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Panerai British Classic Week
Event programme 2016
British Classic Yacht Club
PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE BRITISH
CLASSIC YACHT CLUB AND SPIRIT YACHTS
EVENT PARTNERS
PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK PROGRAMME
WELCOME
Welcome to the programme for the 15th Panerai British Classic
Week, which this year has been kindly compiled by our friends at
Classic Boat in association with Spirit Yachts. This year’s regatta,
the British Classic Yacht Club’s flagship event, will take place in
Cowes from 16 to 23 July.
As Regatta Chairman, and as a keen competitor myself, it is a
great pleasure to introduce you to what has become the highlight of
the British classic sailing calendar.
The following pages detail an eclectic selection of this year’s
entrants, reflecting the extraordinary variety of magnificent
craft attending. The raison d’être of the British Classic Yacht
Club is its fleet of beautiful yachts and this year’s entries certainly
make for a compelling read.
For those of you in far-off climes, and who have perhaps never
raced in the Solent, it is worth noting that the waters around the
Isle of Wight present some of the most challenging racing
conditions anywhere in the world. With complex, fast-flowing
tides, sandbanks and rocks, as well as commercial shipping
channels (not to mention the Cowes ferries ..!) this is truly one of
the greatest sailing venues for the classic yacht enthusiast.
Race management will once again be in the very capable hands
of the Royal Yacht Squadron, which for the last two years has
given us excellent weeks of varied and exciting racing. To add to
the action on the water, this year we will have a tracking system on
board each yacht with real-time position information screened
online and in the Panerai lounge ashore.
After much discussion, the Around the Island race will come
back into the points structure and, in acknowledgement of the
challenge involved in undertaking this race, there will again be a
full 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize structure in each class as well as the
existing line honours and 1st overall trophies. The direction for this
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CLASSIC BOAT AUGUST 2016
race is decided on the morning in question, to ensure the best
sailing dependent on the Great British weather!
There will be a full programme of events each day for the
Cruising Class, taking them to some of the best venues in the
Solent before returning each evening to join the Racing Fleet for
a rich social mix ashore. This year we are particularly pleased
to invite a small selection of notable classic motor yachts to
join the Cruising Class. We are sure this innovation will enrich
the cruising division and create an even more enthralling
spectacle in the Yacht Haven.
Panerai is once again our principal sponsor and we are
grateful for their continuing support and high level of
enthusiasm for classic yachting, not just at Cowes, but at all
other Panerai regattas in the Mediterranean and the USA. The
level of support from Panerai and their extraordinary degree of
professionalism are much appreciated and enjoyed by the classic
yacht scene worldwide. We are also grateful to EFG, which has
enhanced its support this year and will again be sponsoring
the Around the Island race.
Mary Scott-Jackson will thankfully be running the regatta office
with her usual good humour and unflappable efficiency and, whilst
we can’t guarantee the weather, we can promise an exhilarating
and enjoyable week of sailing! I look forward to seeing many of
you in July, and for those not attending I do hope you will consider
joining us next year.
Sean McMillan
Rear Commodore (Sailing)
and Regatta Chairman,
REGATTA PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 16 JULY
12:00 Berthing available at Cowes Yacht Haven for regatta
entrants. Regatta Office open for registration and picking up of
regatta packs (including Social Tickets), battle flags and race
charts (The Regatta Office is situated in the Cowes Yacht Haven
office building – up the right-hand stairs)
19:00 WELCOME SUPPER – AT COMMODORE’S HOUSE. By kind
permission of John and Jane Terry. (Catering provided by David
Rogers and his team from All About Catering)
SUNDAY 17 JULY
08:00 Coffee in the Panerai Lounge
08:00 Regatta Office open for registration and picking up of
regatta packs (including Social Tickets), battle flags and race
charts (The Regatta Office is situated in the Cowes Yacht Haven
office building – up the right-hand stairs)
09:00 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing in the Bar Marquee on CYH
11:00 CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE – Parade of yachts and classic
motor boats past the Royal Yacht Squadron
12:30 RACE 1 – RYS Line (Class Start) First Warning Signal
15:30 to 18:30 Bar Marquee open
16:45 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee
17:00 to 19:00 Hospitality in the Panerai Lounge
19:00 Skippers’ & Navigators’ Briefing for the Around the Island
Race on the Platform of the Royal Yacht Squadron
19:15 to 20:45 WELCOME RECEPTION AT THE ROYAL YACHT
SQUADRON
MONDAY 18 JULY
06:30 Panerai Lounge open for takeaway coffee and Regatta
Office open
08:00 RACE 2 - AROUND THE ISLAND RACE SPONSORED BY
EFG INTERNATIONAL
RYS Line, Fleet Start First Warning Signal.
10:00 AROUND THE CANS RACE - For yachts not participating
in the Around the Island Race (Not part of Points Series)
TUESDAY 19 JULY
08:00 Regatta Office open
Coffee in the Panerai Lounge
10:00 RACE 3- RYS Line (Class Start) First Warning Signal
followed ASAP by RACE 4 – RYS Line Fleet Start
18:30 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee on CYH
From 18:30 ‘OPEN YACHTS’ PONTOON PARTY’ – view the
yachts whilst listening to live music and enjoying refreshments
sponsored by BCYC and CLASSIC BOAT. Food will be served
in front of the Bar Marquee and tickets are available in advance
from the Regatta Office. A limited number of tickets will be
available on the night.
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WEDNESDAY 20 JULY
Coffee in the Panerai Lounge
10:00 RACE 5 – RYS Line (Class Start) First Warning Signal
14:00 LADIES RACE – RYS Line Fleet Start (Not part of points
series) First Warning Signal
19:30 to Midnight BBQ & CREW PARTY AT COWES
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB
(CCYC is open to all competitors so even if you are eating
elsewhere, you are more than welcome to come along for a drink
after your meal)
THURSDAY 21 JULY
Coffee and Croissant in the Panerai Lounge.
10:00 RACE 6 - LONG INSHORE RACE sponsored by CLASSIC
BOAT – RYS LINE FLEET START First Warning Signal
19:00 Daily Prize Giving in the Bar Marquee
FRIDAY 22 JULY
Coffee and Croissant in the Panerai Lounge
10:00 RACE 7 - RYS Line. First Warning Signal. Sponsored by
SANDEMAN YACHTS FLEET START
19:30 for 20:00 until 01:00
PRIZE GIVING DINNER in the Event Centre on CYH with live
music and dancing. (Competitors not attending the meal are
welcome to come into the Event Centre for the Prize Giving and
the dancing.) (Dress Code: Smart Yachting – Jacket & Tie).
SATURDAY 23 JULY
12:00 All yachts depart
RACE SPONSORS
BOATS ENTERED
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MODERN CLASSICS
MAKING
NEW
TRADITIONS
Spirit of Tradition yachts are a
firm part of the classic world and
of Panerai British Classic Week
WORDS SEAN MCMILLAN
Above: Spirit 52 Soufrière
racing at last year’s Panerai
British Classic Week
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I
n the glory days of yachting, spanning the end of the 19th
century and the first few decades of the 20th, design criteria
were far more focused on elegance and efficiency of movement
through the water than is often the case today. Nowadays,
priorities in yacht design have changed and the number of cabins
and bathrooms often takes precedence. Previously, marinas were
unheard of and the need to squeeze the maximum volume into a
given size of berth was inconceivable.
