Mottessier,Joshua

[Wansworth]

Anyone know if he built another steel boat in Hawaii,maybe not for himself?...1984.....on yachtworld

 

[laika]

After the wreck of Joshua came Tamata. Sadly my books including my Moitessier biogaphy are in storage but a little googling suggests it was built in california and he subsequently took it to Hawaii

EDIT: Some info on Tamata here: Bernard Moitessier's Last Sailboat Tamata
EDIT2: Ironically I've realised that my copy of "Tamata and the Alliance" is at my parents' place which I was extracted from only a few days ago.
EDIT3: OK I've just found the advert you're talking about but it's *really* slow to load. That boat clearly isn't Tamata. Whether he built a boat for someone else while in Hawaii I don't know
1984 Custom Steel Cutter Sail New and Used Boats for Sale -

 

[Wansworth]

Thanks ,I think Tamata is the yacht that is for sale

 

[laika]

Hmm...but the ad is for a 39' yacht and Tamata was 32' (and built in california)

 

[Wansworth]

Yes but they could be including the bowsprit and stuff on the transom,the Hull looks like the drawing,interesting,a friend is looking for a boat and found the ad....

 

[Roberto]

A number of Joshua replicas have been built, the original is usually moored in La Rochelle at Musée maritime, I have seen two others one blue colour in West Africa and one red colour in Brazil.

 

[andsarkit]

Is this one of the replicas? It looks very similar to the real Joshua which I was lucky enough to moor alongside at Belle Isle a few years ago.
Joshua

 

[DownWest]

A little point.. He did not build Joshua. It was built in a factory in the SOF, forget the name. IIRR, the owner gave it too him for the RTW.

He did help Wharram build his first ply cat in the carib, after the original rotted.

As above, I see Joshua fairly often off LR and she always has a berth at the yearly show.

 

[laika]

A number of Joshua replicas have been built

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And a few more being built:
JOSHUA GGOD – JOSHUA IS BACK!
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[Wansworth]

A little point.. He did not build Joshua. It was built in a factory in the SOF, forget the name. IIRR, the owner gave it too him for the RTW.

He did help Wharram build his first ply cat in the carib, after the original rotted.

As above, I see Joshua fairly often off LR and she always has a berth at the yearly show.

The advert refers to a steel boat built by Moitessier in Hawaii which to my eye looks like the boat built for him after he lost Joshua,personally I don’t think Moitessier built a steel boat in Hawaii.And as you say he did not build Joshua either

 

[jwilson]

From one small photo in the Tamata book the boat advertised certainly looks similar to Tamata, but the photo in the book is tiny and the advert photos are total rubbish. Definitely nothing whatsoever like a Joshua though.

 

[Wansworth]

From one small photo in the Tamata book the boat advertised certainly looks similar to Tamata, but the photo in the book is tiny and the advert photos are total rubbish. Definitely nothing whatsoever like a Joshua though.

No it’s not a Joshua at all