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T H E W O R L D’ S M O S T B E A U T I F U L B O A T S
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American
runabouts
S&S yacht Baruna’s
great restoration
HIRE POWER
One Broads yacht’s THE FIRST WHITBREAD RACE
century of charter Event that changed everything
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‘belle’ of any anchorage and is much admired wherever she sails. She has four guest cabins commercially registered
(sleeping 8) and a particularly large deck space for dining or lounging out on. Alexa is a very Guest cabins:JXHVWVLQIRXUFDELQV
popular charter yacht, achieving 8 weeks per Med season. She is the ideal ocean going cruising Built: 1992
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One, had wanted a large yacht “at the top of Class A” Above left: Work Skylark at the end of 2010. And she has been a great
within the CCA rules. But she was also to be primarily a begins stripping boat. But then in 2015 Baruna was up for a much better
comfy cruising boat for his family. He went to S&S and off some of her price. I think it was $200,000 which is the right price to
ordered her after spending an uncomfy family night timber to pay for a few pieces of wood.”
aboard his boat in Massachusetts Bay. It is not known ascertain its Baruna was in California where she had been since the
whether the family threatened mutiny but Taylor said it condition early 1950s when Jim Michael took her over. She was at
was matter of either giving up cruising altogether or Marina del Rey, in Los Angeles. When Tara’s long-term
getting a better boat. Above right: The captain and shipwright Tony Morse went to buy her he
For that 1938 Bermuda race, Taylor took Olin as his sheer clamp being found she was in a state. “If you lifted up the sole boards
REZMKEXSVERHJVSQXLIɋIPHSJWXEVXIVWXLI]VSQTIH put in place by you could see the water coming in. And the pumps were
home eight hours ahead of the next boat. Baruna went on the Robbe & running more or less continually to keep up with it,” he
to win again in 1948 with Henry’s oldest son, Stillman, Berking team says. “There were no headsails on board and it looked
in command. like the mast was going to go through the bottom of
Below left: Old the boat – especially if you put any pressure on it. We
BARUNA’S NEW OWNER was gradually could motor her but not sail her.”
Tara Getty was brought up in the south of France, where replaced with new She was taken to Ensenada in Mexico before being
he started sailing, and at Milton Abbey prep school in as we look at her put on a boat to Fort Lauderdale. “There was some
England, sailing Mirror and Wayfarer dinghies at Portland. structure facing thought about getting her restored on the east coast,”
“I knew I wanted a serious sailing boat, but I aft 8EVEVIɌIGXWŨ&YXMX[SYPHLEZIQIERXEPSXSJPSRK
couldn’t get my head around exactly what I was after,” travel for Tony and me and so we opted to have her
he says, speaking later. “I had motorboats and I was Below right: The hull restored at Robbe & Berking in Flensburg, in
sailing on friends’ yachts. I used to come to Saint-Tropez hull nears +IVQER]8LI]GIVXEMRP]HSXLIVIEPWXYɊũ
when it was the Nioulargue in the late 1980s through to completion in %XɋVWXMX[EWXLSYKLXXLIXIEQGSYPHTVIWIVZIWSQISJ
1995 when racing stopped for a few years. It was fun Flensburg the timber, but Tony, who was the project lead under
but there is always a limit to what you can learn sailing Tara found that every frame, but for a few in the
as a guest on boats. forepeak, was cracked under the bilge stringer.
“I’d read sailing magazines at school and Dorade “We didn’t think it was all going to need to be new but as
would often feature and maybe it was that memory we got into it, we discovered we needed to replace more and
which got me into the S&S cruiser racer designs and more,” he tells me. “And there’s always the problem that if
made me want a boat like her. it isn’t in good enough condition now then you’ll end up
“I think Baruna crossed our radar back in 2009 when redoing it in three years’ time. That was a major reason why
we were looking for a suitable yacht to restore. But back it took so long; we were replacing it bit by bit.”
then the owner wanted something like $2m in gold bars The double skin hull was replaced with mahogany
delivered to a place in Mexico and we were just never planks outside a skin of yellow cedar. The cedar, all from
going to do anything like that. We ended up buying one tree, saves weight but is only used from the sixth strake
up to the strake below the sheer. Laminated white oak frames Above left: It Baruna’s winches are beefed-up versions of what she
were replaced one at a time, in a style of a careful restoration. takes a few crew had before to cope with the higher loads of her modern
The sheer clamp, beamshelf and bilge stringer are all Douglas to bring in her rig, Tony explains. “We wanted these from Lewmar in
ɋVJVSQ3VIKSR-RQER]TPEGIWEFSEVHXLILYPPWXVYGXYVIMW headsail after EPYQMRMYQFVSR^IFYXXLI]GSYPHRŦXHSXLEX&YXXLIFSWW
fully visible. setting her blue likes the colour, and the fact it doesn’t go green and the
The deck is swept teak. For the varnish, the exterior and spinnaker tarnish is nice so it was a question of how do we do that?
the inside of the deck house is one coat Epifanes, while the 7SXLIWIEVIEPPWXEMRPIWWERH4:(GSEXIH 4L]WMGEP
interior is two part – all brushed on. :ETSYV(ITSWMXMSR [MXLɋRITEVXMGPIWSJQIXEP
;LIRXLILYPP[EWɋRMWLIHBaruna was trucked to Above right: “They come out of the factory all highly polished, but
VMG Yachtbuilders at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. VMG Baruna’s what was interesting is that if you alter the substrate in
owner Tim van Daal says: “We were asked to quote for the fisherman’s ER][E]]SYGERKIXEHMɊIVIRXGSPSYVXS[LEXXLIVIMW
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vessel, nothing is straight or symmetrical; everything the small mizzen bead blasted, but we were dicking about for six months
connects directly to the structure.” “We’ve kept her like mast is a superb trying to get the colour right because it depended on
that,” Tony adds. “The original mistakes from Quincy are piece of extra how deep you were bead blasting and the type of
preserved the way she is restored.” canvas in her FPEWXMRK]SY[IVIYWMRK7SSRITIVWSRXLIRLEHXSHS
VMG Yachtbuilders even made a full-size model to see wardrobe when the blasting and all the rest of the deck hardware, for
LS[EPPXLIMRWXEPPEXMSRWGSYPHɋXMRXSMX7SQITISTPI sailing off the GSRWMWXIRG]SJɋRMWLŨ%RHXLEXŦWNYWXSRIWMHISJXLI
[IVIIQTPS]IHSRXLITVSNIGXWSQIJVSQ7SYXLEQTXSR wind like this sort of problems you run into when you are trying to
=EGLX7IVZMGIW8LMW[EWHMWVYTXIHF]&VI\MX[LIRXLI achieve things like this,” Tony adds.
three-month visa for Europe came into force in 2020. -X[EWEFIXXIVWXSV][MXLXLISVMKMREP'LIPWIEGPSGO
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With Tara’s in-depth restoration knowledge of the motor Ũ-X[EWVIEPP]GSSPũWE]W8SR]Ũ8LI]WXMPPLEHXLIWIVMEP
vessels Talitha, Bluebird and SV Skylark and Morse’s RYQFIVWTETIV[SVOERHHSGYQIRXWIZIRXLIMV
undoubted appetite for detail, the project soon became GIVXMɋGEXIWERHVIGIMTXW7SXLI][IVIWMQTP]WIRXFEGOXS
highly specialised with every single piece of equipment or be rebuilt.”
