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The good ship "....."

August 18, 2016, 10:00 pm
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I guess the owner is either a fisherman or owns the local fish and ship shop.


This probably wouldn't have caught my attention were it not for the fore deck rope work.


While I was thinking about he strange names motor boaters so often have for their boats, I passed this yacht, while not quite Passing Wind, or Breaking Wind, anything with wind is probably better avoided.


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Saellen Vaerre

August 21, 2016, 10:32 pm
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Is a Marieholm folk boat, apart from needing a quick scrub around the waterline she's rigged and ready for the season.


The spray hood suggests she's a cruiser or at least the owner likes somewhere to shelter when things get cold and wet.


Nice.


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Wayfarers

August 25, 2016, 10:30 pm
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A couple of neglected Wayfarers lying at the side of the slipway at the YMCA Fairthorne Manor recently.


Neither boat was in too bad a condition, they could do with a thorough clean and polish and a couple of badly done repairs like the thwart on the grey one below would beneft form being done properly.


Appreciate that at an activity centre like Fairthorne boats get a hard life and are depreciated over a few years. But these would make a great winter project for the sea scouts or similar organisation and could be sailing next season.


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I think I will travel to Rio

August 28, 2016, 12:36 am
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For those of us who didn't get to the Olympics, Rio came to us in the theme of this year's Bursledon Regatta.


Paul Landowski's famous statue Cristo Redentor was recreated down in the Elephant boatyard. While down in the pool some of the participants took to the water in their Copacabana inspired creations.


And others recreated a smaller and floating Cristo Redentor with a suitable carnival mix.


In the morning the dinghy sailing seemed well attended racing down the river and back on a slow beat into the light northerly wind, but despite that it was a lovely sailing day.


In the words of the song.

I'm hearing the light from the window,
I'm seeing the sound of the sea,
My feet have come loose from their moorings,
I'm feeling quite wonderfully free.

 And I think I will travel to Rio
Using the music for flight,
There's nothing I know of in Rio,
But it's something to do with the night
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Pink accessories

August 30, 2016, 10:00 pm
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Matching fenders and keel, classy if only from the fish eye view.


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Snippet on the water

September 1, 2016, 10:30 pm
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I've featured Snippet before back in the chilly winter days of 2012, so it was great to see her out on the water during the summer, even if not actually sailing.


She's by all accounts a George Holmes canoe yawl, details on the Canoe Yawl Association site


Looks great.


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Not quite a Firefly

September 4, 2016, 10:30 pm
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I've seen this boat before, but only recently had the opportunity to chat to the owner, who was launching at Swanwick hard for Bursledon regatta.


Built as a one off in the 1960's the hull was based on the Firefly, although in this case cold-molded rather than hot molded which was the norm for production Firefly's.


The single lugsail is also a departure from Uffa Fox's design which was originally drawn in 1938.


The result is very pretty, presumably light weight and simple to rig, all in all a delightful dinghy.
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More on Tricorns

September 8, 2016, 11:00 pm
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There's been some developments in the rare world of the  Illingworth & Primrose designed  Tricorn dinghy (only around 37 or so were built) which have previously  been featured both on this blog and 1001 Boats.

Fellow author on 1001 Boats, Patrick has been restoring and sailing his Tricorn Salvo over in France and she looks very smart, there are many more pictures of the boat and the restoration here.


James Kennedy across the Atlantic has just come across a Tricorn that his family owned back in 1962, purchased by his father a day or two before he was born. Given that it's over 50 years old it looks in remarkably good condition


As a cruising dinghy it's a really interesting boat, while it's a little dated in style and detail there's actually not much that compares today.
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Cerveza

September 11, 2016, 10:30 pm
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Apparently Cerveza didn't qualify to be described as a "gentlemen's yacht" because she was built for a Scottish butcher before the war, trade money not inherited, how's that for nautical snobbery.


Fortunately the current owner, however he makes his money takes very good care of her and is very approachable.

He was chatting to some friends of mine in the marina recently telling them about her history, Apparently Cerveza saw service during WWII patrolling the mine fields off the west coast of Scotland. She's been sunk twice but clearly survived, thankfully. Just lovely.


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Cetewayo

September 15, 2016, 10:30 pm
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One of the loveliest local classics, Cetewayo navigates carefully around the dinghy start at Bursledon regatta recently. With Brooklands in the background it's a picture perfect setting.


Cetewayo was built and launched  on the Clyde by Morris & Lorrimar to a Laurent Giles design, originally named Zulu
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Keyhaven Sailing

September 18, 2016, 10:30 pm
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Midday HW down at Keyhaven with a good showing of boats launching from the two adjacent sailing clubs: Keyhaven SC and Hurst Castle SC.


Above a Wanderer dinghy makes it way through the moorings along the harbour wall. While below a SCOW heads out towards Hurst Castle.


I managed to talk to a few of the SCOW sailors and get some advice for rigging Erica's SCOW which is nearly complete.


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At the back of the boatyard

September 22, 2016, 10:30 pm
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There's often something interesting walking our local boatyards,but this was pretty unusual, an abandoned yacht being cut up very sad.


