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AMAZONThis steel-built Marconi cutter was commissioned from Olin Stephens by a Mr John B. Goulandris in 1970, who wanted a fast yacht to compete in the American East Coast regattas in general and the Bermuda Race in particular. From 1970 to 1977, Amazon took part in various events in America before completing several cruises between there and Europe. In 1992, her German owner Klaus Lower sent her to Holland for a major restoration, during which all of her interiors were dismantled to allow her hull to be sanded. In 2009, Amazon AYC changed hands again and underwent another refit at La Rochelle in France. In 2010, the Marconi yawl participated in the British Classic Regatta, the Brest Classic Week, the Judith Trophy (Douarnenez-Southampton) and took overall victory in the Atlantic Trophy (Douarnenez-Horta-Douarnenez).
ARGOSArgos is a fast, comfortable, seaworthy craft that swept the boards in the many regattas she entered. Based in Spain, she has spent her entire life in the Mediterranean and has cruised as far as Morocco and Turkey. Argos has competed in numerous editions of the Trofeo Almirante Conde de Barcelona and has been overall winner in the Spanish Rute de la Sal race. A regular at the Copa del Rey de Barcos de Época at Mahon, in 2012, she won her category and also made it to the podium at the Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca regattas. In 2014, Argos went to Le Vele d’Epoca di Imperia for the second time. She is built from mahogany planking over a mahogany frame and has iroko interiors.
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ARGYLL Argyll is owned by well-known Welsh actor, writer and TV presenter Griffith ‘Griff’ Rhys Jones who also owns Undina, a 1956 Abeking & Rasmussen. She was design no. 628 to emerge from Sparkman & Stephens’ New York studio and in shape and proportions is reminiscent of the famous Bolero, designed the same year. Argyll underwent significant renovations in England in the noughties, involving the replacement of all her frame timbers and 80% of her mahogany planking. Her interiors, on the other hand, were also adapted to ensure that she would provide comfortable cruising in the Mediterranean. In 2010, the yawl competed in several rounds of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, not least Les Voiles d’Antibes and Les Régates Royales de Cannes.
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CALIMAEl Calima cuenta con dos cumpleaños. El primero, su botadura en 1970 tras ser construido en los Astilleros Carabela con un diseño de Sparkman & Stephens. El segundo, en 1999 tras ser adquirido por Javier Pujol Usandizaga. Gracias a las mejoras conseguidas y a la pericia de sus marineros, el Calima cuenta con el honor de haber conquistado en 2001 la Fasnet Race en su clase.
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CHINOOKChinook (sail number NY-48), ex Pauline, is a NY 40, one of the so-called ‘Fighting Forties’. A total of 14 examples of this class were commissioned between 1916 and 1926 by members of the New York Yacht Club. Just four are still afloat, including Rowdy (1916) and Marilee (1926). The latter and Chinook are the only gaff cutter-rigged versions. Chinook was built simultaneous to 11 other identical NY40s in just six months between 1915 and 1916.
Purchased in March 2010 in Newport by Irish skipper Jonathan Greenwood and Sandra Ugolini, Chinook was cargo- shipped to Genoa and then Bizerta in Tunisia. Her next owner, Graham Walker, who had already won the Trofeo Panerai on several occasions with Rowdy, sold her on to London-based Paolo Zannoni, who sailed her to victory in the Vintage category of the 2014 Trofeo Panerai.
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COMETComet’s design was inspired by Stormy Weather and Skylark both of which also emerged from the Sparkman & Stephens studio in New York. Her first owner was a Chicago-based lawyer called John P. Wilson who sailed her on the Great Lakes. In the 1970s, however, the yawl completed a four-year round the world voyage. In 2002, Comet’s new owner Peter Wood had her shipped from the US to Britain. There, she was restored at the Gweek Boatyard in Cornwall in line with her original plans and renamed Cometa. Transferred to the Mediterranean, she won the Porquerolles Classic in 2007, before being sold to a Swiss owner in 2012 who returned her to her original name of Comet.