ɋXXMRKFIMRKSJFIWTSOIHIWMKRERHQEOI8LYWIZIRXLI BarunaMWGSRɋKYVIH[MXLEJYPPWIXSJ(M2SVXL7EMPWXS
nickel-plated striker plates for the doors’ latch bolts are VEGIER][LIVIYRHIV-6'VYPIWEW[IPPEWLIV(EGVSRVMK
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to suit the mahogany joinery. to cope with the modern loads from new sails; and we had
“We have a running joke that the only things on the boat XSIRZMWEKI[LEXLETTIRWMJWLIJEPPWSɊE[EZIMRXLI
which aren’t bespoke are the sailing gloves,” Tara laughs. &EWW7XVEMXMROXWSJFVII^I7SXLEXGVIEXIHXLI
Keeping weight low in the boat was important and Tony conditions for the restoration,” Chris adds.
WE]WXLILTIRKMRIKIRIVEXSVERH[EXIVQEOIVEVIEPPEW 7S[LIVIRI\X#8EVEIRZMWEKIWEGVYMWIXSXLI
PS[EWTSWWMFPIPMXVIXEROWGEVV][EXIVERHHMIWIPXLI 4SVUYIVSPPIWSJLMWGLMPHLSSH[MXLLMWJEQMP]
[EXIVQEOIVGERTVSHYGIPMXVIWERLSYV “Then the Caribbean is calling, and then, of
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RE-RIGGING BARUNA Baruna’s a beautiful boat and she has been
For Baruna’s wooden main mast, the team went to Jim restored as if she were the Mona Lisa with huge
+VIX^O]SJ7EMP7TEVW(IWMKRMR'SRRIGXMGYX8LI attention to detail to recreate her in the way she
hollow spruce mast was built with pieces that was built, down to small details of carpentry.
were sonic-tested to measure their elasticity. )]I[EXIVMRKɋKYVIWEFSYXXLIGSWXSJLIV
The mast was done by Ventis at Enkhuizen. VIWXSVEXMSRGERXIVIHEPSRKXLIUYE]WŨ-XŦWXSS
-XWMXWSREQEWWMZIFVSR^IWXITGSRRIGXMRK much to mention,” Tara says. “Let’s just say she
to the keel. “We can jack it up – we are MWF]JEVXLIQSWXI\TIRWMZIJXFSEXIZIV
VYRRMRKXSRRIWSJPSEHSRXLIGET built, modern or old. And it has taken time.
shroud at the moment,” Tony says, before Look at Tony, he had hair when he started!
adding that it might need a bit more. We all looked younger when we started!”
West Yard Arctic Dry Dock, Arctic Rd , West Cowes, UK, PO31 7PG
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In terms of long-standing projects by young boatbuilders, Arabella was recently
launched and we hope to bring you the story in 2024. She's a new Colin Archer type
ketch of nearly 40ft (essentially a bigger Suhaili) built on a farm in Massachusetts from
timber felled there by the yacht’s owner and lead shipwright Steve Denette. Another
story we will bring this year is that of Ash Faire-Ring of Norfolk, who launched his
half-sized 1920s Thames barge yacht Growler, after performing rather more surgery on
it than he was expecting when he bought her just a few years ago at the age of 17! The
big one, of course, is the 1910 Albert Strange yacht Tally Ho which, due to its incredible
documentation on YouTube can probably lay claim to being the most talked-about
yacht restoration of all time. Owner Leo Goolden has not made any statement about
when she will be launched (sensible man), but she’s out of the shed and the mast has
been stepped, so we’re guessing 2024 might be the year.
The Yachtsman
years... Margherita
Margherita was designed
by Charles E Nicholson
and built by Camper &
Nicholson in 1913 for Cecil
Whitaker, who had been
unhappy with the
performance of his Fife
schooner Waterwitch. In
her first season,
Margherita won five
races in six starts in Kiel
against the schooners
Meteor, Germania and
Westward. In 1925 she
was converted to a
three-masted schooner and was then used as a cadet-training
vessel; and in 1933, her name was changed to Davida.
CORRECTION
The Association of Yachting Historians has digitised 92 In our last issue, we stated that Nic Roach’s Crusade (pictured) won the
volumes of The Yachtsman (1891-1940) and the complete NAB Tower Race at the British Classic Yacht Club’s regatta. It was actually
Lloyd’s Registers of Yachts (1878-1980) and these can be IRC Class I which was won by Crusade, while the overall winner was the
bought on memory sticks at yachtinghistorians.org. Stella class yacht Timoa.
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COMPETITION
WINNERS
The National Historic Ships UK
photography competition, run
annually in partnership with
Classic Boat, attracted many strong
images. Here are the winners
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Grand Union pair Bargus and
Betelgeuse in a low Winter sun by Kev Maslin
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Masts in the mist
by James Crisp
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set up and manage its new boatyard in Potter
Heigham. He continued to manage the yard
when it became part of the Norfolk Broads
Yachting Company (NBYCo) shortly afterwards
and went on to build several highly regarded
Broads yachts including Smuggler, Pirate,
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Frozen in time
Water marks and the vestigial stubs of the hands reveal
that this Hebrew-numeralled pocket watch stopped
ticking at 2.25AM on the morning of April 15, 1912, just
five minutes after RMS Titanic was consumed by the icy
Atlantic. It can’t have been many minutes later that time
also ended for its owner, second-class passenger and
Russian Jewish emigré Sinai Kantor who, with his wife
Miriam, was hoping to build a new life in the New World.
Miriam survived the tragedy, which took 1500 lives, and
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the silver and brass watch was returned to her with other
effects recovered from her husband’s body. Miriam
became a US citizen and died in 1950, after spending her
last years in a psychiatric hospital. This poignant
memento sold for £97,000.
H&H
mechanic Edd China, who for many years did the spannering alongside Mike
Brewer in the popular car doer-upper Wheeler Dealer series.
