Classic Boat — February 2018

RESTORATION OF THE YEAR

UNDER 40FT (12.2M)

RICHARD JOHNSTONE-BRYDEN

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C/O DAVID COCKBURN

NIC COMPTON

DICK DURHAM

NIC COMPTON

BESSIE
Modelled and built by Per
Persson, 1909
LOD 25ft (7.6m), rig spritsail
sloop
The near-total, 1,859-hour
rebuild of this Swedish,
clinker-built fi shing boat was
one of the most unusual
restorations we covered in the
magazine last year. Little of
the original remains, but
respect for the original
methods and design was
taken to great lengths by the
Nyhåmns Sag & Båtbyggeri
yard that restored her.

GLENDHU

Designed by Alfred Mylne, built by Glen Boatyard, 1950

LOD 28ft (8.5m), rig berm sloop

She was stretched 2ft 6in (75cm) out of class (the Glen Class) by one

owner and sheathed in a cold-moulded outer skin by Tim Loftus for

her current owner. The result is a scrapyard boat still sailing today.

PICCOLO

Designed and built

by Wm Fife III, 1932,

LOD 36ft (10.9m),

rig berm sloop

The very thorough

rebuild of this 6-M by

CB Restoration of the

Year winner Tom

Owens (for another

6-M, Valdai) was for

David Cockburn, who

knew her in the

1960s when she had

a cruising cabin and

his grandfather

owned her. Now she’s

ready to race, much

as original again.

ROSEMARY III

Design and build by Wm Fife III, 1924, LOD 38ft 6in (11.7m), berm sloop

Trish Kohn, great-grandniece of William Fife, bought Rosemary III at the

back end of 2008 with husband Rob and what started as a loose

fairlead ended up as a complete restoration under Ashley Butler. Today,

she’s a relatively rare example of a well-preserved, practical cruising yacht

from the most aesthetic designer of them all.

VIKING

Designed and built by Chumley and Hawke, 1947, LOD 29ft 2in (8.9m),

rig gunter sloop

Elongating a transom-sterned 26ft 5in (8.1m) ex-Broads hire yacht to

the canoe-sterned iteration seen here, not to mention replacing half the

timbers, 500ft of planking, tabernacle, deck, cabin and all spars, was the

most ambitious job yet for Broadland Boatbuilders.

LONA III

Designed by J Pain Clark, built by King & Sons of Burnham, 1907,

LOD 35ft 6in (10.8m), rig gaff cutter

Belgian owner Bart Carpentier spent seven years restoring this, the

designer’s own yacht, in tandem with Tradewind Yachts in the

Netherlands, who rebuilt the cabin trunk and doghouse as original.

Last year, Bart and son sailed her back to her build port.