Shipped from USA to Gweek Quay Boatyard in Cornwall for restoration in 2004. She had new masts fitted and was renamed ‘Cometa‘. ‘Classic Boat’ magazine showed her refit in November 2004 with Olin Stephens having come aboard himself for the launch! 2007 – New ownership 2012 – New ownership and reverted back to the original name ‘Comet’ Based in Barcelona at the Real Club Nautico and will be participating in the classic regattas in the Med in the coming years .(Nov, 2012)
Participated in the 2013 Yawlba event on Elba island with 4 other S & S yawls.
EILEAN Eilean (little island” in Gaelic) , was built in 1936 and launched the following year. She has made an astonishing 36 Atlantic crossings, and spent much of her career between Europe and Antigua. In 1982, she was used as the floating set for Duran Duran’s video for their hit song Rio. In 2006, Eilean was rediscovered in an advanced state of disrepair and purchased by luxury watchmaker Officine Panerai.
She was immediately moved by cargo ship to the Francesco Del Carlo shipyard in Viareggio. There she remained for over three years during which time she was completely and meticulously restored. Eilean has a composite hull made of 4 cm Burmese teak planking on galvanised iron ribs, beams, floor timbers and reinforcements. Almost all of her original hull planking was saved, during her renovations. In 2012, Eilean sailed back across the Atlantic once again to take part in the Antigua Classic Week.
link: http://www.eilean.it
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ENCOUNTEREncounter is the only "sistership" to Bumblebee, the successfull participant of the Australian Admiral's Cup team in 1974.
An American was so impressed by Bumblebee's success that he confirmed his order with German Frers and Palmer Johnson in 1974.
Building started, however, due to unforseen circumstances, Encounter was launched only in 1976.
In her first years she sailed with some success in numerous Chigago to Mackinac races.But by the early 80's she started changing hands, having several owners who sailed her on the Great Lakes.
In 2008 we found and bought Encounter. She was standing in a shipyard in Florida. Had been, more or less, abandoned and was damaged in a hurricane during which her mast also broke.
But it was easy to regognise her pedigree, with beautiful lines and very good build quality.
Today Encounter is based on the South coast of France, participates in numerous Classic Yacht regattas and is also used for family cruising around the Mediterrenenan.
FJORD IIIFjord III
Diseñado y construido por German Frers para la primer regata Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro en 1947. A pesar de partir 48 horas tarde llego segundo de la flota a Rio de Janeiro. Tal fue el éxito del Fjord III que le encargaron varias copias mas a German Frers como sea el Cippino y el Joanne que siguen, igual que el Fjord III, en competencia.
Paso por varios dueños quienes lo navegaron en regatas como el Newport – Bermuda donde gano su clase. Paso 20 años en las islas del Pacifico, otros 40 años en Los Angeles, California, el estado de Oregon y San Francisco donde lo encontró Scott Perry del Uruguay en 2011 en excelente estado de conservacion pero preparado para crucero en vez de regata.
Una vez en Uruguay se restauro como velero de regata pura sangre. Luego de 5 temporadas compitiendo en el Rio de la Plata se embarco al Mediterraneo en 2015 donde ha participado en regatas en España, Francia e Italia con resultados muy buenos.
Designed and built by German Frers for the first Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro regatta in 1947. Despite starting 48 hours late she arrived in second place in Rio de. Janeiro. Such was Fjord III´s success that several copies were ordered from German Frers including Cippino and Joanne which, like Fjord III, are still competing.
She had several owners who sailed her in many regattas such as the Newport – Bermuda Regatta where she won her class. She spent 20 years in the Pacific Islands, another 40 years between Los Angeles, California, the state of Oregon and San Francisco where Scott Perry of Uruguay found her in 2011 in excellent condition but prepared for cruising rather than racing.
Once in Uruguay she was restored back to her present state as a thoroughbred racing yacht. After 5 seasons competing in the Rio de la Plata she was shipped to the Mediterranean in 2015 where she has participated in regattas in Spain, France and Italy with very good results.
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GALVANAThis wooden yacht was built to the IOR for a group of Barcelona businessmen and spent most of her time in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. In 2003, her new owners, the Pella brothers of Barcelona, treated her to major renovations that allowed her to participate in numerous veteran and classic boat rallies, in which she performed brilliantly. Galvana won her class at the 2005 Argentario Sailing Week and finished second the next year and third in 2007. She won her class (Classic Marconi A) in the Les Voiles de Saint Tropez in 2008 and took overall victory in the Classic category at the Règates Royales de Cannes.