In the course of the restoration, China fitted the 14ft (4.25m) Borwicks
clinker hire launch with a period correct Dynastart dynamo-starter to increase Stuart Turner on 1958
its chances of starting. Supplied with a trailer and current Thames Boat Borwicks launch runs on
Safety Certificate, it sold for £8,100, even though it lacks a pair of oars, which a mix of 10:1 – that’s 10
are normally standard fitment with Stuart Turners, along with at least three hours maintenance for
Seagull outboards fitted to the transom to add a touch of period authenticity. each hour of running
90ft New Classic Hoek Design ATALANTE 84ft Oceangoing Steel Ketch WINDWEAVER of PENINGTON
2009. Refit 2023. Built by Holland Jachtbouw, ATALANTE has proven to be an excellent family cruising 1998. WINDWEAVER OF PENNINGTON is a solid, seaworthy, go-anywhere sailing yacht. She has a huge
yacht in all destinations, combining a spacious interior and exterior layout with performance. Participating range including under engine with 2,500 NM to go at 8 knots cruising. Inside, she has a lovely cosy interior
in various regattas, she was winner of the Hoek Design Cup in 2012 & 2013. She also achieved second which allows her to face all sort of weathers and climates. She is well kept thanks to her owner, who
place overall in the Palma Superyacht Cup in 2013. The interiors are extensive with alfresco living areas, has always highly invested in her maintenance, and to her captain, who has been onboard for 7 years.
with the central cockpit serving as a social centre for guests and the aft cockpit for sailing functions.
65ft Gentleman Yacht KITIKAE 52ft New Classic Sloop LAZY DAYS
1924. KITIKAE is equipped with 2 legendary 72 HP Gardner diesel engines. With a cruising speed of 2004. From a Joubert Nivelt Design, LAZY DAYS is a new classic jewel, of which only 5 units sail across
8 knots and a low RPM, she has a large range of over 2000 NM. She can accommodate up to 6 guests in a the oceans. She is spacious, comfortable and luxurious with a special character. The interior is built
lovely and cozy interior with one saloon and two cabins (one Master & one with 2 upper and lower beds). around a spacious saloon with beautiful dark woodwork and a galley to starboard. She offers 4 double
cabins and two shower rooms, both with electric toilets.
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Objects of desire
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Arthur Beale are These warm, traditional
heavy-duty, Devold sweaters from 100
attractive and per cent Norwegian wool,
endlessly useful. were originally made for
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with smooth-running Norwegian coast. Today
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Arthur Beale logo. perfect for the winter
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a great advantage over the usual Tupperware boxes because they will squeeze achieve a soft and
into smaller spaces and they don’t go clonk every time you tack,” says Arthur well-fitted garment these
Beale. They recommend them for small tools like Allen keys, screwdrivers, socket pullovers are pre-washed. The Devold Nansen sweater
sets, electrical tape and so on. We’ve discovered that they also make very is a fundamental part of Devold’s history, named after the famous
seamanlike sponge bags or artist’s bags, or simply a place to corral plugs, leads, Norwegian explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, who completed the first
batteries and so on when travelling. They’re a bargain too, at £17.95 for a pack of crossing of Greenland in 1888, dressed in Devold. The sweater
three in different colours. comes in grey melange (pictured) or navy. £199
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equipped and properly used, this big volume and capable boat is very sensibly diesel. 12 berths in 3 cabins. Very elegant vessel well known in southern Baltic
priced for a quick sale. regattas.
Devon £300,000 Germany €85,000
38’ Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter built in Porthleven 40’ McGruer Bermudan Yawl launched in 1962. 45’ W.H. Thomas Gaff Yawl built in Falmouth in 1906.
in 1909. Worked as a pilot boat for many years before Elegant and fast cruising yacht with an easily handled Used for sail training since 2012. Coded to MCA Cat 2
going into private ownership. Current owner has sailed split rig and typical McGruer lines. New teak deck 2010. for 8 + 2 crew. Fully equipped for commercial sailing.
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25’ Laurent Giles Vertue No.132 built by John Perry 65’ Danish Gaff Ketch built in 1936. Rebuilt by Neilsen 20’ Cornish Tosher believed to have been built in the
of Cosham in 1964. All teak planking, deck and and Co in 1996, further plank and frame replacement early 20th century but her exact history is not known.
superstructure, lead keel and bronze bolts. Beta 20hp since 2016. MCA commercial licence Category 2 for 12 Professionally rebuilt between 2007 and 2010. Current
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right back to her launch. 2021 survey available. A ton. Large deck house with galley and seating. Gardner and sails. Yanmar 2GM diesel. Pretty boat with a deep
superb example of what is the most famous and 6LXB engine. Fully commissioned ship ready to go to safe cockpit. Easy and fun to sail. Survey available.
accomplished small yacht design of all time. work.
Essex £25,000 North Wales £195,000 Cornwall £9,000
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be honest, though, the leaving the boathouse located on the eastern
landscape of Lake Tahoe, shore of the lake. The yacht belongs to the
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California and Nevada, does not RSRTVSɋXSVKERMWEXMSRIRXMVIP]JYRHIHF]
much resemble the setting of that lake gifts and donations from the general public
in northern Italy that bewitched and members of the society, which itself
Stendhal, Manzoni and other writers, relies on 75 volunteers, 10 of whom work
besides today’s moguls, footballers directly with the yacht as crewmen and
and movie stars frequent. technicians. One of these is Howard Golub,
Formed two million years ago – 30 years spent in the United States Coast
when its Como counterpart was already four million Previous pages: Guard as a marine engineer. “We pay homage to George
years old – Lake Tahoe reaches a maximum depth of Runabouts Whittell’s Legacy,” says Golub – protecting and
1,650ft (503m), and is second in the United States by moored during interpreting the region’s treasures, namely Whittell’s estate,
that metric only to Crater Lake, Oregon. It is the latest edition the Thunderbird Lodge, the yacht of the same name, as
approximately 19 by 10 nautical miles, boasting 72 land of the Lake well as the vast archives and collections pertaining to this
miles of coastline and a surface area of 190 square miles. Tahoe Concours history and environment. The public can observe
In ancient times the region was inhabited by tribes of d’Elegance; in preservation in progress including architecture, stone
;EWLSREXMZIW[LMPIXLIɋVWXORS[R)YVSTIER the background masonry, shipwrightery and archiving’.
exploration dates back to the 1840s. Its the legendary The boat literally shines around him, as other
anthropomization and touristic development came about Thunderbird crewmen and dozens of people take seemingly endless
a century later. photos from the jetty. One of them is Doug Leen who is
The lake is fully surrounded by the peaks of the Sierra Above: Sweet well-known in America in the tugboat community. Some
Nevada, forests of emerald green conifers, and by Thing, a Besotes queue to board her for a ride on the lake, a service
wooden cabins with sloping roofs that remind visitors Utility runabout provided for a fee of 20US dollars per person to raise
that this is a mountain lake whose altitude is 6,225ft built in 1968 money for the TPS.
