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i MAY 2014 £4.75 US$13.75 CLASSIC BOAT CLASSIC BOAT YAYACCHHTSTING CHELSEA CHELSEA MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S YAYACCHHTSTING T Hl E a W O Rss L D’ S M Oi S Tc B E A UB T I F U Lo B O Aa T S tCHELSEA CHELSEA C MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S MAY 2014 MAY . ISSUE No 311 Fife’s Favourite and her ocean voyages Diamonds are forever Bond’s Solitaire Non-stop to New York 2,500 miles in a LATIFA LATIFA Carriacou sloop . SNOWGOOSE . SUMMER WIND . FOWEY TROY PLUS Award-winning ways Students’ craftsmanship ISLAND THAT TOURISM FORGOT WAYS AND MEANS TO GET AFLOAT RESTORATION WORKSHOP 0 5 Gem of Greece Blow that pension! Re-rigging to sloop 9 7 7 0 9 5 0 3 3 1 1 4 1 CB311 Cover2.indd 1 31/03/2014 18:11 Invest In A Painting Epifanes offers you an unsurpassed selection of premium paint and varnish formulas that combine exquisite beauty and tenacious abrasion protection—at your local chandlery or call us at 1-800-269-0961. Yacht Coatings AALSMEER, HOLLAND n THOMASTON, MAINE n ABERDEEN, HONG KONG 1-800-269-0961 n www.epifanes.com FOLLOW US EPIFANES FP OBC FEB14.indd 1 12/12/2013 09:07 CRAFTSMANSHIP CLAS- SICYOUR BOAT CRAFTSMANSHIP SURVEY GUIDE TO Contents CLASSIC BOAT FINANCE MAY 2014 Nº311 p51 6 LATIFA FEATURES 37 years in the ownership COVER STORY of a loving owner 6 . GREAT SCOT Meet Latifa, William Fife III’s favourite creation 17 . CHAMPAGNE TIME Full report and winners from CB’s second annual awards evening 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 CLASSIC BOAT MAY 2014 3 CB311 Contents2.indd 3 01/04/2014 12:05 Swiss movement, English heart Made in Switzerland / Sellita SW200-1 self-winding movement / 38 hour power reserve / 42mm marine-grade 316L stainless steel case and deployment bracelet / Water resistant to 300 metres / 4mm anti-reflective sapphire crystal / Deep-etched back-plate engraving 165_ChristopherWard_ClassicBoat.indd 1 20/03/2014 08:21 BLAKE GARY FROM DAN HOUSTON, EDITOR classicboat.co.uk Jubilee House, 2 Jubilee Place, London, SW3 3TQ A little matter of stability EDITORIAL Editor Dan Houston +44 (0)207 349 3755 [email protected] Had a press release about upright soft-skin storage tanks Deputy Editor Steffan Meyric Hughes +44 (0)207 349 3758 a week or so ago. Upright storage tanks, I was informed, [email protected] Senior Art Editor Peter Smith took up less space and allowed me to store more fuel on deck, +44 (0)207 349 3756 [email protected] so increasing the range of my vessel. Production Editor Andrew Gillingwater +44 (0)207 349 3757 You can feel like going red in the face in this job… But it [email protected] Contributing Editor Peter Willis wasn’t because I would regard “yachting” across an ocean [email protected] Technical Editor Theo Rye under power as the ultimate waste in fuel oil; “you should get some sails, sir, Publishing Consultant Martin Nott Proofing Vanessa Bird and enjoy the rolling bosom of the deep…” No, it was a sense of horror at the ADVERTISING Advertisement Manager writer’s lack of knowledge of stability because storing that much fuel on deck, Edward Mannering +44 (0)207 349 3747 [email protected] however good an idea to a credulous weekender, will dangerously raise the Senior Sales Executive Patricia Hubbard +44 (0)207 349 3748 centre of gravity to turn your boat into a capsizeable rolling pendulum when [email protected] Advertisement Production the sea gets up. And if one thing’s certain offshore, it is that the sea will get up. Allpointsmedia +44 (0)1202 472781 allpointsmedia.co.uk Stability at sea seems like an obvious criterion to the classic boat sailor. It’s Published Monthly ISSN: 0950 3315 USA US$12.50 Canada C$11.95 Australia A$11.95 why we like our long keels with vast lumps of lead slung below everything – Subscribe now: +44 (0)1795 419840 [email protected] it takes a lot to push us over and if we do go, we come straight back upright. http://classicboat.subscribeonline.co.uk Subscriptions manager William Delmont +44 (0)207 349 3710 [email protected] There have been times when stability was disregarded, like the International Subscriptions Department 800 Guillat Avenue, Kent Science Park, Offshore Rule for racing yachts in 1973, which introduced GRP boats of light YACHTSYACHTING Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8GU displacement; broad beam, shallow hull