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MARY ROSE

Design and build 1920, NG Herreshoff ,

LOS 64ft 10in (19.7m)

A lovely composite bermudan staysail

schooner from the greatest hand of all.

Her restoration has been a stop-and-

start aff air over the last few years, by

LMI in Rhode Island and Crabbs Marina

in Antigua. Much plank work, interior,

bilges and a ton of de-rusting have

brought her back to life.

HATHOR

Design and build Halls of Reedham,

1905, 56ft (17m)

A pleasure wherry built for Ethel and Helen

Colman, daughters of the mustard maker, now

owned by the Wherry Yacht Charter

Charitable Trust. Her Lottery-funded

restoration over two years was part of

a £1.4m project to build a base and

slip for fi ve wherries, and to restore

wherry yachts Hathor, Nada and Olive.

CARA MIA

Design and build Herreshoff , 1905, 43ft (13.1m)

The NY30-Class gaff sloops drawn for the

New York Yacht Club have attained a

semi-mythical status, for their heritage of

course, but also their speed and simplicity of

rig, the gaff sloop type known Stateside as a

‘knockabout’ rig. They are competitive in the

Med, but are also good for short-handed

cruising. Gannon & Benjamin’s restoration

included a new (canvas-covered!) deck,

coachroof and a lot more besides. It even

rebuilt the deck and roof beams to reinstate

her original sleek appearance, so

synonymous with Herreshoff ’s creations.

MARGA

Design Liljegren. Built Hästholm, Sweden, 1910.

LOD approximately 54ft (16.5m)

When found in Denmark she could hardly be

recognised as a 10-M. With a big deckhouse

and two masts it was hard to think she’d

participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

Enrico Zacagni, with the Technomar Boatyard

in Fiumicino, has now restored her hull and

interior and given her back her original gaff rig.

HUFF OF ARKLOW

Design Uff a Fox. Built 1951 John Tyrrell & Sons

of Arklow, 45ft (13.7m)

Eight thousand copper nails and plenty more

means this important design sails again. See p20.

CAMBRIA

Design and build 1928, Wm Fife

III, LOD 111ft (33.8m)

She’s one of the most famous

yachts in the world, built to the

‘Big-Class’ in which she was

moderately successful. These

days she is one of the best loved

classics out there. In the early

2000s, the big bermudan cutter

was naturalised into the J-Class.

Her recent stint at Southampton

Yacht Services will be featured

next month.

Design Wm Fife III. Built 1897,

John Hilditch. LOD 37ft 3in (11.4m)

It’s not been a year of many

restorations, but it’s been a

great year for boats by the big

names (two Herreshoff s and two

Fifes on this page). This Belfast

Lough OD gaff cutter, rebuilt by

Ocean Refi t (see p4) is no

exception. If only yachts like this

still met its design brief:

“It should meet the purse of

the majority”!

RESTORATION

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