(1,897m). Between late November and early April, in The steel doghouse of ThunderbirdMWEQEKRMɋGIRX
fact, the region transforms into something exclusive, for Below: Detail of example of aircraft design of the time in which the yacht
XLIFIRIɋXSJ[MRXIVWTSVXWŦPSZIVW-X[EWRS the canvas was built. It’s well known, in fact, that Whittell was very
coincidence, in fact, that in 1960 this very region hosted backrest of a chair fond of airplanes, automotive technology and boat
XLI:---3P]QTMG;MRXIV+EQIWEXXLI7UYE[:EPPI] on Thunderbird design. Commissioned while George Whittell was
Resort, recently renamed as Palisades Tahoe out of building his estate, also named Thunderbird (a
respect to its ethnicity. supernatural being of power and strength by native
-RWYQQIVIZIV]XLMRKPSSOWZIV]HMɊIVIRX8LIPEOI Americans), the motor vessel was designed by the
turns into a paradise for boaters, both of sailing and, legendary John L Hacker (1877-1961), the founder of
above all, motor vessels; because if it is true that Hacker-Craft in 1908, and built in the Great Lakes
sailboats are popular in the United States, horsepower region by Huskins Boat Works of Bay City, Michigan.
is decidedly more so. Power here seems never to be The design, as is well known, was dictated by the request
enough. George Whittell Jr (1881-1969), one of the that the hull and cockpit resemble the fuselage of
tycoons who contributed to the popularity of Lake Whittell’s personal Douglas DC-2 aircraft. Fashioned of
Tahoe, also thought so. His ghostly presence double-planked mahogany and brushed
can be felt almost everywhere around these stainless steel, the craft was originally
shores, especially when his famous ɋXXIH[MXLX[MR:LT/IVQEXL
1:c8LYRHIVFMVHc(1939) docks at the jetties engines. Bill Watson, historian, executive
of the Obexer’s Boat Company. In the and curator of the TPS, knows a lot about
1940s his craft was almost certainly the her. “During her sea trials on the Saginaw
world’s most beautiful ‘commuter’: a River,” says Watson, “these engines
concentration of mahogany and steel that enabled a top speed of 39.1kts. Whittell
arguably had more in common with operated the Thunderbird with the
airplanes than boats. He was so keen on SVMKMREP/IVQEXLIRKMRIWMRXLIWYQQIVW
the Thunderbird that he decided to hide of 1940 and 1941 only. Then America
her in wartime: even though he was a entered the World War II and the boat was
TEXVMSXERHLEHWIVZIHMR)YVSTIHYVMRK never used again by the extravagant
World War I, he was afraid that the tycoon. The next owner, Bill Harrah,
government might requisition and relegate bought Thunderbird in September 1962
her to tasks beneath her pedigree. with only 83 hours on the original
Thunderbird is a common sight at the Lake IRKMRIW,EVVELVITPEGIHXLI/IVQEXL
8ELSI'SRGSYVWHŦ)PIKERGIIZIRXLSYKLWLI marine motors with the twin Allison
V-1710 aircraft engines, the same power plant of the Above left: A THE MOST RECENT EDITION
Lockheed P-38 Lightning, for a total power of 2,200hp. family parades in a This year the boats, including those out of competition,
On one occasion, using the twin Allisons, Harrah small boat next to exceeded 70. And counting those for sale, which were
clocked the boat at 60kts; but to do so, he had added the jetties of the displayed on trailers throughout the Obexer’s Boat
hydrofoils to stabilise it and keep her from diving into Obexer’s Boat Company marina, there were many more to feast eyes on.
her bow wave. Company – home All this, combined with the participating exhibitors,
of the gathering makes this event a pleasant one, and an ideal venue for
HALF A CENTURY IN STYLE those keen to experience the world of vintage motorboats,
Founded in 1973, hence half a century ago, the Lake Above right: The in an easy-to-reach setting thanks to its relative proximity
Tahoe Concours d’Elegance has reached its 49th mechanic of the to San Francisco and the airport of Reno (Nevada), the
edition (due to the Covid-19 pandemic two events did hydroplane My latter just over an hour’s drive from the host venue.
not take place). This is the most important static Sweetie John Among the stall exhibits, mostly displaying artworks,
nautical event in North America, where the Francis (Hacker/ gadgets and accessories, one could certainly notice that
protagonists are magical craft: masterpieces of Staudacher) fires of Hacker-Craft, being among the four most represented
mahogany and chromed steel, so polished that you’d up the Allison brands in the Concours. Next to a 1934 Triple Cockpit
better wear sunglasses when the clouds part. V-12 engine to the VYREFSYXE8EVKIX&SEXERHEQEKRMɋGIRXJX
Since 2014 the event venue has been the above- delight of visitors (10.06m) hydroplane designed by Hacker in the early
mentioned Obexer’s Boat Company marina in 1950s, the builder from Queensbury (New York upstate)
Homewood (California shore), the company founded in brought along a specimen of the brand-new 100 per cent
1911 by an Austrian emigrant from Bolzano (today’s electric 27ft (8.23m) Sport runabout. Apart from what is
Italy). One of his descendants, Sarah Obexer, is today at hidden beneath the engine doors, and the digital
the helm of this boatyard that continues to prosper dashboard, the craft is reminiscent of the classic Hacker
thanks to the local marina and side activities. VYREFSYXW8LIɋVWXFSEXMRXLI%UYEZERXIPIGXVMGWIVMIW
Several Europeans were among the many visitors this WLIŦWSYXɋXXIH[MXL\O;LFEXXIV]TEGOWJSVEXST
year. One was Ferdinando Zanoletti, the president of the speed of 30kts and a runtime of two-to-three hours.
Museo Barca Lariana, home to one of the world’s largest A total of 13 prizes were awarded, from the ‘overall
FSEXGSPPIGXMSRWŨ1]ɋVWXZMWMXXS8ELSIHEXIWFEGOXS best in show’ boat, won by a 1953 Riva Tritone Perlita
1983,” says Zanoletti, “and I must say that much has ToocţTIVLETWXLIɋVWXIZIV6MZEI\TSVXIHXSXLI9RMXIH
changed since then. Once there were more boats, even 7XEXIWţXSTVM^IWE[EVHIHXSXLIQSWXFIEYXMJYPGVEJXSJ
WQEPPSRIWIUYMTTIH[MXLSYXFSEVHIRKMRIWFYXXLI] the four three main represented brands, other than Riva:
were not as well preserved as they are today. Particularly Chris-Craft (Capriccioso, a Capri built in 1960), Gar
striking are the engines, clean and polished, and the ;SSH Tiny Dancer, a 1946 Ensign model) and Century
paintwork which appears so fresh that you refrain from (Sweet Water, a 1960 Restorer). And then there were the
touching. Just as in Europe, the attention to detail here awards for the most elegant boat (Inevitable, a 1957
too has become obsessive. As per the Rivas, I just Sedan Cruiser), for the best craft made in the 1960s
remember seeing one in 1983: This year, if I’m not (Honeh II, a 1969 Commander SS), the people’s choice
mistaken, there were 12.” (Tucker, a 1956 Custom Sportsman), and more.