Designers well understood that slim hulls were the most easily
driven through the water and long counters created extra speed by
extending waterline length when the wind allowed. Almost by
default the prevailing look was supremely graceful; hardly
surprising when designers knew they had to work with the sea,
rather than attempt to dominate it.
Two world wars, a Great Depression and an impoverished
Europe put paid to many yachts from that period and the
comparative handful that survived have thankfully been rescued,
restored and re-commissioned; usually with great passion and not
inconsiderable expense. The individuals who gave so much energy
and resources to saving these yachts are to be thanked and our
classic sailing world is greatly enriched by their efforts.
These beautiful classics are, however, a finite resource and, just
as in their heyday, they remain expensive and time consuming to
maintain, requiring large crews and constant attention.
In the 1980s, when the classic revival was gaining momentum,
a few designers (myself included) were inspired by what they were
witnessing and began creating yachts of similar elegance but
married to newer construction methods and advances in
underwater hull design, foils and rigs. The relatively new wood/
epoxy build technique allowed the creation of much lighter-weight
hulls, which often made a nonsense of the √ WL x 1.4 hull speed
formula! Weight savings resulted in less wear and tear, fewer crew
MODERN CLASSICS
required and maintenance reduced to a par with looking after a
modern GRP boat. The organisers of the Antigua Classics regatta
deserve the credit for the first Spirit of Tradition class at their
event in 1996, and this lively addition has now spread to most
classic regattas worldwide. Spirit of Tradition yachts must have
the ‘look’ and grace of an earlier age, but they may have modern
underbodies and foils, and may use aluminium or carbon rigs.
However – and this is the big one – they must be hand-built in a
true tradition of craftsmanship. Spray laminated in a jelly mould
and a couple of square feet of synthetic wood won’t do.
The British Classic Yacht Club has typically strict rules on
eligibility for all entries. Yachts must show considerable skill in
their construction and be built of either wood or steel. They must
also have the aesthetics of a classic; a requirement that sometimes
causes much discussion in committee meetings. The differentiation
between a ‘classic’ and a ‘Spirit of Tradition’ is now largely a
matter of date; the commonly accepted divider being whether the
yacht was built prior to or post 1974. This is inevitably a
somewhat arbitrary date, but it is a reasonable reflection of the
point at which the rapid demise of traditional yacht building
happened as the upstart GRP builders got into their stride!
At the renowned Panerai British Classic Week, the two groups
race together in fleet races, and separately in classes. Whether by
luck or good judgement (and I couldn’t possibly comment…), the
handicapping of the disparate groups is remarkably well balanced.
Perhaps the only observation of note is that the manoeuvrability of
most Spirit of Tradition yachts is considerably greater, which calls
for consideration at starts and mark roundings!
As early Spirit of Tradition yachts are now 20 or 30 years old,
the distinction between the two groups is starting to blur as the
‘modern classics’ gradually morph into ‘classics’. Perhaps we will
soon need a new class of ‘post-modern classics’…
And now? I have written before in this magazine that I believe
Spirit of Tradition yachts have a bright future; and more so as time
goes by. It is an interesting indication of the state of current modern
yacht racing that previously significant fleets all over Europe are
shrinking, sometimes to extinction. Yet all the great classic regattas
are growing apace; a trend that shows no sign of slowing.
Every few years there is a new hotshot modern race boat on
the market, which then develops into a fleet. After a couple of
years, it is often the case that after huge expense the owner is left
with an outdated race boat with precious little residual value.
The classics, however, and I include Spirit of Tradition in this,
do not have a finite shelf life and hold their value almost
indefinitely. This is partly down to the skilled craftsmanship
involved, but also the fact that great design does not date.
A timeless, beautiful yacht will be appreciated as such
today, tomorrow and for ever more.
Thirty years ago there was some understandable resistance to
Spirit of Tradition yachts from the owners of older classics. This
has largely faded away as all those involved accept a date is just
a date and considering the cost of creating a new hand-built
wooden yacht, it is clear regattas are not about to be overrun
with modern classics.
I have been designing and building Spirit of Tradition yachts
for 30 years. In all that time I have never built a boat for an
owner coming from an old classic yacht; they usually come from
having owned a mainstream production boat which has failed to
satisfy them. Of the seventy-odd yachts I have built in that time,
fewer than a dozen have ever come on the re-sale market, which
perhaps reflects the great pride of ownership and enjoyment
derived from a Spirit of Tradition yacht.
Thus I hope that far from diluting the pool of beautiful yachts
worldwide, we have only added to it.
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DAVID MURRIN
THINKING
BIG
The British Classic Yacht Club
commodore on fatherhood,
collective empowerment and
having a drink with Laurent Giles
STORY ROB PEAKE PHOTO LESTER MCCARTHY
DAVID MURRIN AND THE BRITISH CLASSIC YACHT CLUB
D
avid Murrin tells a story about a Hamble Winter
Series race he was sailing in, back in the mid1990s. For Murrin and crew to clinch the series in
the final race, they had to finish first, while their
rivals had to finish fifth. So Murrin gets his crew down
below before the start and exhorts them to silently intone
the words ‘one’ and ‘five’.
“A couple of them were sniggering but most of them did
it,” he recalls. In the race, they suffered a dire start, but then
something happened. They began to pass boats. “I pictured a
cord between us and the boat ahead,” says Murrin. At every
mark they’d clawed more distance back. Halfway through,
his crew were flying, jubilant with every place gained and
redoubling their efforts as they saw victory inch nearer.
Who’s to say if it was boat speed or something more, but by
the finish line, a heavy wooden yacht built in 1955 had sailed
its way past a highly competitive modern fleet. There were
celebrations on deck, but was it enough to secure the series?
Then the news came through – their rivals had finished fifth.
History doesn’t relate how many bottles of beer were drunk
that night in Hamble village, but one thing is for sure:
Murrin’s crew never forgot the power of “one” and “five”.
“It was a lesson that reminded me of the power of
collective thought and harmony, a sense of shared belief,”
recalls Murrin today with a smile.
Murrin is an interesting guy. He talks
up concepts like collective
empowerment – concepts far too
leftfield for some – while behind him in
his office flicker huge flatscreens
displaying share-tracking graphs from
the financial markets. Hard statistics on
one hand, meaningful ‘Murrinations’
on the other.
Murrinations is what Murrin calls his
blog entries. Think the rise of China, the
north/south African divide, decline of
the West, danger of Russia, the
likelihood of a global war at the end of this decade. He’s not
shy of making a prediction and was outspoken in the run-up
to the UK’s EU referendum, about which he wrote and spoke
publicly in support of the Leave campaign.
Murrin has been a commentator on CNBC and other
channels, as well as a keynote speaker at conferences and
corporate events worldwide. Face to face, too, he speaks in
big concepts. Some of them might take a moment to get your
head around, but it’s difficult not to get swept along by the
enthusiasm and sheer force of personality.
Five years ago he published a book, Breaking the Code of
History. The introduction explains: “Murrin shares what
might be called a ‘grand unifying theory’ of the social
political dynamics that have propelled us from the first
human civilisations to our present perilous position.”