More upbeat, a genuine Bugatti Type 35? Just the car for nipping down to the boat with your overalls and a few tins of anti foul paint.


Progress on Greg's gaffer hasn't made as much progress as he'd hoped, but the cockpit and coach roof are looking very nice.


It's really tricky taking photos inside the tent, but you can see she's coming on well.


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Hamble Classics

September 25, 2016, 2:08 am
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The Royal Southern YC hosted the Hamble Classic regatta at the weekend, with a finish line for some of the classes in the river, so we found an upstairs table at the Beach Hut Cafe to watch the action.


The XOD fleet were the next to finish, working their way up the crowded river.


Not the leaders but these two finishing neck and neck.


It seemed like the gaffers and bigger boats had the finish line out in Southampton Water, but we got to see them returning to he marine. This looks like and Ed Burnett design modern gaffer.


Definitely an original gentleman's yacht, Thalia  with full crew.


Another local boat, which I think is a Harrison Butler.


And another very local boat SCOD, South Coast One Design.


Duet looks lovely if a little complex.


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How it all started

September 28, 2016, 10:30 pm
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The first yacht I owned was a Caprice Mk V, a GRP version of the Robert Tucker bilge keel, sloop originally designed for plywood.

I was in my 20's, it was affordable and I had read Shrimpy, Shane Acton's account of sailing around the world in an early plywood Caprice, not that I had those aspirations at the time, but it seemed like a good recommendation of a tough little boat.


The reality was perhaps a little different, and while it was great fun, it was also tiny, to use the toilet you had to have your head sticking out of the fore hatch, and the performance of those twin keels wasn't great.

That said it was a great entry into to sailing, cheap and affordable and I learned a lot. I found this on boatdesign forum from a few years ago, a modified Mk2 guaranteed to start a conversation in any anchorage.


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Local wreck suffers storm damage

October 3, 2016, 11:09 am
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Our local wrecked MFV suffered significant damage during the August gales.


From the river path the damage isn't really noticeable, but from the water the extent is revealed, the starboard bow has fallen away completely.


Along the foreshore a few of the fairly massive timber bulwarks have washed up, this view shows where they came from.


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New Fleet

October 4, 2016, 10:00 pm
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Saturday was the last Peanuts and Cadets session at Hamble River Sailing Club for the year, the morning rain cleared in time for HW and a photo opportunity to show off the club's new Optimists.


Many thanks to the sponsors at MDL.
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Autumn days

October 6, 2016, 10:00 pm
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The days are rapidly growing shorter, the weather is getting noticeably cooler. Down on the quay tables were being laid out for a seafood Sunday lunch as part of Emsworth British Food Fortnight.


It's a time of high tides and of course low lows.


Apples collected from a local tree which grows wild and has deliciously sweet fruit, we need a trip out to collect the last of the season's blackberries and then an evening jam making.


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Wreck revealed at LW

October 9, 2016, 10:00 pm
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The extent of the summer storm damage was revealed when I rowed past at low water, showing pretty much all of the starboard bow missing.


The deck has collapsed as the starboard side has fallen away. Earlier in the year my eldest son and I had kayaked around the wreck at high water and even talked about climbing on board to have a look around. Probably just as well we didn't.


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Port St Louis

October 13, 2016, 11:00 pm
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Port St Louis lies on the southern shore of the estuary opposite Lorient, the old fortification are a great place to look out on local sailing.


Above a Philipe Harlé designed Muscadet  sits quietly on a mooring, a practical and very capable pocket cruiser. It's easy to see why they were and remain so popular.

Below a modern gaffer which I think is a Skellig, ghosts past one of the very substantial channel markers.


A restored and local fishing ketch approaching ports with fishing booms still deployed.


Going up toward the commercial port and main marina in Lorient with the WW2 submarine pens in the background.


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Westerly Nimrod

October 16, 2016, 10:00 pm
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I've always been slightly intrigued and fascinated by the Ian Proctor designed, Westerly Nimrod.  It's reported to be fast, dinghy like but with a small cabin and with a 120Kg centre plate presumably not prone to capsize.


IThe Nimrod as built by Westerly between 1968 and 1971 and after that a few more were made by other manufacturers.

The  'L' shaped centre plate  retracts completely into the hull so makes for easy launching which is really a prerequisite for trailer sailing, plys plat up shallowdraft will get you pretty much anywhere you want to go.

Rolled side decks and toe straps for sitting out, together with a generous sail area (16.7 sq m with genoa) shows the dinghy and performance heritage

The Nimrod definitely wasn't a typical Westerly which may in part explain the low numbers sold.


You see then from time to time on the second hand market for around £1,500 to £2,000. I've often thought one would make a great pocket cruiser but could do with a little updating in the looks department, those rubber window surrounds for example are very dated. But all in all a nice boat.

LOA 17' 9"
LWL 15' 6"
Beam 6' 6"
Draft 4'0"/ 8"
Displacement 1050 lbs
SA 140 Sq Ft
SA/Disp 21.72

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