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GIPSYGipsy fue el único barco de uso civil que se construyó en el astillero Echevarrieta y Larrinaga de Cádiz para un uso eminentemente militar. Entre los años 2002 y 2006, fue restaurado fiel a sus orígenes.
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GIRALDILLASplashed as Giralda, Giraldilla (sail number ESP 1262) was renamed by her second owner, Manuel Lapiche. She has changed hands a total of eight times. This Marconi yawl now belongs to the Real Fundación Hispania de Barcos de Época along with Hispania, the 1909 International 15-Metre Class onced owned by King Alfonso XIII of Spain. In 2004, Giraldilla’s structures and stern were restored by the Navaltinoc yard at Cartagena in Spain and her old fibreglass deck laid in 1963 was also removed. Giraldilla took part in the 1963 Fastnet and has won the Classic category of the Trofeo Almirante Conde de Barcelona no less than five times (2004/06/07/09/10) and the Regata dos Palos at Cadiz twice (2014/15) in addition to attending the Semana Clasica at Puerto Sherry and Monaco Classic Week (2015).
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HALLOWE´ENThe 24.7m cutter Hallowe’en designed by William Fife III for Lt Col JFN Baxendale, was launched in 1926 just in time to compete in the ORC FastNet. William Fife III, designer of a number of classic yachts still racing today was quoted once as saying “Hallowe’en is the perfect gentleman’s yacht. She is a jewel”.
Racing in the 2nd Fastnet Race, Hallowe’en sailed the fleet home to cross the line some 10 hours before the next competitor. A record which would stand until 1939 when the new course was shortened.
Hallowe’en is a Marconi cutter inspired by the lines of the International 15-metre Classes. She not only won the Fastnet but also set an as yet unbroken record for the race in the year she was launched. Hallowe’en later spent time in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and, under the name Magda XII, in Norway.
There Prince Olaf, the future King of Norway, was often a guest aboard. Between the 1940s and 50s, she sailed in America as Cotton Blossom IV, winning numerous regattas. During the 1980s, she was restored by the Classic Boat Museum in Newport, to which she’d been donated.
In the course of her long career Hallowe’en has been converted from a Marconi cutter to a gaff cutter and then a yawl. In 1993, she was converted back to a Marconi cutter during a restoration job at Barcelona. In 1999 she was sold to a Dutch owner. She has been owned by an Irishman since 2007. Fife himself described Hallowe’en as “perfect, a gem”.
William Fife decided to rig the yacht as a low-aspect ration Bermudan cutter, which was uncommon in the days when gaff rigged racers dominated the various regattas. These experiments with her rig continued over the following years as her mast and boom heights changed and eventually she was transformed to a yawl. As a yawl– rigged COTTON BLOSSOM IV she dominated ocean racing for many years, and has held important records. After racing in the Mediterranean for a number of years she returned to the Atlantic under new owner Alfred Larsen, a Norwegian industrialist. She became the Royal Norwegian Racing Clubs official yacht and was helmed numerous times by future king to Norway, Prince Olaf.
In 1938 she ventured across the Atlantic and then disappeared off the radar. She was later discovered by Walter Wheeler and renamed Cotton Blosson IV before continuing her history of ocean racing and eventually being donated to the Classic Boat Museum at New Port, Rhode Island where she waited for a much needed refit. After 5 years of work in New Port, funds dried up and Hallowe’en was in need of new ownership and she eventually returned to the Mediterranean when Elizabeth Meyer (owner of J-Class Endeavour) helped find a buyer.
Under her new syndicate of Irish custodians, Hallowe'en has continued to improve the racing standards set in her early years by winning numerous Mediterranean regattas, as well as winning overall the Panerai Classic Yacht Challenge in 2017.
