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Hi Has anybody heard anything about the McCallum designed TSDY Maori recently the last I heard she was at Gib but she seems to have disappeared from sight or News

Hi I have tried this on Classic Boat Forum with no real result hopefully I will have more luck here. Hi I am still searching for missing Gauntlets built by Berthon Between 1935 & 1951 there were 41 built & the whereabouts of 34 are known, we are interested in finding the whereabouts or Fate of...

Merlin Merlin was the yacht that inspired the Berthon range of Gauntlets. Howard May was so incensed when a Mr Berge ordered Merlin from Phillips of Dartmouth & he built Gauntlet & challenged Merlin to a race which Gauntlet won see http://www.berthon.co.uk/about-berthon/berthon-history.html...

Has anyone got any information on the yacht Brambling a 12 Ton Gauntlet that Michael Spear raced successfully on the East Coast during the 1950's. She was originally built in 1935/6 and launched as Sussex Maid

I am trying to find out what happened to Roamer, she was built by British Marine & launch co to a J.A. McCallum design in 1926 she was launched as Lady Maureen had her name changed to Diana & then Roamer. She was sold to H.M. Government about 1948 & I can find no trace after that. She is 60 Ft...

I thought she might have been stolen but that does not really account for the fact that the Wyatts build list does not show any yachts that match her dimensions unless of course she was stolen between 1957 & 1964 Regards Alex

There is something very peculiar about this yacht she is listed in the 1979 Lloyds Register & it says she was built by Wyatts, the listing shows no previous names, so she should appear in previous editions. I have the 64 68 & 71 editions but she doesn't. In the 1979 edition she is shown on the...

Eridani II was built at WM Wyatts in 1957 to a design by John Sloggett in 1979 she was owned by Mr & Mrs Lomax & a Dr S n Lawson & her home Port was Gosport

Hi Stewart I have managed to find one photo from your messages. I am 99% certain that this is the same yacht that we owned but I am fairly certain she is older than you think & I don't think she was built on the Clyde, I will ask my father the next time I speak to him as I was very young when we...