with grade 240/320 paper, then applied two coats have force at its extremities, consequently it now bends of one-component gloss varnish, resanded and reapplied one or two coats of slightly. Also, in their fi rst race with the new mainsail, gloss varnish. On areas of bare wood, he applied two to three coats of they found they couldn’t gybe as the boom touched the two-component polyurethane gloss varnish or Epifanes PP Extra (two backstay. Back in port, a few centimetres were sawn off! component) varnish. Never use these products over one-component varnish! All winches were renewed and all standing rigging was The paint process was as follows: two coats of Epifanes Werdol white wood replaced in stainless steel. primer, sand (grade 180/240), two coats of Epifanes undercoat (Epigrond), sand (240/320), then two coats of Epifanes Nautiforte. Olivier Cyrille: www.chantier-naval-des-rias.com

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HARbouR MARiNE SERvicES, uK busy outfitting cruisers to cruise

PHOTOGRAPHS EMiLY HARRiS

Harbour Marine Services, based at Southwold on the pretty River Blyth, is acquiring a well-earned reputation for restoring gentlemen’s cruisers – the classic TSDY (twin screw diesel yacht). Readers might remember the utterly gorgeous Gralian (CB280) shortlisted for a 2012 award, but the yard also had a Yachting World 5 tonner, Dynamene, up for an award the same year. Classic Boat recently dropped in and saw the boats in the shed being restored, or outside waiting their turn and, indeed, a Silver Leaf they “did earlier”, about which watch this space! With six boats in various stages of work there is plenty for founder John Buckley’s 16 craftsmen to be doing. We’ll have a bit more on this yard when we cover the finished Silver Leaf – meanwhile here are some workshop shots of her sistership Chinda.

Above: Kim Peskett offers up the iroko covering board for the deck ofChinda , Above: steady now! Kim planes the covering board for a neat fit. This is the kind a 1947 John Bain-designed Silver Leaf, which has come from the River Medina of craftsmanship that had earned Harbour Marine its reputation – with boats upstream of Cowes to benefit from the HMS treatment. The 46ft (14m) TSDY literally queuing outside to be restored. The company has expanded from its was built by Anderson, Rigden and Perkins in Whitstable, Kent. She’s having original shed in the late 1980s, taking advantage of the resurgence of interest in work on her planks, frames, deck and shaft. Her owners plan to cruise to the traditional boats, but also turning its hand to modern yachts and workboats to Mediterranean in a couple of years and we wonder if they need any crew... be flexible when needed. More onChinda ’s sister Meridies in a summer issue.

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Traditional Tool

roBIn gatEs Pulling power: the claw hammer story and PhotograPhs opening in the head, which would Clockwise from choice of tool, ridiculed as the ROBIN GATES soon loosen under the strain of above: pulling a “Birmingham screwdriver”, whereas extracting nails. Maydole extended nail with the claw; it is a highly versatile tool made in The gut-wrenching groan of a large and squared the opening – similar to steel wedges numerous shapes and weights to suit nail being pulled from timber is an adze – to create a rock-solid joint. tighten the helve; the special requirements of countless among the most uncomfortable Traditionally the helve is of a springy, the crown of the trades. Of course, a claw hammer sounds in the boatyard, but the tool straight-grained wood like ash or striking face isn’t the tool of choice for riveting up responsible for it is one of the most hickory (as here) but as with boats, your dainty Thames skiff – you’ll useful. This stalwart of the toolbox, wood has lately given way to GRP. need a lightweight ball-peen hammer combining a flat face for driving nails The hammer is the first tool many for that – but if there are hefty spikes with the tapering slot of a curved of us use, and how quickly it falls into to be sunk in a tough-grained timber claw for extracting them, has been contempt as more sophisticated or temporary structures to be nailed around since Roman times and changed planes, drills and saws come our way. in the yard, this hammer delivers the very little in the last 2,000 years. Often it is condemned as a desperate power and momentum required. In a good-quality tool like this 20oz (567g) example, forged around 1950 at the long-gone Albert Works of John Garrington & Sons in Darlaston, Walsall, the striking face is subtly domed, or crowned, to avoid leaving ‘half-crowns’ on the timber after driving a nail home. Another useful refinement is the sharp inner edge of the claw that bites into and grips the nail’s shank. The adze-eye fitting of the head to the handle, or helve, was invented in

