CLASSIC BOAT APRIL 2016 13Classic Boat’s address:
Jubilee House, 2 Jubilee Place, London, SW3 3TQ
[email protected]OGA to open
boats database
The OGA has decided to open its online Boat Register to the
public. It’s one of the largest yacht archives in the world,
collected over 50 years and numbering about 4,000 boats.
Only a quarter of them are presently visible, and those only to
logged-in OGA members. The reason to make the records
public given by the OGA is to help verify facts and continue to
build on this important archive of Britain and Ireland’s maritime
heritage. Boat register editor Pat Dawson said: “It is a unique
database of gaff-rigged work boats and yachts built over the
past 200 years in and around Britain and Ireland.” Work to
‘unlock’ the archive is now ongoing and when complete,
members of the public will be able to see all at: oga.org.uk.Award for Ed Burnett
The OGA’s annual Jolie Brise Trophy, for the development of
gaff rig, has been awarded posthumously to Ed Burnett. He
was chosen by last year’s inaugural winner Nigel Irens, who
said: “It falls to the incumbent holder of the trophy to propose
its next recipient. In my case the task is an easy one. There may
be no precedent for a posthumous award of this kind but I
believe it would be wrong for this trophy to exist without
Ed’s name engraved on it.” Nigel will present the trophy, a
model of Jolie Brise, to Jeremy and Adriana Burnett, Ed’s
parents, in due course.OGA on tour
An ‘English village’ will be centre stage at this year’s
four-yearly Brest Maritime Festival from 13-19 July. As part of
it, OGA members and vessels have been invited to attend as
guests; some 20 have accepted. See p52 for our events guide. KEITH ALLSO, OGAFollow the Classic Boat team
on Twitter and FacebookProvisioning boat
Butcher Boy was built by an unknown builder to an unknown
design. She is a comely 29ft (8.8m) double-ended gaff yacht
built for provisioning ships in San Diego Bay and restored by
San Diego Maritime Museum (CB175). The mystery these
days though, is where is she? Has anyone seen Butcher Boy?AwardsIN ASSOCIATION WITH
Last
chance
to vote
The voting deadline for
this year’s Classic Boat
Awards is 9am GMT,
Monday 7 March. So you
have a weekend left to
vote in eight categories.
Please visit classicboat.
co.uk/awards2016. We
will announce the
winners in the May issue.PORTSMOUTH
Stories of
Jutland
A new online
interactive map from
the National Museum
of the Royal Navy aims
to share the history of
those present at the
Battle of Jutland a
century ago. The
museum asks the public
to “share, discover and
remember” their
stories. On 12 May, a
major exhibition – 36
Hours: Jutland 2016 –
will open at the
museum in Portsmouth
Historic Dockyard. See
map.jutland.org.uk for
the interactive map.1936-
Cecil
Coleman
Cecil Coleman,
manager and
ex-owner of Arthur
Beale, the unlikely
chandlery in
London’s theatre
land, died
peacefully on 30
January after a
battle against
cancer. Mr Coleman
started working at
Arthur Beale in- Without him,
says present owner
Alasdair Flint, the
business would
never have survived
to this day.
Butcher Boy
1902CB ARCHIVES
Foxhound, designed by
Ed Burnett and Nigel IrensOLD GAFFERS ASSOCIATION ROUND-UP