The good news, Murrin tells us, is that “we can save
ourselves, if we can take the necessary first steps towards a
greater collective consciousness”.
Blimey, and I was only here to talk about sailing.
Murrin grew up in Surrey, his father was an aeronautical
engineer, his mother a nurse. They owned a Harrison Butler,
Minion, and the family would take long summer holidays
cruising the boat around the Channel. Today he says his father
became his ‘best friend’, partly through their shared love of
sailing, and Murrin remains appreciative of his nonmollycoddling approach. “He believed in letting me and my
brother stand on our own feet as soon as possible.”
Murrin chose to go not to a public school but to the local
comprehensive, where as a dyslexic child he recalls having to
“fight, physically and emotionally, to learn…it was a tough
upbringing”.
He was the first member of his family to go to university,
reading physics with geophysics at Exeter, after which
came three years with a seismic exploration company, living
and working with native tribes in the jungles of Papua
New Guinea.
He returned to the UK to join JP Morgan bank and a high
flying career in investment banking looked set. All was going
swimmingly, but something was missing.
“Murrin means ‘of the sea’ in Gaelic,” he tells me with a
laugh. “People talk about a boat as a luxury, but for me a
boat is a fundamental link to who you are. After all, I was
conceived on a wooden boat!”
Murrin was on the national youth windsurfing squad and
did his Yachtmaster as a teenager. He was already a
competent sailor when aged 24 he began paging through the
classifieds and spotted a yacht he fancied.
She was a 1955 Laurent Giles sloop,
celebrated in her day, but she’d need more
than a little TLC to get her afloat again.
“I got a loan from my father – with a
high interest rate because he was very
commercial – and I broke my back
renovating her.”
Thirty years on, the renovation is long
finished but it has been the upgrades since
then that have turned people’s heads. She’s
believed to be the first classic to be fitted
with laminate sails, in the mid-1990s, and
she packs a Code 0 in her sail locker.
Cetewayo, in fact, is known locally for having been
maximised on deck for IRC racing in almost every respect
and is still the subject of hot debate between the purists and
the racers. (What’s less well known is that down below she
boasts an immaculate interior with period mirrors,
cabinetry and more.)
Last season Cetewayo had a new Columbian pine mast
designed by Classic Boat’s technical editor Theo Rye, made
by Collars. It’s two metres longer than the original and is
probably the most sophisticated wooden mast in the world,
Murrin says. “It’s given the boat another serious
performance enhancement. She learned a whole set
of new tricks overnight.”
A new suit of spectre sails has followed, designed by Kevin
Sproul and built by Ultimate Sails in Hamble.
Murrin has relished the developmental process and the fact
that his heavy long-keeler can now sail upwind at 28 degrees
apparent, higher than ever, and faster than an 8-M. But he has
not done the optimisation lightly and cares deeply about the
classic scene. “I’ve always respected the spirit of Laurent Giles
in the boat and I am absolutely convinced that if he came back
for a drink he’d be delighted with what we’ve done with her.
“If you buy a
classic, buy it for
life, then all the
work pays off”
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DAVID MURRIN AND THE BRITISH CLASSIC YACHT CLUB
“Optimising these boats for racing gives you a level of
understanding into how finely designed they were. They
were the F1 cars of their day. Only by racing them and
bringing them alive do you realise that.”
“There is another whole iteration to go with the
boat,” he adds. “The margins are always in the last
three per cent. We have a way to go yet.”
Cetewayo also has electric winches so that Murrin
can sail the boat into his dotage. “If you buy a classic,
buy it for life, then all the work pays off.”
He has a dream of going off cruising with his partner
Melissa and four children, as he did with his parents.
“Going sailing, you slow down and the family
dynamics shift,” he says. “When I was growing up, every
year we were off for the whole summer holiday. Dad
would navigate by dead reckoning. He was a
phenomenal seaman, not a racing sailor but a navigator.
“When I got older I learned what generational
knowledge was. Whenever I encountered a situation at
sea I would think: ‘What would my father do?’ My
children are the same. They don’t think they’re sailors
but put them on a boat and they know what to do.”
Now 53, Murrin owns an asset management
company with offices in Haslemere, an hour south of
London, and amid family duties his other passion is
kite-surfing. But sailing first. “Sailing is at the heart of
my life,” he says. “We’ve lost our relationship with the
sea, but classic boats are really celebrating our history
as a nation. I would make the argument that democracy
started in Britain because of the ratio of our coastline to
internal volume, because seafarers have to be
independent of thought – they have ultimate
responsibility for their actions. Consequently, it was not
an accident that Britain was the first effective modern
European democracy.”
It would be easy to see Murrin’s grand theories as
grand conceits, but there’s a ready laugh if he thinks
he’s gone too far, and at times he displays a slightly
disarming bashfulness. Does he have political
ambitions? He admits the question has been asked
before. “I do not seek office!” he roars. “There’s a price
for holding public office. Simply to try to make things
better, to find a better way, that might make it happen.
But in a way it’s a calling I dread.”
An innovative regatta
The Commodore of the British Classic Yacht
Club, David Murrin, positively beams when he
recalls last year’s Panerai British Classic Week.
“It was a seminal moment for our organisation,”
says Murrin, who co-founded the British Classic
60ft that historically were neglected. Secondly, to
provide a forum for their owners to share common
cause with gentlemanly and friendly values. Lastly
Yacht Club 15 years ago with Tim Blackman. The club’s flagship
to encourage people to race their boats really well
under IRC, so that they’re living museum pieces.”
Murrin is a long-time proponent for optimising a classic yacht
event in 2015 attracted a record 79 boats, including some of the
for racing and has led by example with his Laurent Giles sloop
most famous classic yachts in the world. It ran back to back over a
Cetewayo. “You need to optimise your boat for any system,” he
fortnight with the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary Regatta,
says. “It’s not something you can do in one season, it takes a few
with yachts coming from the US and the Med to take part.
years, but it’s a fascinating process and you see the boat go faster
“You could compare world class boats with the UK fleet and
see what amazing classic boats we have here,” says Murrin. “It also
showed Med boats another way that classics could be raced.”
The regatta takes place this year from 16-23 July, with the fleet
and get a lower handicap. If you want to understand what a
designer intended in a yacht, you race it.”
The BCYC committee meets regularly and Murrin praises his
colleagues’ “moral compass, enthusiasm and collective creativity”,
packed into Cowes Yacht Haven, the dockside Panerai lounge
as well as their willingness to innovate. “The people who run the
offering food and drinks for competitors and a lively series of
regatta also sail in it, which is quite rare, and every year we have
shoreside evening events organised by sponsors.
the honesty to look at the event and try to improve it.”