the 1840s by New York blacksmith Es David Maydole. Before Maydole the

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or tools. My favourite is a blue- handled Draper scraper with a knob. Work a burr onto the edge and it will scrape away for hours, carving off satisfying swathes of paint, layers deep. Plus a triangular shave hook for the lands, a scraper and, finally, a kind of hooky thing with a point on one blade and a flat on the other side. Gear fettled it is time to get down to work. Fingers crossed the gunge someone laid into the lands is not silicone. No, it’s cheap frame sealant and it is peeling off nicely, in long, paint-covered snakes. Let’s do all the lands on one side first before scraping the planks themselves; see what’s going on under there. Not bad. Whoever built her knew what they were doing. The lands are crisp, and given a soaking she will probably take up without the need for mastic. There is a small split in the garboard, easily fixed with epoxy Charlotte watters Charlotte and dust mix, a few gashes where a fly fisherman has drawn her ashore and caught a sharp rock. No rot, so In a bit of a scrape far. And the knots in the larch have been stabilised from the time she was Adrian rolls up his sleeves and starts stripping paint built. The builder took some care with this boat and all these years t is not all about applying perfect coats of Epifanes later, it is beginning to show. (please note that other varnishes are available, indeed A rhythm is established. Work the gun with the left Imy favourite is Coo-Var, but that’s another story). hand, followed by the scraper in the right. The paint is No, sometimes this boatbuilding business, well actually coming off in inch-wide strips now, like wallpaper in a very often, is about scraping off coats of varnish of doll’s house, and it is easier under the waterline where the indeterminate age and provenance. larch is a little damper. It will get harder higher up the I am not sure what they had been slathering over the topsides, but right now it’s going pretty steadily. 16ft (4.9m) clinker loch boat that’s currently in the shed, Meanwhile the mind is free to wander; a tune pops up but it sure wasn’t Epifanes, or Coo-Var for that matter. from somewhere. Thoughts and reflections come and go. Thick, it was, and brown but, mercifully, it peeled off What’s for supper, I wonder? Scrape, blow, scrape. What under the glare of the heat gun with what can only be is the meaning of life? Scrape, scrape. There’s another called a sigh of relief. Or rather the sighing was from strake stripped. Two-and-half hours have passed. That’s the old boat herself, beginning to breath again after a strake every, say, 20 minutes. So, 16 strakes, that’s…? 20 years of slow suffocation. Time for a cuppa. One good thing about old varnish or paint is that it It’s strangely relaxing. And mindless, well no. There is comes off easily. God help anyone trying the same thing a skill to it: the edge on the blade; heat of the gun; when in the future on the two-pack finishes on the chandler’s to work the scraper without tearing the grain, or shelves. And, do you know, I rather enjoy the meticulous “I could damaging the lands. Must be the same doing any process of scraping off the bottom of a clinker boat repetitive job. Wonder what it would be like sweeping (the inside is quite another matter). scrape all the streets. Plucking chickens? Scrape, scrape, scrape. Mind you, the prospect of hours of scraping can be day at that Gosh. Look at the time. That’s nearly four hours and daunting, and what will be revealed under those layers? three-quarters of one side is done. All at £20 an hour. Rot, broken strakes, splits. Yet, strange to tell, once money. Car mechanics get double that. I could scrape all day started it becomes quite therapeutic. at that money. Pity. Hmmm… Wonder what’s for tea? First you must choose the right tool for the job, Pity.” Time flies. Scrape, scrape, scrape…

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freedom of choice for sailing style X marks and shore activities – some owners do both, some just one event. The the spot common theme is good-quality racing in a large competitive fleet – Dan Houston gently teases us with great company. through his interpretation of the For the record: last year’s synergies and competing nuances Cowes Week winner, X80 Lass,

of the Cowes-based Panerai CiAtion was built in 1946, and last year’s British Classic Week, the Charles Cowes Classics Week winner, Stanley Cowes Classics Week and X91 Astralita, was built in 1949.

the Aberdeen Asset Management A sso Xod C/o And yes, the younger sailors Cowes Week. compete as well; the Cowes Week But he is misguided in his Above, from left: Cowes Classics Week is a growing winner in 2011 was 21-year-old conclusion. Owners of the XOD X3 Mischief, event for the XODs with 40 boats Andrew Shaw in X186 Phoenix, class speak with their boats on X2 Mayflyand competing last year and more built in 1988. the water and this year they will X5 Madcap racing anticipated this year – even taking Not bad for a class that first be competing for the 90th time at in the Solent into account the numbers competing took to the water in 1909, is still Cowes Week. Around 80 XODs during 1912 in the more demanding Cowes Week built to the original design regularly attend Cowes Week, not regatta. The Classics Week is a very and materials, and still sports counting the 145 XODs that different event with shorter back-to- wooden spars. raced in Cowes Week 2011 to back racing and a stronger social John Long, deputy chairman of the celebrate the class’s centenary. side. The key for the XODs is the XOD Class Association

