CLASSIC BOAT MAY 2015 29POWERED VESSEL OVER 40FT LADY HERTHA
The no-expense-spared restoration of this 1930s motor yacht, by a first-time boat
owner, involved major work on the deck and hull, as well as an interior redecoration
to the theme of “Phileas Fogg meets a London gentleman’s club”. “I’m a stickler for
originality,” said the owner. “I wanted a museum piece.”
Design GL Watson, built Yarrow and Co 1935, LOD 86ft 7in (26.4m)POWERED VESSEL UNDER 40FT LUCY LAVERS
Winners
AwardsIN ASSOCIATION WITH
Between 1940 and 1968
this RNLI lifeboat saved 44
lives, and many more
during the Dunkirk
evacuations. She was
found in 2006 by two
enthusiasts and restored
with the help of a
£100,000 HLF grant for
Norfolk charity Rescue
Wooden Boats, to her
original specification.
D&B Groves and
Gutteridge, 1940,
Restored 2013-15 by David
and George Hewitt,
LOD 36ft 6in (11.1m)
‘It’s great to have an award for this
beautiful Dunkirk Little Ship, whose role in
Dynamo we commemorated in 2015’
KATE FAIRE, RESCUE WOODEN BOATS‘
I am honoured that renovating
a 1935 motor yacht to its original
heritage is recognised’
OWNER, LADY HERTHANICK BURNHAM