A89 Colchide
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| CLASS | Atalanta |
| BUILT | November 1958 |
| HULL No. | 104 |
| Condition | Restoring |
| Location | Hamble, Hampshire |
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A89 IMG_6298
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A89 A passing crane! Almost looks like a modified Atalanta…
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A89 IMG_6283
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A89 Not enough space/clearance to fit my Aquadrive –
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A89 Finally removed the structure holding it in place – alas the end bit does not come off so looking at a new set up :-(
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A89 IMG_6278
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A89 Ignore the hyd fluid and water… I need to reduce this gap to accept the Beta 14 which is narrower
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A89 A89 Engine space being prepared by Uncle Bernard
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A89 View from the rear
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A89 Need to dig out filler and scarf on a new piece – possibly within my talent level!
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A89 Ditto
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A89 Do i need to replace this !?
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A89 This is how the hyd drive was coupled onto the sterntube/driveshaft
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A89 Area for fixing – cleat pulled through here – needs 3×2.5m and a new stringer underneath as well as a new toerail…
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A89 A89-Hamble-Jan_25-Prepping for mast
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A89 A89-Hamble-Jan_25-Mast_down
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A22, A22m, A89 1/8th Scale Sailing Model A22
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A89 IMG_5275
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A89 IMG_5218
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31-9, A89 2024 08 20 Destiny spied 2
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31-9, A89 Destiny at home spotted by UK visitors travelling South from Haarlem
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31-9, A169, A89 A169 Elle on Dell Quay mooring 1
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31-9, A169, A89 A169 Elle hoisted aloft
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31-9, A169, A89 A169 Elle Dell Quay mooring 2
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31-9, A169, A89 50 metres to club jetty
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 IMG_5711
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 84a5e997-5c29-4a27-9770-e925f589ad54
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 773a4527-9a94-428e-a37f-aa210af65b77
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 16467e38-cd52-4589-998f-1e1b8bf34279
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 bc614808-3011-416e-bff9-987e874fed9c
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 IMG_5684
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 IMG_5700
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 IMG_5707
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 IMG_5709
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31-10, 31-9, A169, A89 IMG_5693
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A89 A89 Tiger Paint Job
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A89 A89 Tiger Paint Job (2)
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A124, A89 AOA Bulletin 2021-22 Cover
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A89 Same factory, different concepts. Both remarkable!
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A89 Colchide is visited by a cousin
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A89 New keel slot boards deliver 7.5 knots! They work.
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A89 All ready for the action in the Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A1, A124, A89 AOA Bulletin 2020-21 cover
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A1, A124, A89 Three of a kind – and a Pub!
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A1, A124, A89 Three of a kind
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A1, A124, A89 A selection of mast heights and details. Freeboards also seem to very widely!
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A89 A89 showing her full spread of canvas
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A89 A89 with Richard and Simon enjoying the sail
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A89 There wasn’t much wind and we punched out over the tide.
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A89 Richard, Hannah and Hamish blowing slowly up the Stour over the tide.
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A89 Passing the containership berths
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A89 Rock & Roll on the Orwell
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A89 River Orwell with Huggy
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A89 Colchide
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A89 A89 Colchide being launched using built in lifting eyes
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A89 A89 Colchide Rudder – December 2019
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A89 A89 Colchide Rudder – December 2019
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A89 A89 Colchide Rudder – December 2019
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A89 A89 Colchide Racing in Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classics 2019
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 A89 takes part in the 2019 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
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A89 2019 Colchide back into the water
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A102, A124, A89 2018 West Mersea Race Morning
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A89 A892018 AOA60 SYH A89 Colchide passes A16
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A102, A89 2018 AOA60 at SYH 25th 019 A102 and A89 A124 in background
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A89 Hydraulic drive unit on aft bulkhead beneath the whipstaff. Note the two hydraulic cylinders for keel lifting
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A89 Showing engine ‘back-to-front’ for ease of maintenance. Also lack of prop shaft due to hydraulic drive
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A89 Farryman 12 hp diesel engine with hydaulic propulsion unit
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A89 A89 (3) Date unknown Stbd keel cylinder
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A89 To stenghten the fore deck, there is a small piece of wood betwen the cabin top and the fore hatch
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A89 Bernard Upton in “Colchide” on Lake Geneva
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A89 The interior – basic and functional
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A89 Engine arrangement. Ferryman and lots of space!
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A89 Winch details.
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A89 Electrics panel – very tidy.
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A89 On the mooring in Lake Geneva 2006
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A89 2015 The inside of the keel boxes still unmarked after over 50 years.
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A89, Dinghies Vertical rudder and skeg
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A89 Vertical rudder blade in mahogany
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A89 A89 from the stern showing the rudder arrangement
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A89 On the Road to Normandy – Bernard Upton’s nautical memoir.
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A89 Inside the keel box
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A89 Colchide ready to leave Switzerland
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A89 2014 Colchide heads for salt water
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A89 Colchide sailing near Harwich
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A89 Colchide lays up 2016
