Fr J Hackett
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Another last seen in Antibes the designer and builders prefer to remain anonymous but truly a classic.
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Frogmogman
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Aaaaargh.Another last seen in Antibes the designer and builders prefer to remain anonymous but truly a classic.
My eyes !!! ?
Bajansailor
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Another last seen in Antibes the designer and builders prefer to remain anonymous but truly a classic.
She does look like she would be a very effective and comfortable houseboat.
And if you are inside, you don't have to look at it...... although I can see @Frogmogman 's point
But moored in Antibes..... wow. That is where folk like JFM hang out. @Bouba as well ?
From what I have heard, berths there are not exactly cheap - or was she 'squatting'? :
Bouba
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Not me! I’m like most of the world’s hoi polloi, I only get to visit Antibes???She does look like she would be a very effective and comfortable houseboat.
And if you are inside, you don't have to look at it...... although I can see @Frogmogman 's point
But moored in Antibes..... wow. That is where folk like JFM hang out. @Bouba as well ?
From what I have heard, berths there are not exactly cheap - or was she 'squatting'? :
Fr J Hackett
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Does Mike still keep his boat there?
Bouba
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I think so
Kukri
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G.L.Watson. “Thistle”.
Blueboatman
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Sometimes bigger is better ?
Graceful AND a clipper bow
Kukri
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She didn’t win the “America’s Cup”, but she gave the New York Yacht Club a terrible fright, and American yacht design changed overnight, just as British yacht design had in 1851.
A detail of her challenge is that it was entirely a Scottish affair - she was owned by a Clyde syndicate, she was designed and built on the Clyde, and she carried an all-Scots crew. Including John and Charles Barr, who went on to become American citizens.
A detail of her challenge is that it was entirely a Scottish affair - she was owned by a Clyde syndicate, she was designed and built on the Clyde, and she carried an all-Scots crew. Including John and Charles Barr, who went on to become American citizens.
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Frogmogman
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Indeed. Watson wasn’t just about lifeboats .
Of course, Thistle was sold on to Kaiser Wilhelm II, who re-named her Meteor.
Watson also designed Britannia for Edward VII
Tomahawk
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He should have gone for something sensible.. I offer Gerrard Danson.
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Kukri
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Pulling out another court card…
Charles Sibbick.
We need two pictures… here is his rater ‘Bona Fide’:
Nice classic yacht from 1899, on the Mediterranean circuit… but she is a bit unexpected under the water…
She won a gold medal at the 1900 Olympics.
Charles Sibbick.
We need two pictures… here is his rater ‘Bona Fide’:
Nice classic yacht from 1899, on the Mediterranean circuit… but she is a bit unexpected under the water…
She won a gold medal at the 1900 Olympics.
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Bajansailor
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The yacht in Kukri's post above reminds me of Alice III, designed by Simon Rogers -
Some more info about her here - Rogers Yacht Design : info@rogersyachtdesign.com
Go to 'Past Projects' and scroll down a bit.
Her underbody shape is pure racer, with a deep bulbed fin.
Some more info about her here - Rogers Yacht Design : info@rogersyachtdesign.com
Go to 'Past Projects' and scroll down a bit.
Her underbody shape is pure racer, with a deep bulbed fin.
Frogmogman
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Kukri, I think you win a coconut for Bona Fide. I wonder, does Doug Peterson still own her ?
As you say, she was decades ahead of her time. Amazing.
newtothis
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Bona Fife?
That's Round the Horne.
Kukri
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Oops. Amended.
mjcoon
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I wonder if the original owner of the telegraph pole ever discovered what had happened to it?Another last seen in Antibes the designer and builders prefer to remain anonymous but truly a classic.
Kukri
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We haven’t had Dr T.Harrison Butler, yet.
Here’s an “Edith Rose”, one of his later designs, called “Lady Mary of Woodbridge”.
Here’s an “Edith Rose”, one of his later designs, called “Lady Mary of Woodbridge”.
michael_w
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Another one for the racing man. John Ilingworth and Jack Laurent Giles's Myth of Malham.
Kukri
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Albert Strange and his pupil, Harrison Butler, were both talented amateurs, of course.
But then so was the designer of the “Thermopylae”, Bernard Waymouth:
(OK, not a yacht, but definitely a racer.?)
But then so was the designer of the “Thermopylae”, Bernard Waymouth:
(OK, not a yacht, but definitely a racer.?)
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