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| CLASS | Atalanta |
| BUILT | August 1957 |
| HULL No. | 35 |
| Condition | PresumedLost |
| Location | Old Submarine Port, Bordeaux, France |
Scherzo Boat Blog Posts
 | Bordeaux submarine pen article (A35) 2024 January -Saw this article in atlantic magazine. June 2001 edition.Thank you very much to Mike for taking the trouble to post the article on the website. We are always excited to receive new information about any of the boats. There is a crude translation below (corrections gratefully received) and I throughly recommend viewing the video of ... Comments: |
 | A35 features in Audio-Visual treat 2020 April -
Further to the investigations in what happened to A35 Scherzo after the Conservatoire International de la Plaisance closed down in the 1990s we have continued to search periodically. I came across this video on Youtube. It is a light-show / series of video sequences shot in the submarine pens whilst the museum was ... Comments: |
| Contact from Norbert FRADIN in Bordeaux 2019 December - I have today received a reply from Norbert Fradin of the Musée Mer Marine at Bordeaux. He briefly states that he is, unfortunately not capable of giving us any information concerning the boat in question ( A35 “Scherzo”).
Mark Urry
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 | Bernard Blavier 2019 November - Bernard Blavier contacted the AOA in October 2019 to enquire of her whereabouts. (Connecting with ex-owners is one of the pleasures of the website).
Bernard was the owner responsible for A35 being exhibited in the Bordeaux Maritime Museum submarine pens in the 1990s. He has been unable to find out what happened when the museum shut ... Comments: |
 | Memorable family sailing on Holland waterways summer 1960 2018 February - 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!. No problem with an Atalanta and we prepared to spend the night in our cosy arch until next high tide. What an intent moment when ... Comments: |
 | 1993 A35 Sold to Conservatoire de Plaisance in Bordeaux 1993 January - In 1993 A35 was bought to form part of a collection of over 70 boats in Bordeaux, based in the old submarine pens.
Press release from the time: https://www.lexpress.fr/informations/bordeaux-merveilleux-fous-flottants_595134.html Comments: |