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KAHURANGIEste cutter de 19 metros, se construyo en el astillero Percy Vos Ltd en Auckland y fue botado en 1952. Fue el barco insignia del R.N.Z.Y.E. (Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron) entre 1961 y 1987, ganando casi todos los trofeos en la clase "A". Hay una escultura de bronce del Kahurangi en la entrada del Club.
En 1967 tomo parte en la mítica "Sidney-Hobart" y a continuación, en otras muchas regatas oceánicas entre Nueva Zelanda, Australia, las Islas Cook, las Fiji, Tasmania y Nueva Caledonia, ostentando el récord de la travesía en varias de ellas durante muchos años.
Durante esos años, Kahurangi tuvo entre sus tripulantes a algunos regatistas de fama mundial. El neozelandés Peter Blake, probablemente uno de los mejores que haya habido nunca y el francés Alain Colas, que años mas tarde conseguiría el Récord de la Vuelta al Mundo en Solitario, fueron solo algunos de ellos.
El Kahurangi partio de Nueva Zelanda en 1977, y aun se le recuerda después de tantos años. En el distrito Manurewa de Auckland, una calle hace honor a su nombre (Kahurangi Place).
Kahurangi fue diseñado por Arthur C. Robb para Lawrence D. Nathan. Lawrwnce era bisnieto de David Nathan (1816-1885), el pionero fundador de la empresa familiar "L. D. Nathan Co. Ltd (una de las primeras compañías establecidas en Nueva Zelanda.
Robb utilizo las reglas de la clase "12 metros" como base para su diseño. En los primeros diseños que dibujo, el barco media 55 pies de eslora pero vio los planos Doug Bremner (quien seria su primer capitán) y le dijo a Robb que el barco parecía como si le hubiesen cortado. Robb le contesto "eso tiene fácil arreglo" y con un un lápiz y una goma añadió cuatro pies a la proa y tres en la popa. Ciertamente, tanto el diseño final como el propio barco son muy elegantes.
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LIPTONHISTORIAL
Lipton was built in 2011 in La Rochelle, France. She takes the name of Sir Thomas Lipton, a British merchant and yachtsman, creator of the famous Lipton brand of tea, and one of the most persistent competitors of the America's Cup history.
Designed by naval architects Joubert and Nivelt, this Tofinou 12 mixes craftsmanship and modernity in respect with the shipyard tradition, Tofinou 12 is a simple and elegant classic sailboat.
With the same line and esthetics of her sisterships, assuming her 12 meters, the Tofinou12 surprises by the speed and strength sensations she provides during sea trips to her owners. Fast and safe, she combines the beauty of teak and varnished mahogany with the modernity of stainless steel and carbon. Easy to handle, this yacht is designed for solo sailing as well as for experienced crew
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MARIETTE OF 1915Mariette is a gaff-rigged schooner and was built in 1915 by N.G Herreshoff from Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. She is one of only two large yachts that Herreshoff designed and built that still exist. Mariette is a well-known competitor on the regatta circuit and has been cruising and racing in the Mediterranean since the 1970’s when she left the Caribbean to make her home in Europe. Stats LOA - 40m, Beam - 7.2m, Draft - 4.8m, GRT - 102, Displacement - 175 tons, Flag - Isle of Man. Yacht Club – Royal Cornwall.
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MEERBLICK CLASSICDesigned in 1916 by the legendary Norwegian designer Johan Anker (1871-1940), this classic yacht was laid down only one year later in his Anker & Jensen shipyard in Vollen in the Oslo Fjord under the name “BABA”. The aesthetically pleasing long overhangs in the bow and tail area are typical of the award-winning designs of the widely heralded “master of the lines”.
“BABA”, construction number 182, is listed in Anker archives as a 9.5-metre, which never established as a metre class. But her dimensions were not optimized to match the International Rule (for metre classes). So, it appeared as a fast cruiser carrying a Bermuda rig with large sail area in the beginning with two foresails (cutter).
Built for the local businessman D. Steen from Kristiania (from 1924 known as Oslo) the more than one hundred years lasting history saw quite some changes in the ownership. Jeweller Artur David Andersen took over in 1920 and re-named the yacht “Erna Helena”. The baker-family Rolfsen christened it “Gavotte” then, like it was called lately again in Norway, where Peter Ennals acquired the “Samoa” 1989 in very bad condition.