His words were echoed by his compatriot Erio Only once the prizes were awarded and the event
1EXXIVMEVIɋRIHVIWXSVIVSJXLI7EVRMGSVYREFSYXWERH SɍGMEPP]GPSWIH EXTQSR7EXYVHE]%YKYWX [IVIXLI
a judge on several occasions at the Lake Tahoe Concours FSEXWEFPIXSXYVRSRXLIMVIRKMRIWGEWXSɊXLIMV
d’Elegance: “The event has grown considerably over the moorings, and embrace their favourite element. A task
past 10-15 years. It has become a great spectacle, well performed upon passing under the tiny Olson Bridge, a
organised, with more money and folks involved, and steel structure on which to stand and take in the best
with beautiful boats aplenty. To me, certain restorers view, to hear the noise of the engines, and to inhale the
tend to take too many liberties, deviating somewhat acrid smell of burnt fuel. For many, the so-called
from the original projects; but in general, the restoration ť6SEV3ɊŦMWXLIOI]QSQIRXSJXLMWIZIRX[LMGL
works are well done and the competing boats get better LS[IZIVţMXMW[SVXLVIQIQFIVMRKţMWEWXEXMGSRIF]
and better each year.” HIɋRMXMSR%RHLEWFIIRJSV]IEVW
AMERICAN RUNABOUTS
THE GHOSTS OF
THE GREATS
Bruno Cianci hits the road in New York to visit two of the
great names in motorboat history, alive and well today
B
rant Lake, in upstate New York, is a magical Above left: Mike
setting full of mystery. Here, where the historic and Tom Turcotte Nowadays it is the new generation of the Turcottes who
Gar Wood brand lives on thanks to the commitment Jr, present carry run Gar Wood Custom Boat: these are Mike and Tom
of the Turcotte family, the abundant rain feeds the holders of the Gar Jr, who tragically lost their brother Joseph D (1981-2019), a
many rivers and lakes of this part of the Appalachians between Wood flame much-loved figure in the motorboating community. Accurate
Adirondack and the Green Mountains. Montreal and New York restorations, a self-limited production of boats built from
City are just three hours by car along Interstate 87, but the Above right: The scratch, and maintenance work, represent the daily routine
impression is that they are light years away. boatyard has a of the two brothers and their employees. The current
It was 1969 when Larry and Tom Turcotte completed rural, remote feel production site – the fourth in the history of the Turcotte
their first restoration of a Gar Wood motorboat, an operation family – is near the water’s edge and comprises a set of
followed by many other restorations on boats designed and wooden sheds more reminiscent of a farm than a shipyard.
built by Garfield ‘Gar’ Wood (1880-1971), inventor, entrepreneur, There is no shortage of customers, especially in winter,
powerboat champion, first man to break the 200kmh (124mph) when maintenance work in view of the upcoming season
barrier on the waters of the Saint Clair River (in 1932), and adds to the regular activities. The presence of a Chris Craft
winner of nine consecutive Harmsworth Cups from 1920-1933. Capri in the main hangar during our visit, as well as that of
The restoration of Snail, a 33ft (10m) Baby Gar specimen seats bearing the Century logo in the upholstery laboratory,
built in 1926, equipped with her original Liberty V-12 engine, attest to how frequently the staff engages in work on boats
achieved resounding success in 1986 and subsequent years, built by other historic American brands. There are currently
winning repeated competitions and awards in the six models available for construction: Speedster (the only
northeastern USA, which put Larry and Tom in the limelight. one with a main cockpit aft of the engine), Streamliner,
In the 1990s, what had started as a hobby turned into a Custom Runabout, Custom Utility, Baby Gar and Commuter.
business when the Turcottes began building a new line of boats. The name Gar Wood Custom Boat, however, reminds us
Despite updating them to include certain building and that in reality each boat is unique, and customized in every
component technologies for the contemporary market, they way. A 1937 brochure stated that “While Gar Wood runabouts
aimed to preserve the unmistakable style of the craft built in and utilities are standardized (...), every model is a custom
the interwar period by the legendary Gar. Many new models model, not only in name, but in appearance.” Eighty-seven
spanning 16-40ft (4.9-12.2m) in length were made, including years might have passed, but the philosophy has not
a ‘pocket’ 28ft (8.5m) version of the iconic Baby Gar. changed one bit.
AMERICAN RUNABOUTS
THE STEINWAY
OF RUNABOUTS
The original Hacker Craft story lives on today
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itnessing the moment when the side of a Above: Group The shipyard and HQ have moved a few times over the
Hacker-Craft motorboat is decorated picture in a years, from Michigan to New York state, but since moving
with the unmistakable company logo has cockpit during production to Queensbury, NY a few years ago, the Hacker
something sacred about it. Those present final assembly; Boat Company seems to have found an optimal balance and
can’t help but feel privileged. The delicate operation An old sign size. The atmosphere inside the enormous shed that houses
involves hand-applying the logo with extremely thin bearing the the production site suggests a great community of intent.
sheets of 23-carat gold leaf, tapped onto the boat’s unmistakable The specialization of the workforce – 35 floor workers
mahogany planking, then burled and outlined in paint. The logo overall, among then some Ukrainian immigrants – is obvious,
logo in question is that of the company founded in 1908 in but the shipyard is keen to point out that the restoration team
Detroit by John L Hacker (1877-1961), a brilliant naval is interchangeable with the new-build team. Currently the
architect and renaissance man, to whom the invention of yard has nearly 30 boats (a mix of new and restoration) plus
the runabout can perhaps be attributed. It seems, in fact, a few more the staff is working up estimates for.
that it was he who introduced a vee-hull motorboat with As for the production, the new-builds are divided into
controls forward of the engine, and not astern, the practice two main collections, called Legacy and Aquavant, whose
of American racers of the time. range features the first 100 per cent electric model created
Certainly Hacker, an original thinker, was among those together with Ingenity Electric. The Legacy range is more in
who actively dedicated themselves to building runabouts in line with the tradition of the shipyard, but the Sport,
the inter-war period, a type that not only made the fortune Runabout, Sportabout, Sterling and Racer models involve
of his shipyard, but also that of other American boatbuilders advanced materials, engines, transmission and, on request,
like Chris-Craft and of Europeans like Riva after the Second a mixed construction. The Sport and Runabout models, for
World War, when Carlo Riva’s brand rose to worldwide glory example, can be built with optional fiberglass sheathed
thanks to the runabouts built during the ‘Dolce Vita’. bottom and sides, for better durability and reduced
At the same time, Hacker was building successful racers maintenance. All this without affecting the classic
and other innovative boats like the legendary Lockpat II, a appearance and beauty of the boats that, in time, have
spectacular 40ft, 50-knot-plus, torpedo-shaped runabout; earned the nickname ‘Steinway of Runabouts’. The notes
El Lagarto, winner of three Gold Cups; My Sweetie; and and pitches they emit are not quite exactly those of the
George Whittell’s Thunderbird, a marvel in mahogany and legendary New York pianos, but the craftsmanship involved
brushed stainless steel, a link between airplane and boat. looks much alike.