and large Managing Director Paul Dobson CHELSEA CHELSEA Deputy Managing Director Steve Ross MARINE MARINE Commercial Director Vicki Gavin M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S “inherently sail area. The idea, I remember hearing, was to Publisher Simon Temlett Digital Manager Oliver Morley-Norris use the huge reserve buoyancy of the wider hull; Events Manager Holly Thacker stable, once as the wind pushed it over, so it would push back The Chelsea Magazine Company Ltd Jubilee House, 2 Jubilee Place, London, SW3 3TQ +44 (0)207 349 3700 chelseamagazines.com turned turtle” and stay upright; you only need a little keel, now. Copyright The Chelsea Magazine Company 2013 all rights reserved As it turned out, many of these designs were YACHTSYACHTING Follow the Classic Boat team CHELSEA CHELSEAinherently stable, once turned turtle with their rig in the sea. Things were out of on Twitter and Facebook MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I Nhand E S and by 1978 the Offshore Racing Council ammended the rule to try to Classic Boat is part of the Chelsea Marine Magazines family, along with our other monthly titles exclude potentially unstable boats from racing. Then the 1979 Fastnet storm i MAY 2014 £4.75 US$13.75 SAILING TODAY SAILING CLASSIC BOAT CLASSIC BOAT Bosun’s bag YAYACCHHTSTING CHELSEA CHELSEA MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S happened and 18 people – 15 yachtsmen and 3 rescuers – lost their lives. GO FURTHER I SAIL BETTER I BE INSPIRED MAY 2014 YAYACCHHTSTING T Hl E a W O Rss L D’ S M Oi S Tc B E A UB T I F U Lo B O Aa T S tCHELSEA CHELSEA C MARINE MARINE M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S MAY 2014 MAY MAY sailingtoday.co.uk £ . | ISSUE #1673 MAY 2014 ISSUE N ISSUE 2014 MAY 0 5 £4.30 Issue #1673 | May 2014 WHAT TO WEAR www.yachtsandyachting.co.uk 9 7 7 1 3 6 7 5 8 6 1 0 0 0 5 . ISSUE No 311 Offshore oilies 9 7 7 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 Fife’s Tested by us in the RNLI survival centre AINSLIE & AC SKIPPERS GO EXTREME º 205 Favourite EXTREME SAILNG SERIES and her ocean voyages CLASH OF 16 Stability came back on the agenda and one yacht – the Contessa 32 (above) Secret South West PREPARATION TIPS TO MAKE YOU Diamonds are forever | Your guide to its hidden harbours HUNTER IMPALA TEST Bond’s Solitaire WEST COUNTRY THE TITANS SAIL Inside track from the hottest FASTER racing circuit on the planet Non-stop to New York | GULL’S EYE WEATHER STRATEGY 2,500 miles in a HARBOUR GUIDE • ALBANIA ALBANIA Dunsta nage, Scotland LATIFA LATIFA Carriacou sloop | SUMMER RACE WEEKS • . SNOWGOOSE SAARE 41 – was cited as being seaworthy. Her designer David Sadler has just died (p18) • DUNSTAFFNAGE DUNSTAFFNAGE . SUMMER WIND • CLOTHING CLOTHING NEW BOAT TEST Counting the cost SUMMER RACE WEEKS . of the storms Custom quality FOWEY TROY YAYACCHHTSTING • Estonia’s answer to the Nordic yachts WWW.YACHTSANDYACHTING.CO.UK PLUS RIGGING Get readyCHELSEA CHELSEA MARINE MARINE Award-winning ways for your best racing year yet M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S and godspeed to him; his legacy should be that stability remains paramount. Students’ craftsmanship THE GALAPAGOS BLUEWATER BOAT SAILING STYLE STANDING RIGGING ISLAND THAT TOURISM FORGOT WAYS AND MEANS TO GET AFLOAT RESTORATION WORKSHOP 0 5 First74 sailingtoday.co.ukin a new series May 2014 of How to fi t her out for Our pick of the hottest Simple checks to keep IN PURSUIT SAILING ARABIA THE £10K YACHT DREAM TRIP YAYACCHHTSTING Bloody Mary winners reveal Special report on the multi- How to go racing and win Why Antigua is every Gem of Greece Blow that pension! Re-rigging to sloop Rod Heikell’s favourites ocean passages shoes and clothing your rig safe CHELSEA CHELSEA 9 7 7 0 9 5 0 3 3 1 1 4 1 MARINE MARINE tricks to hunt down the pack stage Middle Eastern Tour in an affordable one-design sailor’s paradise M A G A Z I N E S M A G A Z I N E S CB311 Cover2.indd 1 31/03/2014 18:11 ST205_001ST205 BosunsBagCoverA v6.indd V2.indd 1 74 18/03/201420/03/2014 14:2311:47 1673 Cover (1).indd 1 24/03/2014 14:36 For traditional For adventurous For competitive By a twist of fate I think the 1979 Fastnet helped the cause of classic boats boat enthusiasts cruising sailors sailors too, where old proven design has been shown to be seaworthy and so To subscribe, go to chelseamagazines.com/marine trustworthy.