An innovation for 2016 will be the use of trackers for each
One change this year will allow members to feed back from the
yacht, allowing visitors to watch races in real time on a screen. “It
start to the race officers, in the hope that windless or heavily
would be hard to match our regatta for atmosphere,” Murrin says.
biased lines can be avoided. Another change has seen a waypoint
The club’s adherence to IRC is unstinting and Murrin says: “It is
introduced off the Varvassi wreck, so no boat can be tempted to
an external fairness, not one we create ourselves. IRC means the
make the cut-through behind the Needles. Another has changed
best boat wins. If you sail your boat well, if it’s a fast boat and it’s
the traditional scoring system, with a combination of class and
optimised, you will win the regatta. In the Med with the CIM
fleet races aiming to give a more representative view of each
system, which benefits ‘authenticity’, that’s not the case. A boat
boat’s regatta performance. There will also be a cruising
will do well for reasons other than performance.”
programme for those not racing and a trial motorboat category.
“The BCYC was founded on three key tenets,” he continues.
“Firstly, to encourage the preservation of yachts between 30ft and
britishclassicyachtclub.org/regatta
“The BCYC was founded to encourage people to race their boats
really well under IRC, so that they’re living museum pieces”
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Offering beautiful lines and elegant style with increased volume, the 47CR and 55CR are designed
for cruising, live aboard and Spirit of Tradition racing.
Spirit Yachts has a portfolio of sail and power yacht designs from 37’ to 100’+ superyachts.
Spirit 52’
Spirit DH60
Spirit Gaff Rig
To find out more details or to organise a visit to the Spirit yard,
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BOATS ENTERED
ATHENA
BLUE EAGLE OF TONBRIDGE
BOJAR
History
Built to the 8-M rule for Swedish banker Marcus
Wallenberg Jnr, who had a series of yachts to
race in the class. She was brought to Britain in
2002 by Avia Willment and underwent a major
renovation. When the present owners bought
her in 2006, they reverted to the name of
Athena and she has competed in 8-M Worlds on
the Clyde in 2007, at Hyères in 2009, at Cowes
in 2012, and at La Trinité sur Mer in 2014.
History
An eccentric stockbroker wanted a miniature
yacht built to Lloyd’s A100. This fine little boat
is the result. The original Dutch design was
for clinker. The decision to make her carvel
sweetened and strengthened her lines.
History
Bojar was built by Anker & Jensen of Oslo, one
of the most prestigious yards in Scandinavia,
using materials and craftsmanship of the highest
quality. She’s 30mm Oregon pine on composite,
hot-dip galvanised steel and wooden frames.
Keel, stem and sternpost are of oak, steam-bent
ribs of elm. The 50 per cent ballast ratio makes
her very effective upwind. The deck layout is
clean, with bronze fittings. The deep cockpit is
comfortable both at sea and in harbour.
Built 1939
Type 8-M
Design Tore Holm
Built Tore Holm
Length on deck 14.2m
Length overall 14.2m
Displacement 8.7 tonnes
Beam 2.6m
Draft 1.9m
Sail No K36
Hull colour Varnished
Built 1937
Type Bermudan cutter
Design Johan Anker
Built Anker & Jensen
Length on deck 16m
Length overall 16m
Displacement 17 tonnes
Beam 3.3m
Draft 2.5m
Sail No N23
Hull colour White
BULLA III
CARIBEE
Built 1938
Type Rhodes 1752 Ocean Racer
Design Philip Rhodes
Built Henri B Nevins, New York
Displacement n/a
Beam 3.2m
Draft 4.4m
Sail No NED7650
Hull colour White
Built 1938
Type Limited Edition 10-tonner
Design Robert Clark
Built Sussex Yacht Works
Displacement n/a
Beam 2.6m
Draft 1.75m
Sail No 523R
Hull colour Dark blue
CERESTE
CETEWAYO
History
Bulla II is used as the support
boat and launch for the Classic
Sail fleet of charter boats. During
the Panerai British Classic Week
Regatta she will be used to
support Classic Sail’s competing
boats: Leopard, Pegasus and
Gryphis; these three boats are
identical Morgan Giles yachts
used for charter and match racing
around the Solent. classicsail.co.uk.
History
Caribbee was designed as an
ocean racer and built in 1938 by
the famous Henri B Nevins yard in
New York. She won as many as 36
major sailing races in the 1950s,
among them the Southern Ocean
Racing Conference and the RORC
Transatlantic Race, not to mention
three Newport-Bermudas. Carleton
Mitchell wrote a bestseller called
Passage East about the transat
race. She was, in the 1950s, the
‘Queen of the Atlantic’.
History
Cereste was originally named
Melody and based on the lines of
Clark’s innovative Mystery design.
Research shows that several other
Robert Clark designs were in build
at Sussex Yacht Works at the time
and that the yard manager was
Austin Farrer, who had trained with
Robert Clark at his design office in
London. Her planking is mahogany
above the waterline and pitch pine
below.
History
She was restored by her
curent owner, with the initial
reconstruction work allowing her
to be sailed to Plymouth to later
undergo a complete renovation.
Prior to this work, she was raced
in and around the Solent and the
decision was made to optimise
her racing potential. A continuing
programme of restoration,
innovation and improvement has
been undertaken year on year to
make her sail faster.
Built 1971
Type Yawl motor sailer
Design n/a
Built Gerald Pearn
Length on deck 9.5m
Length overall 9.5m
Beam 3.35m
Draft 1.1m
Sail No n/a
Hull colour White
80
Built 1964
Type Bermudan sloop
Design Kroes en Zonen
Built AP Milnes
Length on deck 7.4m
Length overall 7.4m
Beam 2.3m
Draft n/a
Sail No 581Y
Hull colour White
Built 1955
Type Fractional sloop
Design Laurent Giles
Built Morris & Lorrimar
Beam 3.5m
Draft 2.4m
Sail No K1034
Hull colour White
BOATS ENTERED
CHAMOIS
CHARM OF RHU
CROIX DES GARDES
History
Illingworth, who is sometimes referred to as
the founding father of modern ocean racing,
was a strong advocate of building ocean racers
smaller and lighter. The highly successful Class
III French ocean racer Maica, which spawned a
class of sisterships, was typical. Construction
Mécanique de Normandie (CMN) bought the
design and added a counter to the original
transom. Chamois is the third of the CMN boats,
built in triple-diagonal mahogany on oak frames.
History
Charm of Rhu was built to race on the Clyde.
She is the last yacht built by the fabulous Fife
Yard and carries the Fife Dragon on her bow. She
was campaigned briefly by the Le Mans-winning
driver Ninian Sanderson. In the 1980s she acted
as a sail trainer. More recently she has cruised in
Scotland, Ireland, France, the Baltic, the Canaries,
and across the Atlantic to the 2007 Antigua
Classic. In 2008 she won in class at this event and
the Classic Channel Regatta the following year.
History
Croix des Gardes was built for a French count,
from teak hidden from the Germans in the war.
Dervin is best known in France for his smaller
Kurum and La Sereine. The yacht’s history
between 1947 and the 1970s is vague and her
original name is not known. She was restored
in part in 1993-94 at Cantieri di Imperia. She
passed to a Swiss owner, who carried out more
work from 2001-6. Her current owner sailed her
in the Panerai Transat Classique in 2012.