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WHITBREAD
WHITBREAD RACE
Fifty years ago, the Whitbread Race changed sailing forever. One journalist
who was present shares his memories here of the boats and the sailors who
vied to lead their crews to beat the world
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tanding on the dock in HMS Hornet, Portsmouth Above: 1973 Race, challenges with an average speed of little more than four
(now the Gunwharf Quay shopping centre) on Portsmouth, UK. Race knots. The big question was how full-on racing yachts
Saturday 8 September, 1973, to count the start in the Solent with designed and built to compete in transatlantic or
WXVSRK;LMXFVIEHɌIIXSYXRSSRIJYPP] British ketch-rigged 600-mile events like the Fastnet classic, would hold
appreciated – least of all the many young crewmembers, maxi yacht Great Britain together over 27,000 miles of open ocean.
some of whom had only signed on just days before – the II skippered by Chay Back then, we didn’t have anything like the hourly
enormity of what they were taking on. Blyth alongside French news feeds that social media now deliver. Indeed, the
Yes, Francis Chichester had already rounded the globe ketch-rigged maxi yacht Royal Naval Sailing Association (RNSA),
alone with one stop, followed by Alec Rose (two stops). Pen Duick VI skippered SVKERMWIVWSJXLSWIɋVWX;LMXFVIEHVEGIWIRGSYVEKIH
6SFMR/RS\.SLRWXSRLEHFIGSQIXLIWSPIɋRMWLIVMRXLI by Eric Tabarly. Great skippers to report their positions 24 hours in arrears
1968/9 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and Chay Britain II won the race so as not to give their competitors listening in on
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circumnavigation two years later. But these were all solo their position reports.
Half a century on, the history of the Whitbread Above Left: Aboard THE RACE GETS ITS OWN CLASS
Round the World Race has become a history of ocean the German Frers In 1991, Whitbread organised a major conference of
racing itself. When it began from Portsmouth back in 76ft Dutch maxi Flyer international designers, engineers, builders and spar
1973, no one had raced a fully crewed yacht around the skippered by Cornelis makers to formulate the basis for a new 60ft class to
world before, navigation was rudimentary, van Rietschoten in produce a totally new breed of faster, safer boats, more
communications spasmodic, clothing was basic and the 1981/2 race exciting to sail and less expensive than their IOR
man-overboard rescue techniques, theoretical. counterparts. It meant boats from a variety of designers
The event was conceived by sailing publisher Above Right: Tracy would sail at very much the same speed. As a result,
Anthony Churchill and publicist Guy Pearse who Edwards and her handicapping disappeared and during the latter years of
published their proposals for a four-leg race around the all-female crew the Whitbread era, the race became more comprehensible.
world during the 1981 Cowes Week regatta. After aboard the 58ft yacht The Whitbread 60 class was introduced for the 1993/4
JEMPMRKXSɋRHWTSRWSVWLMTXLITEMVLERHIHXLIVEGI Maiden in the race and made a dramatic entrance, by beating many of
concept over to RNSA which had been approached by 1989/90 race the 80ft (24m) maxi-raters on a boat-for-boat basis. The
XLI;LMXFVIEHFVI[IV][MXLXLISɊIVSJWTSRWSVWLMTJSV new class had such a great impact, both on the race and
a major regatta. Admiral Otto Steiner, vice commodore, Below: Cornelis van the sport, that the Whitbread 60s became the sole class in
met Sam Whitbread to draw up the initial plans for the Rietschoten at the what was the last of the Whitbread-sponsored races in
circumnavigation over a pint in a pub in old wheel of Flyer in the 1997. This time the boats raced for the Volvo Trophy.
Portsmouth. The overall sponsorship fee agreed was 1981/2 race
£13,000 – less than a single berth aboard some of the OCEAN GLOBE RACE
14 yachts competing 50 years on in the current Ocean &YXXLIJSGYWLIVIMWSRXLSWIɋVWXTMSRIIVMRKVEGIWERHXLI
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story – the race progressed almost out of recognition, this current race are all from that golden age of sailing.
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The race attracted many of the established sailing Acutrac skippered by Clare Francis, now named Translated
names, among them Chay Blyth, who was supported by 9, Pen Duick IV, and two other French yachts, Neptune
the British philanthropist ‘Union’ Jack Hayward for a and the 1985/6 winner L’Esprit d’Equipe, are all former
maxi entry, Great Britain IIMRXLIɋVWXVEGI6SFMR Whitbread racers now fully restored for this event.
Knox-Johnston co-skippered Heath’s Condor in the Back in 1973, the Flat Earth Society still had a voice,
second race. French doyen Eric Tabarly competed in and apart from the invention of radio, navigation
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success as his singlehanded endeavours in the 1720s that gave seafarers
that started with him winning the 1964 the ability to calculate
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his later entries. His high-water mark 1973 forebears – sextant,
was winning every leg of the 1989/90 chronometer, and paper charts
Race on the maxi-ketch Steinlager 2. By together with VHF and
then, major changes were being proposed, long-range radios. There is no
and while the maxis were still planned as GPS, chart plotters or radar,
the lead class, competitors and sponsors and personal items such as
were considering less expensive options. watches must be wind-up and
music on old fashioned cassette.
