Classic_Boat_2016-08

80 CLASSIC BOAT AUGUST 2016

BOATS ENTERED

ATHENA

Built 1939

Type 8-M

Design Tore Holm

Built Tore Holm

Length on deck 14.2m

Length overall 14.2m

Displacement 8.7 tonnes

Beam 2.6m

Draft 1.9m

Sail No K36

Hull colour Varnished

History

Built to the 8-M rule for Swedish banker Marcus

Wallenberg Jnr, who had a series of yachts to

race in the class. She was brought to Britain in

2002 by Avia Willment and underwent a major

renovation. When the present owners bought

her in 2006, they reverted to the name of

Athena and she has competed in 8-M Worlds on

the Clyde in 2007, at Hyères in 2009, at Cowes

in 2012, and at La Trinité sur Mer in 2014.

BULLA III

Built 1971

Type Yawl motor sailer

Design n/a

Built Gerald Pearn

Length on deck 9.5m

Length overall 9.5m

Displacement 24 tonnes

Beam 3.35m

Draft 1.1m

Sail No n/a

Hull colour White

History

Bulla II is used as the support

boat and launch for the Classic

Sail fleet of charter boats. During

the Panerai British Classic Week

Regatta she will be used to

support Classic Sail’s competing

boats: Leopard, Pegasus and

Gryphis; these three boats are

identical Morgan Giles yachts

used for charter and match racing

around the Solent. classicsail.co.uk.

BOJAR

Built 1937

Type Bermudan cutter

Design Johan Anker

Built Anker & Jensen

Length on deck 16m

Length overall 16m

Displacement 17 tonnes

Beam 3.3m

Draft 2.5m

Sail No N23

Hull colour White

History

Bojar was built by Anker & Jensen of Oslo, one

of the most prestigious yards in Scandinavia,

using materials and craftsmanship of the highest

quality. She’s 30mm Oregon pine on composite,

hot-dip galvanised steel and wooden frames.

Keel, stem and sternpost are of oak, steam-bent

ribs of elm. The 50 per cent ballast ratio makes

her very effective upwind. The deck layout is

clean, with bronze fittings. The deep cockpit is

comfortable both at sea and in harbour.

CERESTE

Built 1938

Type Limited Edition 10-tonner

Design Robert Clark

Built Sussex Yacht Works

Length on deck 12.1m

Length overall 12.1m

Displacement n/a

Beam 2.6m

Draft 1.75m

Sail No 523R

Hull colour Dark blue

History

Cereste was originally named

Melody and based on the lines of

Clark’s innovative Mystery design.

Research shows that several other

Robert Clark designs were in build

at Sussex Yacht Works at the time

and that the yard manager was

Austin Farrer, who had trained with

Robert Clark at his design office in

London. Her planking is mahogany

above the waterline and pitch pine

below.

BLUE EAGLE OF TONBRIDGE

Built 1964

Type Bermudan sloop

Design Kroes en Zonen

Built AP Milnes

Length on deck 7.4m

Length overall 7.4m

Displacement 3.4 tonnes

Beam 2.3m

Draft n/a

Sail No 581Y

Hull colour White

History

An eccentric stockbroker wanted a miniature

yacht built to Lloyd’s A100. This fine little boat

is the result. The original Dutch design was

for clinker. The decision to make her carvel

sweetened and strengthened her lines.

CARIBEE

Built 1938

Type Rhodes 1752 Ocean Racer

Design Philip Rhodes

Built Henri B Nevins, New York

Length on deck 17.5m

Length overall 17.5m

Displacement n/a

Beam 3.2m

Draft 4.4m

Sail No NED7650

Hull colour White

History

Caribbee was designed as an

ocean racer and built in 1938 by

the famous Henri B Nevins yard in

New York. She won as many as 36

major sailing races in the 1950s,

among them the Southern Ocean

Racing Conference and the RORC

Transatlantic Race, not to mention

three Newport-Bermudas. Carleton

Mitchell wrote a bestseller called

Passage East about the transat

race. She was, in the 1950s, the

‘Queen of the Atlantic’.

CETEWAYO

Built 1955

Type Fractional sloop

Design Laurent Giles

Built Morris & Lorrimar

Length on deck 14.5m

Length overall 14.5m

Displacement 17.4 tonnes

Beam 3.5m

Draft 2.4m

Sail No K1034

Hull colour White

History

She was restored by her

curent owner, with the initial

reconstruction work allowing her

to be sailed to Plymouth to later

undergo a complete renovation.

Prior to this work, she was raced

in and around the Solent and the

decision was made to optimise

her racing potential. A continuing

programme of restoration,

innovation and improvement has

been undertaken year on year to

make her sail faster.