After a doctor from the formerly Finnish Viborg in Karelia (1930) the German air force sailed the boat during the Second World war for leisure. Depending on the usage the interior changed from warm comfort to pure racing mode like today. In 1998 a general refit went on at Walsteds Baadeværft on the Danish island of Thurø near Svendborg. Since then, the yacht continued in really good shape.
The traditional “MeerBlick …classic!” (SeaView classic) takes part in international classic regattas throughout the Mediterranean. In its new home port at the Real Club Náutico de Palma in Mallorca, the mahogany yacht is breathing new life into the classic scene and is often used for leisure sailing with a small crew.
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RAFAELAWind 44 J construido en astilleros Nauta. Diseño original German Frers modificado con popa lanzada.
Año de construccion 1984.
RECLUTALa Historia
A través del Recluta es la historia de una épica náutica que se inicia en 1942 y se extiende durante casi 80 años. En el verano del ´42 en el Atlántico Sur, durante la regata Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata (Argentina), el Recluta compite capitaneado por su dueño Charlie Badaracco. Durante la noche, en medio de una fuerte tormenta, el barco encalla en las aguas poco profundas del Cabo San Antonio. La tripulación hace una fuerte maniobra que destraba al Recluta, pero cae un hombre al agua. En el viraje para el rescate, el Recluta vuelve a encallar. Esta vez para siempre.
Charlie Badaracco recupera lo que puede de su barco y el resto queda allí, como una atracción turística, el recuerdo de una aventura que el mar se devora con los años. Sin embargo, el destino del Recluta es el de volver a izar sus velas. Badaracco le pide a Germán Frers (padre) que le diseñe otro barco, este sería el más grande que jamás se haya hecho en Argentina. Volvería a llamarse Recluta y a navegar el Atlántico Sur.
Los diseños concluyen y está todo listo para la construcción, pero corren los tiempos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hay escasez de metales, plomo para la quilla, bronce y cobre para los cierres y accesorios. La construcción se atrasa en varias oportunidades hasta quedar suspendida. Por segunda vez, el Recluta queda “encallado”.
Pero 76 años después, cuando la historia parece olvidada, Germán Frers repasa diseños de su padre en su estudio con vista al Río de la Plata, y encuentra los bocetos originales del Recluta. El barco vuelve a virar y liberarse de su letargo para finalmente concluir su destino: ser construido y volver al mar.
fuente: Zelmira autora del libro -La historia a Través del Recluta-
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ROWDYEl Rowdy (número de vela NY 49), construido diez años antes de que su hermano, el Marilee (número de vela NY 50), es uno de los cuatro NY 40’s que aún navegan. La flota original, construida entre 1916 y 1926 por un grupo de miembros del New York Yacht Club, constaba de catorce ejemplares.
Estos yates, apodados los Cuarenta Combatientes, fueron los ganadores de la Bermuda Race de 1924 a 1928. Rowdy, cuyo primer propietario fue el senador estadounidense Holland Sackett Duell, originalmente tenía una vela cangreja. En 1998 se realizó una gran renovación.
El yate fue comprado por el inglés Graham Walker, y en 2008 navegó por primera vez en su categoría en la regata de Mahón-Imperia y en la Vele d'Epoca en Imperia. Ganó en la categoría de Época de la prestigiosa Panerai Classic Yates Challenge en 2008, 2010 y 2011.
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SKYLARK OF 1937Commissioned in 1937 by Judge Lawrence Dunham, Skylark is a near- twin of Stormy Weather, another Sparkman & Stephens design. She was the official boat of the Los Angeles and Transpacific Yacht Clubs, and often competed against and beat Humphrey Bogart’s Santana in the Pacific.
In 1950 and 1951, Skylark won the Newport-Ensenada, beating more than 130 other yachts on each occasion. In 1972, she cast off from California on a round the world voyage of over 30,000 miles. She has spent quite some time in the Caribbean, Florida and the Bahamas. In 2003 and 2008, Skylark was restored at the East Passage Boatyard in Bristol (RI – USA). Since 2011, her new American owner has competed her in several Mediterranean regattas including Les Voiles de Saint Tropez (2011 and 2012), Cannes, Mahon and Ajaccio (2012).