Built 1963
Type Illingworth Maica
Design Illingworth
Built Construction Mécanique de Normandie
Beam 2.7m
Draft 1.8m
Sail No GBR1678R
Hull colour Blue
Built 1963
Type 8-M Cruiser/Racer
Design Archie MacMillan
Built Fife Yard, Fairlie
Beam 2.9m
Draft 2m
Sail No K12
Built 1947
Design Henri Dervin
Built Bonnin Arachon
Length on deck 15m
Length overall 15m
Beam 3.6m
Draft 2.3m
Sail No CDG47
Hull colour White
DAMIAN B
ERICA
FLIGHT OF UFFORD
FOGLIO
History
This is one of the last Jolinas built by
Lallow and classed to Lloyd’s 100 A1.
Damain B was bought by Squadron
Leader Ronald Kellet DSO DFC of
303 squadron and kept in Rye, East
Sussex, where she was used for
races to Calais and trips to nothern
France with his young family. Her
present owner bought her in 2013
in slightly tatty condition, but after
a bracing sail on Larne Loch, the
deal was done. She is now based in
Emsworth West Sussex.
History
Launched in 1949, she competed
in the Sayonara Cup, winning it in
1953. She remained in Australia
under various owners until
2012 when she was brought to
Britain by her present owner. She
competed in the 8-M worlds in
Cowes in 2012 and in 2014 at La
Trinité. She is based in the Channel
Islands and regularly participates
in local and international regattas.
History
Designed and built by Sean
McMillan as a fast cruiser-racer,
she participated in her first British
Classic YC regatta two months
later, taking second in class. Since
then she’s won numerous trophies,
including the Singlehanded Race
at Antigua Classics in 2014 and
overall class winner at the BCYC
regatta 2015. Flight had a full
cosmetic refit over the winter of
2014/15 including a full revarnish
for the first time.
History
Foglio began life as Allegro with
a sister ship Marchwood Maid.
The yachts were identical, except
Allegro had wheel steering and
Marchwood Maid had a tiller. The
first owner of Allegro was Charles
Vickers VC. Allegro was briefly
owned by Fred Miles, who was a
celebrated aeronautical engineer
and aircraft designer. She spent
some time in the Netherlands,
where her name was changed to
Foglio.
Built 1961
Type Nicholson Jolina
Design CA Nicholson
Built Clare Lallow
Beam 2.7m
Draft 5.8m
Sail No 1750
Hull colour White
Built 1949
Type 8-M
Design Bjarne Aas
Built M Creese
Beam 2.5m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No GBR38
Hull colour White
Built 2007
Type Spirit 52 bermudan sloop
Design Sean McMillan
Built Spirit Yachts
Beam 3.4m
Draft 2.2m
Sail No 3598R
Hull colour Dark blue
Built 1937
Design Norman Dallimore
Built William King & Son
Beam 2.9m
Draft 1.8m
Sail No 99
Hull colour White
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BOATS ENTERED
GLUCKAUF
GRYPHIS
GULVAIN
History
Gluckauf (good luck) is a ‘Skerry Cruiser’,
a mistranslation of the Swedish word
skargardskyssare “a boat fast tacking in the
skerry” (archipelago). They have been called
‘flying toothpicks’, mainly by those sailing bigger
boats when overtaken by one. Gluckauf’s original
owner was a mine owner, who had four of the
same name and class from the same yard. She
has never missed this regatta and has always
finished in the top three in class, winning in 2012.
History
Three thoroughbred ex-Royal Navy yachts, all
once part of a select fleet of seven Morgan Giles
43s that were used by the Royal Navy for sail
training in the post-war years, have been bought
and restored for Chichester-based charter firm
Classicsail. Gryphis was the first to be bought in
2011 and was given a refit in 2015/16.
History
Gulvain was conceived to win ocean races with
her many lightweight technical advances and
yet be cruised comfortably by the owner with
friends and family. She won her first race, the
Cowes-Dinard directly from launch. She was
shipped to US and campaigned successfully
with Humphrey Barton, followed by a first to
finish in the 1950 transatlantic race. She was
raced in Greece and the US until the late 70s.
The current owner has had her since 2012.
Built 1929
Type 30 Square Metre
Design Henry Rasmussen
Built Abeking & Rasmussen
Beam 2m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No K24
Hull colour White
Built 1949
Type Sloop
Built Sussex Shipyard
Beam 3.5m
Draft 2.9m
Sail No GBR620R
Hull colour Light blue
HELEN OF DURGAN
ILLIRIA
INFANTA
KRABAT
History
Built as Little Feat in 2004, Helen
of Durgan was brought north from
the Mediterranean by her new
owner in 2014 and taken to Spirit
Yachts for major refurbishment.
She is the third of 11 Spirit 46s
launched since 2003 and is now in
superb condition.
She had a successful BCYC regatta
in 2015, including a third place
in her very first race and a very
creditable fourth in class overall.
History
Illiria was built by Cantieri Carlini,
one of the leading Italian S&S
builders at the time. She is a
RORC-Class sloop with separate
rudder and keel with trim tab, to
design 1777-C2. She is one of three
sisters, with various alterations.
Illiria retained the traditional
counter and transom. She was
built for Dott Ing Barbanti, who
owned her for 42 years. Andy and
Jane are only the third owners.
History
Built to race and cruise in Long
Island Sound and holiday in Maine,
Infanta completed many races,
including a number of Bermudas.
In 2008, she raced the first Transat
Classique from Brest to Agadir.
She has cruised the Caribbean and
won her class in Antigua and St
Maarten Regattas. John Hall took
ownership in 2011, since when she
has raced in the Mediterranean
and Solent.
History
Commissioned by Halvdan
Hansen, a Norwegian yachtsman
and originally named Tamara XI,
she was built in secret during
WW2 and launched in 1946. She
was intended as an offshore
cruiser-racer. She has spent most
of her life in Norway, in limited
ownership, until her current
owners brought her to the UK five
years ago. There has never been
a full restoration but she has been
annually maintained.
Built 2003
Type Spirit 46 bermudan sloop
Design Sean McMillan
Built Spirit Yachts
Beam 2.8m
Draft 2m
Sail No GBR8716T
Hull colour Blue
82
Built 1959
Type Bermudan sloop
Design Morgan Giles
Built Morgan Giles
Beam 2.9m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No 1124
Hull colour White
Built 1968
Type RORC-Class masthead sloop
Design Sparkman & Stephens
Built Cantiere Carlini
Beam 3.3m
Draft 2m
Sail No 4803
Hull colour Cream
Built 1947
Type Bermudan yawl
Built Kretzer Boatworks
Beam 3.6m
Draft 2m
Sail No 44
Hull colour Britannia blue
Built 1946
Type Sloop
Design Anker and Jenssen
Built Anker and Jenssen
Beam 3m
Draft 2.5m
Sail No n/a
Hull colour White
BOATS ENTERED
LAUGHING GULL
LEOPARD
MAIDA
History
S&S design number 844 in 1948 was for Percy
Chubb II, a wealthy insurance broker and
Commodore of the NYYC. Olin was given a free
hand but did have to provide the 7ft Chubb
with standing headroom below. Articles on
her construction and specifications appeared
in Yachting Monthly and The Rudder in the
same year. Rutger ten Broeke, her last owner,
is an author and journalist, writing for nautical
magazines.
History
In the post-war years the Navy commissioned
seven identical yachts to be built by Morgan
Giles. The yachts were used by the Seamanship
Training Craft Division for officer cadet and
midshipman training afloat, to replace some
of their Windfall yachts. They were sold into
private ownership in the 1980s and David
Foster has reunited three of them. They are now
available for fleet charter, providing the unique
opportunity to match race in classic yachts.
