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34 CLASSIC BOAT MAY 2015

Best hull form Sonny

The story of Sonny, a Germán Frers Senior yacht built in 1935 and then found and restored by his son was

inspiring stuff, in CB310. The lissom-lined double-ender was then sailed to Europe from Frers’ Buenos Aires

base and took part in several of the 2013 regattas. We caught up with her at Monaco where she was already

making the competition nervous. Frers later won the St Tropez Rolex to crown a great season. Enough said.

Living history award

Charles W Morgan

Our new award was inspired by the restoration to sail of

the Charles W Morgan and her well-chronicled 38th voyage

along the American eastern seaboard. Achieved with a

budget of around $12.5m, her sailing like this gladdened

the heart of all who witnessed it, except perhaps for those

who restored the Cutty Sark, to not sail, for £53m, Sterling.

Lifetime

achievement

Alan Buchanan

Alan Buchanan was one of

the last great yacht

designers who built mainly

in wood. Based in Burnham

and later Jersey, he oversaw

the design of some 2,500

boats. Both Ed Dubois and

CB’s John Perryman trained

under him and he was held

in high esteem by those who

knew him – as well as the

many who still sail his boats.

Boatyard of

the year

Underfalls

Before the judges could suck on

their pencils, one of our number

cited the work at Underfalls this

last season: Win Cnoops with a

new Eventide, now building two

motor launches; John Raymond

Barker – a new pilot cutter plus

restoration of the Breeze of 1887;

and Tim Loftus (Leaf p36) and

restoring a Mylne yacht... plus

other smaller projects. Well done!

Winners

Awards

2015

JAMES ROBINSON TAYLOR

C/O MYSTIC SEAPORT

NICOLA PROCTOR

MATTHEW HOTTON, JERSEY EVENING POST

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