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F53 Pilgrim tucked up safe and soundF53 Pilgrim tucked up safe and sound -
2012 Sailing hard - looking beautiful.2012 Sailing hard - looking beautiful. -
Deannie peaking out from the undergrowthDeannie peaking out from the undergrowth -
The foredeck laminations are now complete.The foredeck laminations are now complete. -
A128 August 1990. Drying out in Derrynane, Ireland, to fix a leak.A128 August 1990. Drying out in Derrynane, Ireland, to fix a leak. -
Sujanwiz helmed by Alan Vines sailing on the Hamble with his brother in law Jimmy Mumford crewing. Fairey Marine factory in the background.Sujanwiz helmed by Alan Vines sailing on the Hamble with his brother in law Jimmy Mumford crewing. Fairey Marine factory in the background. -
2020 07 A1 Photo Shoot Pin Mill 0232020 07 A1 Photo Shoot Pin Mill 023 -
A150 Salizanda on the way to the water in 2017A150 Salizanda on the way to the water in 2017 -
Don't swear at motorboats - one of them might be your sister! This is A94 - a motor cruiser on the Thames built from an Atalanta hull.Don't swear at motorboats - one of them might be your sister! This is A94 - a motor cruiser on the Thames built from an Atalanta hull. -
AGM Dinner Card Cover 1962AGM Dinner Card Cover 1962 -
"Gellie" at Portsoy 2nd July 1999"Gellie" at Portsoy 2nd July 1999 -
A89 trialling foils for the East Coast RaceA89 trialling foils for the East Coast Race -
2020 07 A1 Photo Shoot Pin Mill 0982020 07 A1 Photo Shoot Pin Mill 098 -
A79 “Frisk” Atalanta variant but similarities hard to determineA79 “Frisk” Atalanta variant but similarities hard to determine -
PR Ahead of their time, dry sailing the Atalantas like big dinghiesPR Ahead of their time, dry sailing the Atalantas like big dinghies -
2008 Callista's winter home2008 Callista's winter home
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AOA & Website News
| 26th June - AOA Boat ‘Display Board’ Template Atalantas attract attention wherever they go. To help publicise the boats and the AOA the Association have suggested a template to display boat details for use in Marinas and alongside. These are designed for printing at A3. They can printed and ... | |
| 16th July - Website Updates July ’21 Triggered by some recent (unsuccessful) attacks on the site we have updated the way people can request an account. It is now more manual than before. This does not affect existing users of the website. At the same time we ... | |
| 17th May - Website Spring Clean While most of our thorough Spring Clean was about keeping the site working smoothly there have been some functional improvements too. The ‘Images’ page now includes the Boat sail number in the gallery The Registers have been refreshed and checked against our ... |
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| Atalanta – more than the sum of her parts? (1 comments) 09th April The following paper was conceived in the cabin of an Atalanta during the East Coast Cruise in 2021. ... |  |
| For sale Chamois A147, Masthead Rig , Offers of about £5,000, includes delivery (0 comments) 06th August In commission and ready for new adventures Chamois has been in the present ownership for the last 48 years ... |  |
| AOA Salvaged Parts (0 replies) 17th July With many thanks to the owner and to Mike Dixon who collected them we have just been able ... | |
| A matter of degree(s) (3 replies) 09th July A124 Helene’s cockpit instrumentation is pretty basic — echo sounder (absolutely essential for the Essex rivers) and compass ... | |
| BLISTER TO DECK JOINT (3 replies) 07th July I call it beading, but to be more pertinent, I suppose I should call it quarter round wood ... | |
| NEW – AOA Regalia in our Shop (0 comments) 01st July Atalantas draw attention wherever they go. To add to the publicity the AOA is hoping that all attendees ... |  |
| Stapling Agba (0 replies) 25th June Give in. My ‘search’ skills are rubbish. There was a response to someone’s blog or post about stapling through ... | |
| Jane Stearn (0 replies) 03rd June We have just heard from Jonathan Stearn that Jane died peacefully yesterday. I doubt there are many members who ... | |
| Maurice Donovan (1 replies) 23rd May We just heard that sadly, Maurice died last Friday 20th May, aged 94. He will be remembered by ... | |
| RUDDER PROTECTION ON TROT MOORING ? (3 replies) 20th May At last A90 ‘Jenaka’ afloat after at least 4 years. However, every advance brings a new challenge. There are ... |  |
| Refurbishment and Maintenance (0 replies) 19th May I don’t know about you, but I’m inspired by the spate of truly great work being done on ... | |
| A124 Helene reaches new heights (0 comments) 14th May I popped by to help ready Helene for final fitting out tasks – putting her ‘in the air’ ... |  |
| HELP- LEAKY KEEL BOLT NUT (4 replies) 01st May At last A90 is afloat after 4 years. Now the learning begins : the nut and sealing rubber on ... | |
| Iron sickness (3 replies) 01st May A question to the wise men… Yesterday I took the chain-plates and bow roller off Mary and in general ... |  |
| Christchurch A5 (0 comments) 25th April Christchurch A5 | |
| A5 restoration (3 comments) 25th April Have decided to fit the keel mechanism from Jack of London T4 as it was all made from ... |  |
| Fairey Band in Darkest Dorset (0 replies) 19th April As a relative newby I imagine this will come as a bit of old hat. The audience in Beaminster ... |  |
| Uffa Fox Celebrations in Cowes – APRIL PRESS RELEASE (0 comments) 13th April The organisers for this four day festival in August have issued and update (27th February). The event ... |  |
| Duckling Hull/Sail Number Location? (1 replies) 13th April Hopefully Jaunty A100 will go into Chichster Harbour before the end of April and I then hope to ... | |
| A89 with new Tiger stripes (1 comments) 02nd April I have always like the “Tiger design” NATO jets, so yesterday, I gave Colchide a “Tiger design” to ... |  |