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unsheathes a knife and carves a shallow curl of bark near Run Island want strangers like myself wandering their one-road
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subtle aroma of cinnamon is unmistakable. Below: Buildings TSWMRKXLIUYIWXMSR8LSYKLGYVMSYWXVEZIPPIVWPMOI
Sailing northwards from the Banda Islands we cross on stilts line the myself come in peace and with ethical intentions unlike
into the northern hemisphere near the white sand- shoreline of past warmongers, I hope that the lines connecting
fringed islets of the Guraici Archipelago. Anchored Ambon’s responsible tourism with historical context help rather
within a whisper of ‘the line’ we snorkel over some of waterfront market XLERLMRHIVJEVɌYRKZMPPEKIWPMOIXLMWSRI
the healthiest reef I’ve seen anywhere in the world before
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numerous times, the rite of passage it evokes still thrills Conservation Project. The project’s founder, Dr George
me. On this occasion Captain Jufri brings Obak Putih to Beccaloni, leads four Wallace-inspired expeditions in the
ELEPXPSRKIRSYKLJSVYWXSGIPIFVEXIF]NYQTMRKSɊXLI eastern Indonesian archipelago each year.
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Seafaring line-crossing ceremonies are steeped in published by Penguin Books and tells the story of how
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religious order and social hierarchy. Ancient seafarers collected around 250,000 specimens and changed the
adopted traditions invoking the gods and goddess of the face of science.
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uncertain: some sources cite the Vikings, others point
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or perhaps the Romans and Greeks. By participating in
this ancient maritime tradition, sailors moved from the
rank of inexperienced pollywog to the new rank of
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then inducted into the solemn mysteries of the ancient
order of the deep sea, meaning that King Neptune
approves. King Neptune (and sometimes his maritime
cousin Davy Jones) often makes an appearance in the
guise of a crew member dressed as the Roman God of the
Sea to conduct initiation rites. On Captain Cook’s 1768
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were given the choice of giving up their wine allowance
for four days or undergo a ritualist dunking in the ocean.
Other traditions include sailors being ‘invited’ to
participate in physical challenges, anointed with foul-
smelling concoctions or simply jumping into the sea, as
we did.
Back at Dodinga village there are plans afoot to
commemorate Wallace’s legacy in 2024 with a memorial
O
perating a sailing boat with an auxiliary
propeller is a mixed blessing. Even if it feathers,
we still don’t enjoy what it does to our sailing
performance, yet today’s marinas are so tight that trying to
get into an awkward berth without one is often unrealistic.
This leaves us stuck with some degree of drag.
The time we really don’t want a prop is when we’re
racing, and on one occasion I had a bit of luck. I was manoeuvred past the high-speed ferry terminal with just
aboard Westernman, a 40ft (12.2m) Irens-designed cutter enough way on for control. Our luck was in when we
(50ft sparred length) built for me out of wood epoxy. JSYRHELEQQIVLIEHXSWTEVIEX7LITEVHW;LEVJ[MXL
Although she was a fully traditional shape with a proper XLI[MRHFPS[MRKSɊMX8LIVI[EWERMGIPMXXPIXMHI
PSRKOIIPERHEGPEWWMGKEɊVMKWLI[EWEZIVMXEFPIɌ]MRK running in the river, so we were able to stem that and
machine. Partly, this was because she had a Brunton control our way on the spot by easing down on the
Autoprop which did its best not to hold her back when we peak halyard. Then we ferry-glided across to the berth
were sailing. On the occasion in question it did even better and laid her alongside as easily as if our propeller had
XLERXLEX-XHVSTTIHSɊEPXSKIXLIV still been among those present. We didn’t even squash
My family and I had been doing some pre-race trials the fenders.
and we were approaching Cowes with everything set The really good news was that, with the racing coming on
including jackyarder and jib topsail. There were just the next day, we had no propeller at all. The Brunton was better
three of us on board. Me, my wife Roz and my daughter than most for reducing drag, but even when it was feathered
,ERREL;ILSZIXSSɊXLI7LVETIQYHSYXWMHIXLI the boat must have felt its presence, because the following
harbour to take down the sails and motor in. I brought her HE][MXLRSXLMRKEXEPPXSWXSTLIVWLIEFWSPYXIP]ɌI[
through the wind, left the headsails aback and let her lean We never did rescue the Autoprop. A mate with full
on the tide. Then I started the engine. The stream was diving gear performed a proper search pattern, but
taking us away, so I put the engine in gear. There was no RSXLMRKHMHLIɋRH8LIFEPERGISJSTMRMSRMRXLIWRYK
welcoming gush from under the stern. In fact, nothing FEVSJXLI.SPP]7EMPSV[EWXLEXXLI7LVETIQYHLEH
happened at all, so I dialled up some revs. The engine swallowed it, never to be seen again until the Lord blows
speeded up alright, but the boat still didn’t move. the last trumpet and the sea is gathered up.
This could only mean one of two things. Either the After the racing we dried the boat out to see what had
coupling between the gearbox and the propeller shaft really happened and found a perfect thread on the end of the
had come adrift, or the prop had decided to kiss us shaft taper with nothing on it. The nut had unwound and the
goodbye. We had just voyaged across the Atlantic from TVSTLEHWMQTP]JEPPIRSɊXLIIRH,S[HMHXLEXLETTIR#
Martha’s Vineyard without incident and I couldn’t see There was only one answer. A Brunton propeller is not
any reason why it should let go, so I went below to secured by a castellated nut with a split pin through the shaft
check the coupling. All intact. I invited Hannah to try as many are. It is held in place by a tab washer underneath
her astern with some revs on. I watched as the shaft spun the nut, which stops the nut from turning once the tabs are
merrily with no drive at all. My expensive Autoprop had FIRXYTSRXSXLIɌEXW8LITVSTLEHFIIRSɊJSVWIVZMGIMRE
gone to Davy Jones. local yard a week before, so the guy who put it back on had
&]VMKLXW-SYKLXRS[XSLEZIɋ\IHQ]TSWMXMSR[MXL clearly not done his job.
pinpoint accuracy so I could retrieve the prop later, but at You’ll be able to imagine me having words with the
the time my thoughts were concentrated on that jackyarder yard, but they didn’t want to know. As I walked away
disappearing into the clouds and the jib-top that was still disconsolate and not a little angry, my spirits were lifted
pulling like a shire horse at a ploughing match. The by a comment once made by my grandfather, a
priority was to get the boat into Cowes and alongside to professional chapel preacher. One of my uncles had
XEOIWXSGO7EMPMRKEXSRRIKEɊGYXXIVMRXS'S[IW been done down by a used car salesman.
short-handed wouldn’t be most people’s idea of a fancy “Why not take the long view,” said the old man with
day out, but Roz and I had cut our teeth decades earlier on a twinkle. “He’ll see some grubby reward in this life,
ERSXLIVKEɊIV[MXLERIRKMRIXLEXSRP][SVOIHSR but the come-uppance he receives in the next may well
7YRHE]WERH&EROLSPMHE]W;IORI[XLIWGSVI not be to his liking.”
