One has just has a tour of the all new Gunfleet 58

[sailorman]

Well she is the prettieist boat but the interior is very good,well planned,engineered & exicuted.
concidering the Gunfleet marque only started 2 1/2 yrs ago from a cold start & most everything is done in house, its a remarkable achievement indeed.
I even walked into the engine room & someone was already in there too.
She has yet to be fully finished with sole panels awaiting fitting. impressive central control of all systems from the chart table,& i mean ALL. even all lighting via a touch screen console.
An impressive East Coast yacht build.

 

[Tradewinds]

Well she is the prettieist boat but the . . .

I take it you've missed the not out (just going by the sentence structure ).

 

[sailorman]

I take it you've missed the not out (just going by the sentence structure ).

correct

 

[johnalison]

With a name like Gunfleet I have a vision of them being propelled by wind vanes, like Jim Wilkinson's contraptions. I'm afraid the romance of the name has gone, though I don't think I would like to have hung around when fifty Dutch ships were anchored there.

 

[DavidofMersea]

I'm afraid the romance of the name has gone, though I don't think I would like to have hung around when fifty Dutch ships were anchored there.

Is this the history behind the name of the Gunfleet Sands ? Tell us more

 

[Supine Being]

Is this the history behind the name of the Gunfleet Sands ? Tell us more

I was intrigued too. I just found this after a little googling: http://www.fudanbook.info/B2012/x/html/h/Hale,John R/Famous Sea Fights/text/chapter07.htm

 

[nortonmotors]

I seem to recall that Gunfleet is our version of a Dutch or Flemish word, something like 'goenvlete'.
Google can't find it, and I'm not about to refresh my memory by reading my boaty books until I find the reference.
Anyone else remember the reference? Might have been Griffiths or Cooke.