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How about Alexandre Pâris. Who, you say? This is a famous racing boat.

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OLIE BRISE was built and launched in 1913 in Le Havre, France and was the last sailing pilot cutter built by Le Havre. She is also believed to have been the last sailing vessel to carry the Royal Mail under sail.

She was bought in 1924 by E G Martin (the founding member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, RORC).

As a competitor in the first ever Fastnet Race, JOLIE BRISE has won the Race on three occasions - one of them being in 1930 when she was under the ownership of Bobby Somerset. During this period the vessel was also awarded the Blue Water Medal twice, including the historic rescue of American crew from the yacht ADRIANA during the Newport to Bermuda Race in 1932. JOLIE BRISE has also been crowned overall winner of Tall Ships Races three times.

In 1945 she was sold to an unknown group to sail to New Zealand, but she only made it as far as Lisbon. Sold again that year, she was bought by Senhor Lobato in Lisbon. In 1977 she was acquired by the International Sailing Craft Association in association with Dauntsey's School Sailing Club and the Science Museum.

In 2003 Dauntsey's School bought the vessel outright. She is currently in excellent condition, now sailing with Dacron sails and modern running rigging.
 

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Time to go on a bit of a tangent, I think this is a valid move, and no one gets the Humph..
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Gem 550, Rob Humphries
 

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How about Alexandre Pâris. Who, you say? This is a famous racing boat.

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OLIE BRISE was built and launched in 1913 in Le Havre, France and was the last sailing pilot cutter built by Le Havre. She is also believed to have been the last sailing vessel to carry the Royal Mail under sail.

She was bought in 1924 by E G Martin (the founding member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, RORC).

As a competitor in the first ever Fastnet Race, JOLIE BRISE has won the Race on three occasions - one of them being in 1930 when she was under the ownership of Bobby Somerset. During this period the vessel was also awarded the Blue Water Medal twice, including the historic rescue of American crew from the yacht ADRIANA during the Newport to Bermuda Race in 1932. JOLIE BRISE has also been crowned overall winner of Tall Ships Races three times.

In 1945 she was sold to an unknown group to sail to New Zealand, but she only made it as far as Lisbon. Sold again that year, she was bought by Senhor Lobato in Lisbon. In 1977 she was acquired by the International Sailing Craft Association in association with Dauntsey's School Sailing Club and the Science Museum.

In 2003 Dauntsey's School bought the vessel outright. She is currently in excellent condition, now sailing with Dacron sails and modern running rigging.

As a pupil of Dauntsey's school I sailed on JB a number of times in the early 80s. She is responsible for getting me into sailing really. It's been great to see her going from strength to strength in recent years with her full time skipper.
 

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Unknown designer, possibly Poly Vin’l Chloride , not a yacht as such, but according to the London Underground map , the whole game is played below the Thames in parts .
So I offer the ‘ if it looks like a boat and floats like a boat and sells commercially’ gambit
 

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