We dropped the topsail, brought in the jib-top and let I’d love to believe he was right. Perhaps we’ll never
go the staysail halyard. This left us with a low-powered rig know, but one thing was sure. The silver cup we’d won
in perfect balance. To slow her down some more we EKEMRWXEPPGSQIVWPSSOIHɋRIVIɌIGXMRKXLIPEQTWSR
de-powered the main by tricing up the tack, then the saloon table.
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The 46ft Watson Class Lifeboat Swn y Mor, built in 1935 in diagonal The sheathing is just the latest stage in what has been a long and
mahogany on rock elm and oak frames, is now undergoing sheathing at involved project by the boat’s current owner and the shipwrights at
the Suffolk Yacht Harbour (SYH) workshop. Swyn M Mor served in Wales SYH. The owner is carrying out much of the woodwork, including
until 1963 and her past call-outs include the World Concorde tanker decking, cap rail, exterior doors, and interior joinery, while SYH is doing
disaster of 1954, which saw the ship break in half in a storm in the Irish Sea. the structural hull repairs, stripping and varnishing the spars, and the
She was converted to a gaff-rigged, world-cruising yacht by new owners interior carcassing. Onsite engineering business French Marine has
Warren and Helen Scott in 1980, whose adventures were covered in this designed and fitted new engine beds and flexible engine mounts to
magazine in March 1994 and throughout 2008. minimise engine vibration.
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1 2 3
1 2
NO 3 BENCH PLANE
Few wooden boats built or restored in size in the boatbuilder’s kit, and 1 Smoothing a Surprisingly the rear tote of this
in the last 150 years have not been opt instead for the less common No face with the 1970's No 3 is a fraction taller than
touched by one of the cast iron 3. Although differences in length and Stanley No 3 its No 4 stablemate from the 1960s
adjustable bench planes invented by width between the No 3 and No 4 which makes it even more
Leonard Bailey and subsequently are almost negligible the No 3 is 2 Trimming end comfortable to use.
popularised by Stanley. Bailey’s around 6oz (170g) lighter and this grain on the Some say old Stanley planes made
mechanical refinements which ousted difference soon makes itself felt. Not shooting board in their USA homeland are better
the hammer-adjusted wooden plane only is the No 3 less tiring to push quality than their younger cousins
have filtered down to us essentially but it is also more agile, adapting to 3 Stanley No 4 made in Sheffield, UK, while Sheffield
unchanged since conceived in his changes in grain direction and (left) and No 3 planes outshine today’s equivalents
Boston, Massachusetts workshop in steering more easily around the 90 bench planes ‘assembled with global materials’
the 1860s. degree turns of casework. True, the which include plastic instead of
For many years Stanley’s range No 3’s blade is 1/4in (6mm) narrower wood for handles. Certainly this No 3
extended from a palm-sized No 1 so it takes longer than a No 4 to native of the Steel City has proved
bench plane weighing just 1lb 2oz smooth an equivalent surface area, an enduring delight.
(0.5kg), now exceedingly rare and but if the jack plane has done its job
expensive, up to a whopping 24in that should not be a problem. NEXT MONTH: Gouges
(61cm) No 8 jointer whose 9lb 12oz
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extremes the No 5 jack plane and No
4 smoother are established go-to
tools for wooden boat building, the
jack for taking rough stock close to
final dimensions and the smoother for
imparting a flat and blemish-free
surface prior to assembly and painting.
ROBIN GATES
Jorvik now
What a fantastic article on my boat Jorvik in last month’s
issue. Sandy Miller is a miracle worker! My daughter recently
married in London so you can imagine the chaos! My
brother in law brought a copy with him and the combination
was all quite emotional…
Matthew Ingle, Jorvik
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avoid the misunderstandings that mate to tell me: “You never, never, ever tie a
so often arise from people back-hitch on a running jackyard bob-sheet
attempting to communicate with mizzen back-stay outhaul.”
me, I mostly sail alone. And so far, It goes without saying that any Classic
I’ve never hit an iceberg. But even Boat reader who’s ever read anything by
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on. They are, however, unanimous explanation just pointed furiously and with
in one thing: basically that I’m an high dudgeon and apoplexy (which are
idiot and that any decision I make probably parts of a boat) at the clump of
will result in calamity, rope. “Oh,” I said, my bottom lip atremble,
embarrassment and shame or, better yet, death, which by then is “thank you for explaining; you mean a locking turn. I was just
usually looking like the least worst option. doing what the other mate told me. Thank you, once again.”
On one such occasion when the voices got the better of me, “He’s not your mate, I’m your mate,” the mate snorted, as a
they lured me against my better judgement into a place I can barely noticeable damp patch the size of a Cadillac hub-cap
only describe as an establishment, where ruddy-faced people appeared in my crotch.
smelling of tar were drinking real ale with chunks in, squeezing Turns out I’ve never had so many mates in my life, which isn’t
instruments that made bag pipes sound melodic and singing as good as it sounds. After an hour of doing exactly what I’d been
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other words. was probably best to stop touching things and make myself useful
Settling down to eat a pint of ale I was approached by someone by doing the one thing I certainly know how to do. Wrong! When
from Poldark who mouthed wordlessly at me, then pointed at my I emerged with the tea, someone I thought was one of my best
ears. I pulled out the bung plugs and shouted back “say what?” as mates said I’d used the wrong tray, another mate told me to put
the screech of a violin perforated my ear drums. The Poldarky- the tray down on the cabin top, and another said “not there,
type fella put his arm round my shoulder and said: “Wanna come that’s dangerous.”
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This turned out to be a misunderstanding, which shows that even on shore yet, where’s your life jacket?”
body language is no good at communicating. Then he said: “No At that point I very nearly snapped, and was very tempted to say
mate, I’m not a mate, do you fancy a beer, mate?” That was not “have any of you guys thought of using language to
much clearer than the ale. communicate?” but then I thought better of it, calmed myself down
Turns out my new mate was the skipper of the fair vessel and shouted: “HAVE ANY OF YOU GUYS THOUGHT OF
Emphysema III, previously known as Anacronism IV, a three- USING LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE?”
masted ketch-rigged, sprit-sail yawl-schooner of the lateen On the return journey I made tea for every mate who asked for
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tar all over your hands and clothes whenever you touch anything. immensely satisfying. But there still was one parting shot to come.
I chewed over his proposal as I chewed more chunky ale, and As I laid out the electricity lead to plug it in ashore, a mate told
after the third plate found that the word “yes” had issued from me: “Never, never, ever lay a power cable diagonally on the deck
my mouth, along with a lot of interestingly shaped, spongy SJEQM^^IRJSVIERHEJXWUYEVIWEMPKEɊVMKKIHFIVQYHERTMPSX
chunks in various shades of taupe. schooner.”
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amazement that sailing with people was exactly the same as some hoovering, got the Dyson out, looked at the lead and thought
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