White Ensign in Howth (with pics)

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This lovely yacht arrived in Howth today at lunchtime proudly wearing the White EnsignCorrct burgee at head of mast out of shot)
Can anyone enlighten me on who she is and what she is(apart form being a very beautiful yacht)

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Sorry for photo quality I am not very good with technical things
 
Agree, nice looking yacht

Pity they dont have the masts rigged so that they are parrallel - it really detracts from the looks.
 
It's not Asgard with the ghost of Erskine Childers at the helm, is it? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
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Agree, nice looking yacht

Pity they dont have the masts rigged so that they are parrallel - it really detracts from the looks.

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Looks like some sort of tensioner on the back stay has been let off, the bowsprit is drooping. There looks to be a white rope at the lower end of the backstay, leading up next to the cockpit.
 
No , not a camera phone
A Lidl special Traveler digital with 4 Million pix things and one very useless operator
 
Anyone know what type of yacht this is.
The phrase wood and trees is springing to mind or is the aesthetic look of the yacht not important. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I came over from the other side so have no idea whether the bowsprit is pointing the right direction. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

However it is nice to see such expertise available on this side as well /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
The hull looks similar to some of the smaller Looe Luggers. A few were actually built as 'yachts' rather than fishing boats.

There was one working boat that was refurbished to Gaff Ketch rig with a very similarly shaped and proportioned coach roof called Deu Kerrens (not sure if spelling is right). She was put up for sail a couple of summers back as her owner had bought (and refurbished a bigger lugger).

This boat could almost be her repainted, but the black area above the blue doesn't look quite as deep as I remember it.

The back stay tensioner on the main has probably been eased ready to retract the bow sprit for coming along side.

If any one knows where the Deu Kerrens is now I would be interested to hear.
 
Would you retract the bowsprit with roller reefing fitted? Wouldn't the roller assembly (rod thingy up forestay) inhibit that?. (You can tell I've never had roller reefing!)
 
She's in Looe. This site

http://www.looecornwall.com/index.cfm?articleid=1200

has the details...

"When you visit Looe look out for the Looe built and owned luggers Our Boys FY221, Our Daddy FY7 and Deu Kerens FY290 built by Paynter of St Ives once a lugger now a gaff rigged cutter. These beautiful vessels can be chartered by the day or week or experience a day at sea aboard a truly classic historic boat."
 
Not all furlers have a foil up the forestay, there is a type called a Wickham Martin that is simply for furling a sail away completely as opposed to 'reefing' it by partly furling it. It has a swivel at the head and a swivel with 'furling' drum at the foot and the sail wraps around its own luff wire.

There is a modern version of this type of furler available from Barton.
 
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If any one knows where the Deu Kerrens is now I would be interested to hear.

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I think she's still in Looe, but I might be mistaken.
 
S'right. Used a lot on Norfolk Broads for obvious reasons, and I understand quite often used by classic boat owners, as it's been around for quite some time so more 'authentic' than modern 'foil' types, and , of course, allows you to retract your bow sprit ( very important in places that charge by the foot). /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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