Pic your A place for poetic licence favourite i did read with amusement in the may 2013 (Cb299, p65) edition I wanted you to know of Classic boat story entitled “meet bundy” by Guy Venables. that the Nordlandsbåt this short story goes on about “our” bundy and, yes, it is over yard has a Facebook exaggerated as the “best rum in the world”. album where you will it brings back memories of the line on mark rosenstein’s find plenty of photos sailing page, at the end of the line on the sydney-hobart race, of Lillebror, Runner which was described as the greatest blue-water ocean race ever! de up – Traditonal With this caveat: “[And Australians would never exaggerate!]”. New Build in our Well i’m Australian, and i do sail and i often wonder about awards: CB310: the height of the seas people often say they encounter. during facebook.com/pages/ my last open water sail in the notorious (am i bragging?) bass C/o mArk Grim WA C/o Nordlandsbåt/425519 strait, we were told the sea swell was 2m. At times it was 2.5m 030856270?ref=br_tf and i’m sure the seas on my video were 3m. type “schooner Facebook for sailors/boats? My interest in enterprize in bass strait” into youtube for a look. i know only As always, i opened the last issue (Cb310) at the Letters page and classic boats comes too well winds, waves and swells can be higher than any i noted tony Waldeck’s missive, “Where are they now?”. his letter from growing up in weather prediction. i truly believe, has rekindled my belief that there is a need for some form of an environment however, it’s a sailor’s right to “search engine” to achieve this end. friends reunited proved a involving ships, and embellish any maritime story most successful aid in connecting people and there could be a my plan is to further with the exception of a maritime equivalent. i even have a name for it… “exboatAhoy!” involve myself and maritime enquiry. it could be said that i am in the same boat as tony Waldeck as my business helping Add in some beverage Guy VenAbLes my wife and i sail Wizard of paget – a foam-sandwich ex-Admiral’s the great culture of consumption and Cup ocean racer from 1969. she and her sistership Quest of paget traditional ship everything becomes were the very first commission for German frers when he first set building and the faster, wetter, steeper up on his own. it took us 12 years to findQuest in maine and then world around it. and more dangerous. only by a tremendous fluke. Johan Alv keep up the ideas and suggestions? (not to me, i’ll be off sailing). Christensson, good work. Mark Grimwade, Shotley, Ipswich Brakstad, Norway Tony Ruth, by email

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CB311 Letters.indd 96 01/04/2014 11:48 LETTERS Send your letters (and also any replies please) to: Classic Boat, Jubilee House, 2 Jubilee Place, London SW3 3TQ email: [email protected]

What have they done to Klassieke Schepen? A couple of years or so back I visited featuring motorboats, and the the Dutch Klassieke Schepen event. Klassieke Schepen part was tucked It was held in the pretty port of away in a small hall. There were Enkhuizen on the west side of the some nice exhibits, including a IJsselmeer and it was a Mecca for traditional Dragon, a varnished classic and modern sailors alike. Skerry Cruiser and a motor launch It was much more than a mere from the 1920s. However, there exhibition; it was a jamboree was nothing to keep me there for celebrating maritime history of both more than an hour, whereas at pleasure and commerce. Held in a Enkhuizen my wife had to drag me series of marquees on the harbour, away to get the last train home. there were many displays of But, what’s not to like about

boatbuilding and restoration. HUGHES MEYrIC STEFFAN Amsterdam on a sunny afternoon? However, it was the “afloat We found a bar with an outside section” that made it. There were all dates I was dismayed to learn that Above: the old terrace overlooking two canals and kinds of craft, ranging from steam the event had been moved from Dutch Klassieke had fun watching the wide variety tugs to rowing dinghies, many of Enkhuizen to Amsterdam and Schepen show of craft having “near misses”. which were available to board and combined with the HISWA Boat featured a There was even an Amphicar, view; there was even a spectacular Show. Nevertheless, as it was held well-stocked which a Dutchman on the next demonstration of loading cargo into over my birthday, I decided to go! “afloat section” table described as “a lousy car and the hold of a trading schooner. The winter HISWA is held in a a lousy boat”! So I decided that I would soulless exhibition centre and what a All very enjoyable, but can we definitely attend Klassieke Schepen in disappointment! The HISWA show have Enkhuizen back please? 2014, but when I checked on the was pretty lacklustre, predominantly Chris Potter, by email