SO FONGLA HISTORIA DEL “SO FONG”
El “So Fong” es una goleta, diseño de Sparkman & Stephens, construida por el astillero “Ah King” en la bahía de Causeway en Hong Kong para Thomson Baker, un agente de bolsa de Nueva York que encargó el barco con el propósito de circunnavegar el mundo con su hijo.
Al principio de los años 40 Baker navegó hasta Estados Unidos vía la India, el canal de Suez, el Mediterráneo y el Caribe. Después de este viaje vendió el barco. El nombre “So Fong” se le dio en el momento de su botadura puesto que una superstición china impedía botar un barco sin nombre. En ese momento el dueño todavía no había decidido un nombre y se le puso el apodo de la hija del dueño del astillero “Ah King”. Este nombre ha per- manecido durante toda la historia de esta preciosa y exótica goleta.
El astillero “Ah King” construyó bastantes diseños de S&S. De hecho el “So Fong” es una goleta ligeramente más grande que la famosa y mítica goleta de Seaport “Brilliant”. El constructor usó palo hierro para la contraquilla y los suelos. El casco está hecho de la mejor teca asiática. Los marcos supe- riores son de teca y yakki (una madera asiática muy elástica), y las vigas de cubierta son de camphor y teca. Los mástiles y el aparejo se fabricaron en Estados Unidos y se mandaron a Hong Kong.
Durante la segunda guerra mundial el “So Fong” operó como un guarda- costas estadounidense con una tripulación de siete hombres. Hay una placa sobre la puerta de uno de los camarotes que reza “Oficiales”.
El capitán tenía un espacioso camarote a popa, dos oficiales tenían los camarotes de invitados y cuatro marineros estaban en el sollado de proa. Después de la guerra el “So Fong” pasó un tiempo en Maine y en el Caribe bajo la propiedad del Sr. y la Sra. de Henry Becton que regatearon con el barco (de manera muy competitiva) durante muchos años en la costa Este de los Estados Unidos.
Casualmente el “So Fong” volvió a Asia tras ser comprado por Bill Mathers que tristemente utilizó el barco como buque de salvamento y buceo en el Extremo Oriente hasta que, en 1986, fue capturado por la milicia vietnami- ta, cerca de la costa de Vietnam.
El barco fue confiscado y la tripulación y el capitán detenidos e interroga- dos. Al parecer la alta tecnología de los equipos de navegación y submari- nismo provocaron sospechas de que el “So Fong” estaba siendo utilizado como barco espía. Después de cuatro meses se liberó a la tripulación imponiéndoles una multa. Al Sr. Mathers se le dejó volver al barco y se le retirarían todos los cargos si aceptaba trabajar como agente doble. Nueve meses más tarde se le liberó, después de una importante intervención mediadora del secretario de las Naciones Unidas D. Javier Pérez de Cuellar.
Desafortunadamente el “So Fong” no corrió la misma suerte y permaneció como un trofeo para los vietnamitas (en muy mal estado) hasta 1990.
LA MISIÓN DE RESCATE
En 1990 el Sr. Robert Vershoyle, un marino irlandés, estaba en Hai Pong, (Vietnam), buscando una localización para establecer un nuevo negocio de astillero con otros socios, cuando se cruzó con el “So Fong”.
Después de mucho papeleo consiguió negociar la compra del barco al gobierno vietnamita, y se llevó el barco a Saigón, donde lo restauraron meticulosamente bajo su atenta mirada.
La restauración incluyó el desmantelamiento entero hasta la madera. Los mástiles y la cubierta se quitaron. Todo el cobre se cambió y se le pusieron nuevos raíles y empavesadas en cubierta. Los mástiles son los originales, pero la botavara principal fue sustituida debido a una modificación de aparejo gaff a aparejo de bermuda. Todos los accesorios de bronce fueron refundidos de viejos casquillos de “howitzer”. Aunque en la región había poca experiencia en construcción naval, Vershoyle confió en una muy buena mano de obra vietnamita que ha durado hasta hoy.
