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Strolling around Gouvia marina the other day I came across GMlll moored up and looking in pristine condition. Can't find much info on the internet. Does anyone know what she's been doing since 1964 or can point me to info?
It's a beautiful boat, no wonder Chichester was so disillusioned with GM4!
 
Rotrax,

ta that's good to hear; Alec Rose is the only person I ever asked for an autograph, when I was a boy he gave a talk about his voyage in Horsham in aid of the ( old style ) RNLI, a lovely bloke.

I was told by someone who may have been in the position to know, ' Lively Lady ' was named after his lover; whatever, she deserves every much attention as Gypsy Moth gets.
 
SlowlyButSurely said:
Yes, that is good to hear. Last time I saw Lively Lady a few years ago she was looking very sad and neglected rotting away at Port Solent.
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She was in our berth at hayling YC when we returned after a weekend on the boat. Caused First Mate a bit if consternation as the only other free berth was too narrow with the fenders out!

Lively Lady had no deck, no accomodation, looked really sad. The hull, however, is sound. IIRC she is made of padouk, a very hard and long lasting timber which is over thickness from the drawing spec by about 25%.

Looking forward to seeing her finished-a piece of history resurected.
 
Seajet said:
Alec Rose is the only person I ever asked for an autograph, when I was a boy he gave a talk about his voyage in Horsham in aid of the ( old style ) RNLI, a lovely bloke.
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In 1968 my parents were invited to a launch party for a Salar 40 at Essex Marina with Sir Francis Chichester officiating. Being a 13 year old boy, I was excited to meet my sailing hero. After the main ceremony, I was walking along a pontoon with my father and Sir Francis was walking towards us. We stopped for a chat and I asked if he would sign my First Day Cover celebrating his achievement. His reply is ingrained in my memory. "Now laddy, if you would like to send your cover to the Daily Mail with 5 shillings, I will gladly do it for you."

He had been signing limited edition prints and First Day Covers in conjunction with the Daily Mail for a fee. So compared to Alec Rose, Sir Francis Chichester in my eyes is ................

Needless to say I did not send my First Day Cover to the Daily Mail.
 
At the talk I attended as a boy, someone asked Alec how he compared himself to Chichester; he looked up with with a very kindly smile, " Well Francis was maybe a bit more cantankerous than me ! "

My overall impression I will live with was that Sir Alec Rose was a very kindly ( too ) humble man; but he had a twinkle in his eye, hence what he did, and ' Lively Lady '. :encouragement:
 
GMIII was I believe owned by some farming family from somewhere nr Peterborough after SFC, and I remember her laid up at Cardnells yard at Maylandsea some winters in the late sixties or seventies.
I think she underwent a solid conventional refit in the early noughties and I recall her ashore at Ipswich Haven about 2009?
 
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