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The Fairey Atalanta Owners Association exists in support of the Fairey Marine yachts and their owners. If this is your first visit to the site, the About page provides an overview of and links to the content of the site.
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AOA60 Round the World – We’re off!

07/04/2018
Please add our Fairey yacht trips to our AOA60 Log Book to help us get round the World.

?? AOA60 – How well do you know Fairey Marine yachts?

02/04/2018
The AOA0 Challenge is live – have a go, get on the leaderboard, and maybe learn some new facts about the Fairey Marine Yachts.

Photograph Showcase

  • Kittiwake aircraft carrier
  • Fairey Marine Boatpark image
  • A77 2013 remaking the keel and hull under the engine room
  • Julie & Steve in Emma Duck's Tender 1973
  • Sujanwiz at speed
  • A6? or A10? or ? in Ontario in 2010
  • Building Colchide 58-62 (6)
  • A71 "Blue Jackaroo" on the sand at Ryde IOW (?)
  • A105 (7) Date unknown. Turning hull over
  • A138 August 1990. Drying out in Derrynane, Ireland, to fix a leak.
  • A138 September 1989. A stiff south-easterly in St Bride's Bay
  • Award of the annual trophies
  • A48, A1 and Sujanwiz on the Hamble in the 1960s

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Recent Boat Blog Posts

A169 Kerry Piper 100W Solar Panel for 48V charging
solar collage 22/03/2018 Chris Green
Above: 100W “Fuji Wave” panel – delivers a high voltage with exceptional low light energy capture. Mid afternoon March last w/e measured input was 300V+.These are designed for commercial solar ...

Raising A86 off her trailer after repositioning in the barn
Safely on her barrels. 06/03/2018 Bernard Marshall
Today, the 5th March 2018, A86 was moved on her trailer and repositioned in the barn so that all round access was possible. Many thanks to Mike Dixon for coming ...

Test FrontEnd Post
03/03/2018 AOA
This is a test of a Front End Post.

A110 Memories from an Owner
A110 assisting Land Rover Test a V8 Landrover 25/02/2018 Nick Phillips
These photographs relating to A110 Turnstone (now Trientje P, being restored in Germany) were kindly provided by Richard Slater.  [One of the pleasures I get from the website is connecting ...

Portsmouth Bound Prt 7 Lizard Point to Portsmouth
21/02/2018 Paul Jones
So I have finally got round to writing the final instalment of our journey from Isle of Man to Portsmouth. We had a fairly uneventful journey from Lizard to Portland Bill ...

2018 AOA AGM
16/02/2018 AOA
The 2018 AGM was held at the Tamesis Sailing Club on the River Thames in Hampton Wick. It was an excellent day with a suitable mix of ‘business’ and pleasure, ...

Memorable family sailing on Holland waterways summer 1960
Under sail ? 04/02/2018 egaisse
A memorable time for the family which we did not regret.The tide was running out fast in the Zandreek. so we went aground not exactly where we would have wished!. ...

A138 Echo in 1989-1990
A138 September 1989. A stiff south-easterly in St Bride's Bay 04/02/2018 AOA
Pictures of A138 Echo iin 1989 and 1990 kindly provided by Piers Beckett.

A125 Bacardi – A ‘Barn Find’ which died in the barn
"Polaris II" in Mexico as seen before purchase. Baot had not been sailed for 20 years. 31/01/2018 AOA
Below is a story of a long distance affair between Peter Nicholls and A125 Polaris II in Mexico. 1960 Polaris moves to Mexico Fairey Atalanta hull no 128 left the Hamble works ...

La Spezia
aug 23c past lerici 001 13/01/2018 Fairey Mary
I have driven past Genoa and La Spezia a number of times and although the west of Genoa has some beautiful driving roads.  Well they were before they filled them ...