Perdiendo la paciencia por la burocracia vietnamita que no le permitía salir de aguas territoriales, Vershoyle y su mujer vietnamita escaparon en el barco y lo llevaron hasta el Mediterráneo.
Hasta hace poco el “So Fong” ha estado atracado en St. Tropez, propiedad de un francés amante de los veleros clásicos que lo utilizaba para chárter y uso particular de su familia.
SONATASonata is design no. 648 by American John G. Alden. Her first owner was Robert R. Williams of Detroit. She remained in the US until 2000 when she was cargoed to Mahon in Spain. There renovation work was begun but was only completed under the new owner, a Barcelona-based sailor who purchased her in 2004. In 2008, Sonata took first position in her category as well as overall victory in the Almirante Conde de Barcelona Trophy. She was also second in her class at the Copa del Rey de Barcos de Epoca at Mahon. Then, in 2009, Sonata finished second in her category at the Puig Vela Classica in Barcelona.
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SPARTANSpartan is the last surviving example of the New York Yacht Club 50’ Class designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Built by the Herreshoff yard in Bristol, Rhode Island, she was launched in 1913 and was one of a series of nine yachts to emerge from there between 1913 and 1915. Her particular class had an LOA of 72’ and an LWL of 50’. Unusually for the day, it had no bowsprit.
Converted to a gaff yawl in 1945 and refit in the 1960s and 70s, Spartan was used for charter in the Caribbean. In 1989, a full restoration was begun but the work was halted while the hull and deck were being worked on. After being abandoned for some time, Spartan was moved to the Herreshoff Museum in 1993. A meticulous restoration was carried out between 2006 and 2009.
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TIRANT PRIMERBreu historial
La Goleta Tirant Primer és un vaixell escola de la Generalitat Valenciana de 1.993, de més de 25 metres d'eslora, que ha estat recentment renovat i posat al dia per continuar amb la seva tasca de promoció educativa i de conscienciació mediambiental a través de la pràctica de l'esport de la vela de creuer. Té per objecte difondre el coneixement del medi marí i la seva biodiversitat, així com conscienciar sobre la seva necessària protecció i conservació, acostant la navegació d’altura a la població. Al “programa Tirant” s'ofereixen aules de mar i cursos de navegació d'altura, on s'inclou la participació en Regates de prestigi com aquesta. Les activitats tenen com a objectiu apropar la població al món de la vela creuer, aprendre vocabulari nàutic i maniobres de navegació d’altura, així com promocionar conductes respetuoses amb l'entorn natural.
Breve historial
La Goleta Tirant Primer es un barco escuela de la Generalitat Valenciana de 1.993, de más de 25 metros de eslora, que ha sido recientemente renovado y puesto al día para continuar con su labor de promoción educativa y de concienciación medioambiental a través de la práctica del deporte de la vela de crucero. Tiene por objeto difundir el conocimiento del medio marino y su biodiversidad, así como concienciar sobre su necesaria protección y conservación, acercando la navegación de altura a la población. En el “programa Tirant” se ofrecen aulas de mar y cursos de navegación de altura, donde se incluye la participación en Regatas de prestigio como esta. Las actividades tienen como objetivo acercar a la población al mundo de la vela crucero, aprender vocabulario náutico y maniobras de navegación de altura, así como promocionar conductas respetuosas con el entorno natural.
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VIVEKA
WINNIE MARIE
YANIRAYanira (sail number ESP1257) was commissioned by the Norwegian cosmetics industrialist Ragnar Appelgren. After spending a period sailing in the Baltic, she was transferred to Majorca. Then in 1964, she was purchased by Spanish entrepreneur Manuel Giró, the first in a string of owners over the coming years, of all of whom were members of the Real Club Nautico Barcelona.
In 2004, Yanira entered the Spanish Morales & Morales yard at Badalona for a restoration. Since 1984, Yanira has won no less than 25 sailing trophies – in fact, she has taken 6 victories in the Copa del Rey at Minorca, 2 in Les Voiles de Saint Tropez and 3 in the Puig Vela Classica Barcelona. She has been owned by Andres de Leon and Magdalena Mora since 2013. Yanira is built from mahogany planking on oak frames
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