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I
t’s been quite a busy month. In the
aftermath of London Boat Show,
it’s been all hands to the pump to
fi nd our Project Boat Hantu Biru’s
new owner, a mere matter of
processing several thousand
competition entries fi lled in from the
magazine, online or from the forms
handed out at boat shows around the UK.
We’ve had a tremendous response, and
I’d like to thank all those readers who
have taken such a lively interest in the
project, visited us on the boat and made
the 46 days the PBO team have spent
standing at boat shows both interesting
and enjoyable. During the competition,
many of you made such convincing
cases for winning the boat that we could
have given her away many times over:
by the end, we were grateful that a
random number generator would make
the fi nal decision!
But the wait is now
over, and it’s fi nally
time for Hantu Biru to
move on to her new home. And, I have to
say, our concerns that the boat might be
won by some serial competition enterer
just itching to put this ‘luxury yacht’ on
eBay, proved ultimately unfounded. We
couldn’t have asked for a more suitable
winner in Anna Millington, the lucky
young lady whom fate chose to be the
new owner of what must be the smartest
Snapdragon 23 afl oat.
You can read her story in full on page 6,
but, in short, Anna and her partner
Andrew have been enjoying the water
for the past couple of years on board a
Fletcher 19 powerboat. They recently
decided that sailing was more their style,
and had decided to sell their existing
boat and fund a mid-20ft sailing boat
with the proceeds when Anna saw
Hantu Biru at Southampton and entered
the competition on the off-chance that
she might win. If you ever needed a
defi nition for serendipity, this is it.
We met Anna and Andrew a few daysafter the competition was drawn, and it
was a great vindication of the four years’
work we have put into the boat to see
someone so enthusiastic to make use of
her. So enthusiastic, in fact, that Ben
Meakins and I will be towing Hantu Biru
to Southampton this week for her fi rst
launch in new hands – at least a month
earlier than most boats will manage!
We’ll be catching up with Anna and
Andrew later in the year, but I wish them
a fun-fi lled season, and formally forgive
them if they scratch the paint – so long
as it’s not too much!
Meanwhile, we’re temporarily
projectless. It’s not a situation which can
last – your interest in Hantu Biru has made
that clear and, to be honest, neither Ben
nor I are that good at sitting at a desk
when there’s a chance of getting our
hands dirty on some boat work. The only
question, of course, is
‘what next?’ On that,
however, I’ll have to
remain silent a little
longer, but suffi ce to say that we’re most
of the way to negotiating a very different
project, but one which we think will be
every bit as engaging. I’ll say no more for
now, but next month I hope to be able to
announce Hantu Biru’s successor.
In the meantime, in company with most
other practical boat owners, we’re working
hard getting our own boats ready for the
season, and setting some time aside to get
ahead with some of the more demanding
equipment tests and seamanship articles
we have planned for 2016.
All this to come, but for now I hope you
enjoy this issue. Our annual Marina Price
Guide gives you an at-a-glance reference
to fi nd the best-value berthing in your
area, while elsewhere in the magazine
we’re tackling keel repairs, top-overhauls
for engines, and tools to help tweak your
rig. And, my personal favourite, Will
Steynor’s onboard innovations on page 61.
Fair winds,
David Pughhttp://www.twitter.com/p_b_o http://www.facebook.com/
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It’s time for Hantu Biru to
move on to her new homeA projectless PBO: but not for long
Waiting for
the tide
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