Classic_Boat_2016-02

The restored Cruiser 8 Altricia belonging to Peter

Methven is one of our main stories this month – see

p22. She’s also appearing at this year’s London Boat

Show (8-17 January) on Mylor Yacht Harbour’s stand,

G150, and is in our awards shortlist this year (see

above). In 2004, Peter brought his restored West

Solent Restricted Class yacht Dilkusha to our feature

stand at the London Boat Show.

TELL TALES

Voting is now underway in our 2016
Awards in association with EFG. This
year we have eight categories:
Restoration, Traditional New Build
(under and over 40ft/12.2m), Spirit of
Tradition (under and over 40ft/12.2m),
Powered Vessels (under and over
40ft/12.2m) and Yachtsman of the Year.
All these categories must be decided by
public vote, so please visit classicboat.
co.uk/awards2016 now and start ticking
boxes. Alternatively, email your vote to
us at [email protected], clearly
stating category and vote. Last year,
around 5,000 of you voted. Voting
deadline is Monday 7 March, 0900 GMT.
The winners will be announced in our
May issue, on sale 5 April.

CB AWARDS: PAST WINNERS
Our fi rst award (for restoration) was
made at the 2007 London Boat Show to
Giuseppe Longo, the man behind the
restoration of the 122ft (37m) Herbert
White gaff cutter of 1920, Lulworth. In
2012, we split the awards into small
(under 40ft) and large (over 40ft)
restorations, and in 2013, the awards
diversifi ed further to account for new
boats (including motorboats), yards
and people. We list, below, all the
publicly voted awards we have ever
given (space does not permit an
ever-changing cast of judged awards).

2007: Herbert White gaff cutter

Lulworth (122ft/37m, built 1920)

2008: Fife III 8-M yacht Ierne

(51ft/15.6m, built in 1914)

2009: Oyster smack Maria

(47ft/14.3m, built 1866)

2010: Sydney Belchambers gaff yawl

Concord (36ft/11m, built 1937)

2011: BB Crowninshield schooner Fame

(40ft/12.2m, built 1910)

2012: Germán Frers ketch Vagabundo

(42ft/12.8m, built 1945) and Harrison

Butler sloop Mischief (26ft/7.9m,

built 1935)

2013: Restorations: Valda, Adventuress,

Rendezvous 461 and Biche. Traditional

new-builds: Integrity and Galway galley.

SoT: Rainbow and Morris 52. Motorboat:

Bristol 27. Person: Giacomo de Stefano

(London to Istanbul by dinghy)

2014: Restorations: Ellad and Pilgrim

BM45. Traditional New Build: White Rose

of Mevagissey. SoT: Alexa and CW Hood

32. Motorboat: Snowgoose. Person: Tim
    Jarvis (in Shackleton’s wake)
    2015: Restorations: Acanto and Kelpie of
    Falmouth. Traditional New Build:
    Droleen. SoT: Solent Sunbeam and Spirit
    of Callisto. Motorboat: Lady Charlotte.
    Person: Nat Wilson (expansion to
    the International Boatbuilding
    Training College)

SPONSORS!

We would like to take this chance to

off er a huge thanks to all our sponsors,

without whom the awards would not

take place. As well as new headline

sponsor EFG (welcome aboard!), we

thank Messum’s Gallery, Simon Winter

Marine, The Boat Building Academy,

beds on board and Wight Vodka.

ALTRICIA

Star of CB at

London Boat Show

IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPONSORS

Awards

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

VOTE NOW!

Kelpie of Falmouth, last

year’s winner in the

Restoration Over 40ft

(12.2m) category, was one

of the clearest winners we

have ever had. She’s a 75ft

(23m) Francis Sweisguth-

designed schooner built in

1928, found by Mariette

skipper Charlie Wroe and

restored by a team led by

NIGEL SHARP Ken Wilkinson.

visit classicboat.co.uk/awards