One good Tern Constable’s bermudans deserves We are pleased to announce that eminent colleagues at the National Maritime Museum, London, have pronounced that another there is NO problem with the boats in Yarmouth Jetty Unless I have a (CB310, p96), bar a bit of commonly seen artistic licence!!! namesake you have This is seen in numerous works, including famous unfortunately paintings by Turner, and is no basis for doubting attribution. mistakenly attributed What was seen in the BBC show was 19th and 20th-century the letter “Love at restoration, reinforcing and altering Constable’s original first sight” about sketchy boats that are no more than a few rapid strokes, Tern, the William Fife repainting them with a later hand. This has been removed III-designed Belfast SELBY DAVE and now the painting looks more like Constable than ever. Lough OD, to me. I am Sarah Cove ACR FIIC FBAPCR, Accredited Paintings sure I would have fallen Model mystery Conservator, Constable Research Project in love with her as well Every year in February when I visit the exquisite rétromobile Ed – Thanks for clarifying. It would have been good if the and I would be happy classic car show, I find diversion among the trade stalls where BBC’s Fake or Fortune programme had mentioned these to attend the St Tropez there are always objects of maritime interest to root out. This bermudan yachts as being repainted later. Regatta, but I have year I found, among other curios, shipping posters, pond nothing to do with Tern. yachts and several models, including this bizarre contraption, Trevor Cherrett, which has me totally stumped. What is it? Wiltshire I don’t know if it’s a pond yacht, a presentation model, Ed – sorry! The letter or perhaps a model of a yacht that was never built. It was was from Brendon Hay about 4ft (1.2m) long and finely made with riveted planking. Its rounded form reminded me a little of Fairey Marine’s Atalanta monocoque construction, but even more extreme, with its whale bow and rounded hull. It’s almost like a submarine yacht. The vendor had no idea, except for a guide r CHErrETT price of €8,000. Does anyone have any answers? BBC

Tr EVO Dave Selby, Maldon, Essex

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them some idea of their position. In America, the appointment of lighthouse keepers was often political, endorsed by the president, who either wanted to reward a supporter with a tranquil lifestyle to end their years, or to lock their foes away from the political limelight. Life aboard a lightship was altogether different, where boredom took over, interspersed with periods of horrendous weather. When the weather was bad, some lightships were liable to drag their anchors, or worse the chains would break, so the vessel, which was usually without propulsion, was then at the mercy of the very dangers it had been positioned to guard against. One of the most notorious postings was aboard the Nantucket, commissioned in 1931 to warn shipping from the fog-shrouded Storm shoals off the New England coast. During their first year of operation, the crew had to up anchor in fierce troopers weather and go to the rescue of an eight-man fishing vessel that Barry Pickthall laments the eventually sank five miles from the light. The Nantucket’s crew had loss of the lighthouse keeper ample reason to be thankful that their lightship had a propulsion

PPL system (most did not) when, during another storm in 1933, her anchors ay 20th marks the 500th anniversary of dragged and she drifted 32 miles off station. Trinity House, the guardians of English and A year later, the lightship survived a glancing blow MWelsh navigation, and the 16th year since our from the SS Washington, but four months on, the British last lighthouse keeper turned the key to lock up North White Star liner Olympic rammed her amidships in Foreland Lighthouse in Kent for the final time, ending dense fog. Four of Nantucket’s crew went down with the a four-century-old lifestyle (see CB125). ship, and though seven others were picked up by her The writing had been on the wall since lighthouse lifeboats, three of these later died of their injuries. automation began in the 1920s, following the One can understand why lighthouse keepers might be development of acetylene gas illumination systems. less concerned about such events, though one exception It brought to an end the notion of an idyllic lifestyle of was in 1921 when a submarine ran onto the rocks men and women being paid to do little else but watch the adjacent to the Newport Harbour Lighthouse on Goat sun rise and set from perches high up on the headland. Island and carried away the keeper’s house! Certainly, there were lighthouse keepers like George Apart from the ever-present threat of the sea, the Gilmour who spent his time working as a relief keeper, inaccessibility of many lighthouses meant food often ran photographing the spectacular surroundings wherever he short. Keepers generally kept a three-month supply of was stationed. Where is he now, I wonder, and whatever “The job dried meat and ship’s biscuits for times when the supply happened to his archive of pictures? vessel was unable to get through. For us amateur sailors, For those of us stressed out by life’s shortcomings, was never the greatest regret for the loss of our keepers is felt at a spell in a lighthouse might seem a welcome change, Christmas, when club members used to pay a visit to their but the job was never quite as romantic as it seemed. quite as local lighthouse and drop off a hamper as a thankyou for In the early days, the role of lighthouse keeper was romantic as serving us throughout the year. It’s a service those keepers two-fold: to give an early warning against hostile ships, of lighthouses who are still alive today probably miss too! and to maintain a light that sailors could rely on to give it seemed” (More Trinity House history next month.)

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