History
Maida infamously lost the Seawanhaka Cup to
Jill in 1932. She had a varied life until a 1980s
refit was done by Peter Wilson in Aldeburgh.
Since 2010, she’s been well maintained by
the current owner and kept at Suffolk Yacht
Harbour.
Built 1949
Type Sparkman & Stephens yawl
Design Olin Stephens
Built Jakobson of Oysterbay
Beam 3.2m
Draft 1.9m
Sail No 136
Hull colour White
Built 1959
Type Bermudan sloop
Design Morgan Giles
Built Morgan Giles
Beam 2.9m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No 1125
Hull colour White
Built 1932
Type 6-M
Design JG ‘Wee John’ Stephens
Built Alexander Stephens
Beam 2.1m
Draft 1.5m
Sail No K1
Hull colour Cream
MARELLE
MARIQUITA
MASCOTTE
MATAMBU
History
Beamier than a McGruer 8-M
cruiser-racer, but with similar lines,
Marelle was built for Honor Spink
and raced for a few years. She was
cruised in Canada and Europe,
then moved to the Weldon family,
who kept her at Suffolk Yacht
Harbour. She was then sold to Ben
Pester, who sailed her to Cape
Horn, aged 75. His book Through
the Land of Fire documents the
trip. More about her history at
marelle-classicyacht.blogspot.co.uk
History
Mariquita was one of four British
19-Ms and saw racing success
as soon as she was launched,
Commissioned by Athur Stodart
and first captained by Edward
Sycamore, she raced constantly
until 1913, when she turned to
handicap racing. At the start of
WW1, she was sent to the fjords
of Norway. She eventually found
her way to Pin Mill where she was
used as a houseboat until Fairlie
Restorations restored her.
History
She was the biggest pilot cutter
of her time, 10ft (3.1m) longer
and twice the displacement of
her predecessors. She worked in
and around the Bristol Channel
until 1915 when the onset of steam
cutters consigned the sailing
cutters to history. She was refitted
as a yacht between the wars
before settling on the Medina mud
as a houseboat. Since 1994 she has
been raced, cruised and chartered
in northern European waters.
History
A one-off design commissioned
by an architect, Matambu is a
cruiser/racer, originally with a
fractional rig and plywood decks
sealed with impregnated cascover
cloth. She is of carvel teak planks
on rock elm below the waterline,
with mahogany above. A feature
of this boat is there’s a great deal
of brightwork to maintain, and
she has a completely varnished
cockpit. She sports four large
Anderson steel winches.
Built 1965
Type Offshore racing yacht
Design McGruer
Built Deacons, Hamble
Beam 3.2m
Draft 2m
Sail No 335
Built 1911
Type 19-M gaff cutter
Design William Fife III
Built W Fife & Sons
Length on deck 29m
Length overall 38m
Beam 5.2m
Draft 3.6m
Sail No C1
Hull colour White
Built 1904
Type Bristol Channel pilot cutter
Design Thomas Cox
Built Thomas Cox
Length overall 22m
Beam 15m
Draft 3.1m
Sail No N (mainsail), BY (staysail)
Hull colour Black
Built 1960
Type Bermudan sloop
Design Robert Clark
Built Moody’s
Displacement n/a
Beam 2.7m
Draft 2.5m
Sail No K1726
Hull colour White
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BOATS ENTERED
METEOR
MYSTERY II OF MEON
NAUSIKAA
History
Designed by Stephen Jones for use with his
family and launched in 2006. She has so far
sailed within the UK and the Channel Islands
in her short history. She is built in strip-plank
Brazilian Cedar subsequently cold-moulded
over wth Khaya, and then a thin glass protective
layer. Inside she has laminated mahogany
frames and floors. She is of moderate
displacement and her bowsprit is purely for
flying the asymmetric spinnaker.
History
Mystery II of Meon is the first yacht designed by
Robert Clark – drawn when he was only
22 years old. A further 10 of this class were
built. She retains her original rigging.
The last major refit was carried out in 1999
by John Munns.
History
One of the earliest ‘series’ production boats
from Berthon in the late 1930s, Nausikaa was
successful along with her larger 12 and 18 ton
sisters in RTI races and has also been cruised
extensively. That one owner lasted 40 years is
testament to her character. One early owner
was the novelist Graham Greene. She was
substantially refitted from 2013–14. On virtually
her first outing to this regatta that year, she won
the RTI race out of 29 starters.
Built 2006
Type One-off wooden sloop
Design Stephen Jones
Built Farrow & Chambers
Length on deck 14m
Length overall 14m
Beam 3m
Draft 2.4m
Sail No GBR460L
Hull colour White
Built 1939
Type 8-Ton Gauntlet
Design HG May
Built Berthon
Length on deck 9.9m
Length overall 9.9m
Displacement n/a
Beam 2.6m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No 1754Y
Hull colour White topsides, green below
NYACHILWA
OPPOSITION
PEGASUS
PEGGY BAWN
History
She was built for Lt Colonel G and
Captain P Mackie–Campbell. She
was in the USA in the 1990s, and
the current owner bought her from
Kevin Sullivan and re-imported
her from Long Island in 2004. She
was rebuilt by Simon Grillet at Iron
Wharf 2005-2007, a big job that
included new decks, much new
hull planking and framing, new
stem, all new systems, new cockpit
and new engine. Coachroof, rig
and interior are original.
History
Opposition was built for Prime
Minister Edward Heath as Morning
Cloud II and launched in the spring
of 1971, in time for the Admiral’s
Cup. In 1973 she was sold and
became Opposition, racing in the
Solent for two seasons before
moving to the Clyde. The current
owner returned Opposition
to Lallows in 2007 for a total
restoration. In the spring of 2008
she was back in the water looking
as good as on her launch day.
History
Three ex-Royal Navy yachts, all
once part of a select fleet, have
been bought and restored for
Chichester charter company
Classicsail. Pegasus was the final
MG43 that David Foster bought
to complete his fleet of three
identical yachts. She underwent
a refurbishment in 2015-2016. Her
sister ships Gryphis and Leopard
are also sailing in Panerai British
Classic Week.
History
GL Watson designed her as
a fast cruiser-racer. With her
distinctive clipper bow she has
been admired in the Med, New
England and Baltic. She previously
competed in Cowes in 2011. Her
2005 restoration was done with
authenticity very much in mind
and she will be racing with cotton
sails from 1957 and a topsail cut
from Endeavour’s jib topsail.
Built 1952
Type Fractional sloop
Built Fairlie
Beam 2.5m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No 1004
Hull colour Cream
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Built 1936
Design Robert Clark
Built Moody’s
Beam 2.6m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No 321
Hull colour Cream
Built 1971
Type IOR Two-Ton one-off
Design Sparkman & Stephens
Built Clare Lallow
Beam 3.8m
Draft 2m
Sail No K3266
Built 1959
Type Bermudan sloop
Design Morgan Giles
Built Morgan Giles
Beam 2.9m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No 1123
Hull colour White
Built 1894
Type Gaff cutter
Design GL Watson
Built John Hilditch
Beam 2.4m
Draft 1.6m
Sail No None
Hull colour White
BOATS ENTERED
RAGDOLL
LE RAYON VERT
SASKIA
History
The Honey Bee came from a 1964 competition
held by the Glasgow Herald and the Clyde
Cruising Club to design a handy cruiser/racer
to sleep four and sail Scotland’s west coast.
