Lovely new yacht on the Orwell

[OldGaffer]

I was hurtling past Suffolk Yacht Harbour on the Orwell yesterday when out from that marina came a lovely new yacht with the lines of a classic racing boat from the Twenties.

She was called Ghost and was about 40ft long, with wonderful all timber topsides and a huge Bermudian rig.

As she went whistling by I only had a few seconds to admire her but she certainly was eye catching. She might even have had a wooden hull.

Anyone know anything about her?



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[davidwf]

I believe shes built by Spirit Yachts and is a 110 see

http://www.spirit-yachts.co.uk/sy-spirit-110.htm

for details, and yes shes absolutely lovely but I think the price reflects that fact.

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[OldGaffer]

Stone the crows..I've just seen the price. A lottery jackpot job. Just got time to nip out to buy a quid's worth of ticket.

A magnificent vessel at an equally magnificent price...and several jackpots for all the opt extras.



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[ccscott49]

i do believe I'll keep the one I've got. Bloody hell, beautiful, but rich mans toy.

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[OldGaffer]

Must get my eyes tested. The Spirit yacht which I thought was about 40ft was in fact 70ft.

Here's a link to it.

http://www.spirit-yachts.co.uk/sy-spirit-70.htm

I am sure she would make a very nice story for Yachting Monthly. The news section of Spirit's website includes a few details about Ghost and how she was launched on June 2, but I would certainly like to read more and see a few nice pictures.

Is an article planned?



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[davidwf]

Don't panic there have been two lurking around Levington, a "small" one and the 70ft one so you may well have seen the smaller of the two out sailing. Although I have to say the lines of the larger one are so good it actually looks smaller than it is.

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[OldGaffer]

Definitely saw Ghost which according to the Spirit news page (below) is 70ft.

http://www.spirit-yachts.co.uk/sy-news.htm

As for miscalculating the length by 30ft, I suppose I could blame the salt on my specs. We had just got into the Orwell after an especially fast run down from Lowestoft.

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[Gunfleet]

I always leave Lowestoft quickly too. nm

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