Balfour’s design was runner-up. Part-owners
(since 1999) Liz and Mark Rushall believe
Ragdoll was built in East Germany. Other than
the fact that some papers show her previous
name was Mañana, little else is known about her
previous history or ownership.
History
The ketch Le Rayon Vert is based on the design
of Lutine. The wood-core hull was built by
Jachtbouw Vels from 1997 to 1998. The teak
deck and teak finishing were done by Claasen.
The interior, electronics, engine, deck gear,
rigging and management was done as a family
project from 1997 to 2001.
History
In 1931 Saskia was shipped to New York and won
the Seawanhaka Cup. She represented Britain in
the 1936 Olympics at Kiel, Germany and still has
the commemorative plaque on board. In 1954,
she was shipped to Sydney, won the famous
Sayonara Cup and stayed there for 52 years. In
2007 she returned to Britain and raced at the
Centennial Worlds on the Clyde where she won
the Sira Cup. She went on to win the 8-M Class
at the Metre Class Centenary at Cowes.
Built 1965
Type Honey Bee
Design AK Balfour
Built East Germany
Length on deck 8.4m
Length overall 8.4m
Beam 2.4m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No 1965
Built 2001
Type One-off ketch
Built Jachtbouw Vels
Beam 4m
Draft 2.2m
Sail No NED6457
Hull colour Green
Built 1931
Type 8-M
Built W Fife & Sons
Beam 2.6m
Draft 2m
Sail No K26
Hull colour White
SHANTIH OF COWES
SIRIS
SONNY
STILETTO
History
Little is known of her history
until Shantih was acquired by the
Wooden Boat Company, Camden,
Maine in 1993. The proprietors
brought her back to life and used
her for local day charters. She also
raced with some success at the
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. At the
end of the 90s she came to Britain
to a mooring in Suffolk. Shantih
now resides in Cowes under the
ownership of the Fry family, having
undergone a modest refit 2014.
History
Siris was raced in the
Mediterranean in the 1920s, with
considerable success, including
winning the Coupe de France.
Returning to the UK in the 1930s,
she has competed successfully at
local & international events. Her
recent success include a first-inclass at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
and at Panaerai British Classic
Week 2015. In 1999/2000 she
underwent a total re-build at
Fairlie Restorations.
History
Sonny was built by Frers I himself
with cousin Ernesto Guevara,
father of Ché Guevara. After just
two years of sailing in local races,
she was forgotten during the
revolutionary Argentina times. In
2006 a friend of Germán Frers II
found the remains of the boat in
Buenos Aires. Frers II undertook
a re-build with Alberto Szyjka
(Astillero Naval Szyjka) ending in
2011. In 2013 Sonny won Les Voiles
de Saint-Tropez.
History
Designed and owned by Kim
Holman (the brief was “standing
room for a bottle of Gordons”),
the boat has had a major refit
at Suffolk Yacht Harbour, with
new mahogany covering boards,
her hull stripped for an Awlgrip
topsides finish, deck repainted
with Griptex to give a nonslip finish, new chainplates, an
underdeck jib furler and carbon rig
with new sails too.
Built 1946
Type Auxiliary CB sloop
Built Hubert Johnson
Beam 3.3m
Draft 2.3m
Sail No GRR1523R
Hull colour Ivory
Built 1925
Type 8-M
Design Morgan Giles
Built Teignmouth
Displacement n/a
Beam 2.5m
Draft 1.9m
Sail No GBR3-8M
Hull colour White
Built 1935
Type One-off bermudan cutter
Design Germán Frers I
Built Frers/Guevara
Beam 3.8m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No A-26
Hull colour White
Built 1960s
Type One-off keelboat
Design Kim Holman
Built Whisstocks Boatyard
Length on deck 8.6m
Length overall 10m
Beam 2.2m
Draft 1.5m
Sail No 165Y
Hull colour White
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IAN BADLEY
BOATS ENTERED
STREGA
SUNMAID V
THENDARA
VOLONTE
History
Strega is one of several 37s built
by Spirit. The word ‘strega’ is
Italian for ‘witch’ as the beautiful
carved witch’s head at the end of
the tiller portrays. She is kept in
Lymington. With her regular crew
of two married couples, Strega
has raced in many events at home
and in the Med, where a highlight
has been winning her class at the
Régates Royales in Cannes.
History
Two were built to this design, a
development of Clarionet. She was
very substantially built for the sake
of her rating, and also because
of lessons learned on the lightly
built Roundabout. Owen Parker,
sailing master on the Sunmaids,
developed twin pole gybing and
the use of separate spinnaker
winches during his time with Guy
Bowles. Current owner Lawrence
Wride had her restored on the
Humber in 2015.
History
Thendara raced in the early 1960s
to the RORC rules. The boat was
built to Lloyds 100 A1 and the hull
and ribs remain in good condition.
Her long keel and elegant, clean
lines had the attention of a number
of owners who cruised and raced
her at club level until Chris and Liz
Day and family become owners
in 1996. Since then she has raced
in the RSYC double-handed races
and in this regatta, as well as
cruising in the Solent and Brittany.
History
Volonté sailed for 20 years in the
Med, before being bought by a
Swedish sailor, and transported
there to take part in classic races
with some success. Her new
programme, under a French owner
who undertook a one-year refit in
Brittany with Hubert Stagnol, is
dedicated to one-ton classic races.
Volonté will attend the One-Ton
Revival Cup in the Netherlands in
August (see page 64).
WHOOPER
YAVANNA
ZALEDA
ZOOM
History
This shallow-draught yacht was
mostly cruised but her natural
reaching and downwind speed
exceeded expectations. Anecdotes
from Peter Bruce recall crossings
back from the Channel Islands in
the 1960s at average speeds over
10 knots! Her unusual hull and rig
were ahead of her time, and she
has achieved great wins: RTI Gold
Roman Bowls in 2004 and 2015,
Cowes Week in 2004 and 2014,
and overall at this event in 2014.
History
The Buchanan yawl was designed
and built by the best money could
afford at the time. Alan Buchanan
designed three boats for the Earl
of St Germans, this being the
third and biggest. She was built
by Kings of Burnham on Crouch
to Lloyds 100 A1, the highest
standard. The Earl of St Germans
was pleased with the result. She is
used for charter. classicsail.co.uk
History
She was commissioned by the
current owner’s uncle from
McGruers in Clynder in 1965. She
was part of a move to create a
new class of 7-M cruiser-racers on
the Clyde in the mid-1960s. She
was bought back into the family
in 1996 and has sailed extensively
on the west coast of Scotland and
the south west of England. She
is now berthed on the River Dart.
This year, she benefited from a
complete instrumentation refit.
History
Zoom was the last yacht from the
hand of Charles E Nicholson, which
he did in retirement for his friend
Teddy Haylock, editor of Yachting
World in 1950. Close-planked in
teak with plank edges glued, her
frames are of steamed English oak
in two laminations, and her entire
backbone is of teak. She was well
known and written about in the
50s and her visitors’ book is full of
famous sailors of that era. She is
based on England’s South Coast.
Built 2001
Type Bermudan sloop
Design Sean McMillan/Mick Newman
Built Spirit Yachts
Beam 2.1m
Draft 1.8m
Sail No GBR7514T
Hull colour Blue
Built 1939
Type One-off sloop
Built Woodnutts
Beam 3.1m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No GBR363R
Hull colour White
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Built 1967
Type RORC One-Tonner
Design S&S
Built Clare Lallow
Beam 3m
Draft 1.9m
Sail No GBR1991
Hull colour Varnish
Built 1965
Type Long-keeled yawl
Design Alan Buchanan
Built William King
Beam 3.9m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No n/a
Hull colour White
Built 1960
Type RORC Sloop
Design Alan Buchanan
Built St Osyth Boatyard
Length on deck 10m
Length overall 10m
Beam 2.7m
Draft 1.5m
Sail No 1853
Hull colour White
Built 1966
Type 7-M cruiser/racer
Design James McGruer
Built McGruer & Sons
Beam 2.7m
Draft 1.7m
Sail No 7CR/K2
Built 1968
Type One-ton sloop
Design Olin Stephens
Built Silvestro
Beam 3.1m
Draft 1.9m
Sail No FRA4396
Built 1951
Type Sloop
Design Charles E Nicholson
Built Camper & Nicholson
Beam 2.9m
Draft 2.1m
Sail No 634
Hull colour White
Q&A
Head of Private Banking
at EFG Private Bank,
Daniel Gerber
EFG supports Panerai British Classic Week
beautiful views of classic boats
as Official Partner Sponsor. Can you tell us
racing in the Solent. Before this
why? When we were given the opportunity
my racing experience on big boats
to sponsor British Classic Week, it felt like an
was limited to crewing in regattas,
easy decision to make. This has to be the
mainly around the Solent and the
most important event in the UK for classic
Channel. Sailing is the perfect
yachts, with a strong international appeal.
balance to the working life – on the
Cowes, with its long pedigree in sailing, is
water there is always plenty to think
the perfect location for such an event. As a
about and observe, decisions to take
keen sailor, I make sure I attend with a
to keep the mind busy and focused on things
number of our clients each year, in order to
other than the day job.
soak up the unique atmosphere and to take
the knowledge, experience and skills
involved in working with wooden boats, to
Some in the wooden boat world find the
build or refurbish a functional piece of art.
regatta scene exclusive. Is that your
It is great to see the many new builds and
Will you be sailing in this year’s event?
impression of it?
restoration projects happening in classic
I was very much looking forward to
No, to me racing is just a different reason for
boating – and that the centuries-old art of
participating at this year’s event in Cowes
sailing. While some sailors like just spending
building wooden boats is being preserved
and to have the opportunity to sail on one of
some quality time on the water, others prefer
and passed on to new generations of
the boats, particularly for the Around the
cruising with a destination in mind and
boatbuilders by boat building schools and
Island Race which is sponsored by EFG.
others again like the challenge to measure
academies in the UK and abroad.
However, a recent accident has left me on
their skills in racing against other boats.
part in some world-class classic sailing.
crutches this summer, so regrettably no
sailing for me.
EFG sponsors all kinds of things from the
My impression of the Panerai British
How did you get into sailing?
Classic Week is that there is a place for every
I grew up as a landlubber in Switzerland, in a
boat and that the wooden boat community
place miles away from any navigable waters
is very welcoming and open to everyone.
and only very rarely had the opportunity to
EFG London Jazz Festival to Le Mans
sail on the Swiss lakes as a child and
Classic. What’s the attraction of sailing?
What is EFG doing to help secure the future
We are supporters of the sport of sailing for
of sailing? Development of young talent is a
a number of reasons. It is clearly very
key theme at EFG, and we support a range
my early thirties after I got hooked as a crew
international, which is well suited to a private
of initiatives across a variety of sporting and
member on a sailing holiday around Mallorca.
bank like us, active in over 30 locations
cultural fields. In relation to sailing, we have
There I realised the potential of recreational
worldwide. It has broad appeal on many
supported the development of two
yacht sailing and saw this as an opportunity
levels, from a pastime to a professional sport.
academies designed to bring on the next
to spend quality time with the family and my
It is also an active interest shared by a good
generation of sailors. These are: EFG Sailing
young children in the future.
number of our clients and employees. We
Academy, Monaco Yacht Club; and Optimist
like to think of ourselves as the private bank
Sailing School, Société Nautique de Genève.
adolescent. But every time I liked it.
I really only took up sailing seriously in
I joined a local sailing club in Switzerland
and started crewing on a yacht on Lake of
Zürich. In parallel I took my qualifications as
for sailing, and in addition to Panerai British
Classic Week we are sponsors of a range of
Do you have a favourite sailing book?
a skipper and started to build my miles in the
leading sailing teams and events worldwide.
I have read many books about sailing,
Mediterranean, the Channel and around the
historic, non-fiction and novels but I couldn´t
UK, the North Sea and the Baltic, as well as
Are you a boat owner?
single out one favourite book. One of my
in the Caribbean.
I try to get afloat as much as I can in my
favourite writers however is Sam Llewellyn
spare time. I own a wooden Merlin Rocket
and I have devoured almost all of his novels.
dinghy which I race on weekends at my local
Today I live in London and I am on the
water whenever time permits. All three of my
sons are enthusiastic dinghy sailors and as a
sailing club on the Thames. Being a qualified
What is your dream boat?
family we have enjoyed many sailing cruises.
skipper I also charter in the UK and abroad,
She should be safe, fast, comfortable, easy
Maybe one day we will take off and sail the
cruising with family and friends.
to maintain and a looker. She might be a
seven seas on our own keel.
I raced in the Panerai British Classic Week
wooden boat, but I doubt I'll be building my
two years ago when EFG joined in
own. My practical experience in woodwork is
partnership with the British Classic Yacht
limited to the occasional DIY job at home
Club and Panerai. I very much enjoyed the
and I am far from a professional craftsman. I
atmosphere and spirit, as well as the
admire good craftsmanship but particularly
Daniel Gerber is Head of Private Banking
at EFG Private Bank, the UK arm of global
private banking group EFG International.
efginternational.com/efgl.com
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The private bank
for sailing
Proud sponsors of:
EFG Sailing Team, Switzerland
EFG Mandrake in Division A regattas, Asia
EFG Nations’ Cup, Hong Kong
BACARDI Sailing Weeks, Miami & Newport
The EFG Pan-American Viper 640 Championships
The EFG Star Winter Series, Florida
Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta
Panerai British Classic Week
EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour
EFG Sailing Academy, Monaco Yacht Club
Optimist Sailing School, Société Nautique de Genève
www.efgsailing.com
facebook.com/EFGInternational
Photo: Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta by Cory Silken
Practitioners of the craft of private banking
EFG is the marketing name for EFG International and its subsidiaries. EFG International’s global private banking network includes offices in Zurich, Geneva, London, Channel Islands, Luxembourg,
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