25Mar/23
Two Keels – Quiz 1st April 6pm
A casual get together in the Zoom bar of the ‘Two Keels Inn’. Bring your own drinks and snacks. Open to anyone who wants to come along. This year we are planningRead More…
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06Nov/22
Atlantic crossing A115 moves South with new owner
We are delighted to hear that A115 ‘Mara’ has been sold. Her new owner has moved her to the South Coast to complete her restoration. This is great news. In 1975 EricRead More…
28Oct/22
Enjoy Our Renewed Home Page
If you use the AOA Website regularly you will have noticed a big change to the Home Page. Below are some thoughts which might help you understand the changes. Why has itRead More…
25Oct/22
A sad day for A179 Emma Duck
A small team visited Rye last week to rescue parts from A179 Emma Duck before she is destroyed. The Secretary and Committee have worked hard in recent years to support the ownersRead More…
26Sep/22
Duckling Worlds 2022 – You should have been there
The first ever Duckling World Championships were held at Bosham Hoe after the Uffa Fox 50 event. The weather was kind and the Currey did a great job of organising the eventRead More…
26Sep/22
Uffa Fox 50 – three weeks of fun
All over a month ago now. Here are a selection of the photographs from the events in August based around the Uffa Fox 50 event. The highlight was undoubtedly seeing five Atalantas,Read More…
18Sep/22
Memories of A19 Valare
The boats travelling to the UF50 event in August stopped off at Brighton. They were spotted by Mark Whittle who sailed A19 Valare in the 1970’s as a young boy. Mark veryRead More…
15Aug/22
Uffa Fox 50 – Celebrating Uffa’s Legacy
The excitement is growing! Just 2 days to go. Check out the Uf50.org website for the latest including details of some of the interesting boats attending, including the Atalantas. The event isRead More…
06Aug/22
For sale Chamois A147, Masthead Rig , Offers of about £5,000, includes delivery
In commission and ready for new adventures Chamois has been in the present ownership for the last 48 years with regular cruising suspended only for most of the ten years we spentRead More…
01Jul/22
NEW – AOA Regalia in our Shop
Atalantas draw attention wherever they go. To add to the publicity the AOA is hoping that all attendees at the UF50 event will sport an AOA Polo shirt and that all theRead More…
26Jun/22
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 areRead More…
23May/22
AOA Gathering – Dundee Baker’s Dozen
Thirteen of us met up in Dundee: George, Estelle and Morag from A147 Chamois; Bernard from A66 Sassi; Jonathan from A183 Bluster; Mike and Sheila from A1 Atalanta; Greg from A142 SugarRead More…
13Apr/22
Uffa Fox Celebrations in Cowes – APRIL PRESS RELEASE
The organisers for this four day festival in August have issued and update (27th February). The event is growing with detailed plans for the sailing and a host of activities around theRead More…
Atalanta – more than the sum of her parts?
The following paper was conceived in the cabin of an Atalanta during the East Coast Cruise in 2021. New owner Jim Sumberg was reviewing the innovations within the Atalanta and its partRead More…
31Mar/22
Old Atalanta Sails wanted
The Uffa Fox 50 celebrations are calling for old sails from Uffa boats, to be used in creating regalia for the event. If you have any hiding at the back of yourRead More…
2022 AGM Tamesis Sailing Club
20 Members and friends attend the 2022 AGM meeting and lunch. It was great to be holding another ‘In Person’ meeting after last year’s was ‘virtual’ due to Covid-19. Of course, Covid-19Read More…
27Feb/22
Uffa Fox Celebrations in Cowes – PRESS RELEASE
The organisers for this four day festival in August have issued and update (27th February). The event is growing with detailed plans for the sailing and a host of activities around theRead More…
20Jan/22
‘Out of Arklow’ – book added to Archive
We came across this book recently by Danny O’Neill. Danny owned A78 Marianda in the 1980s and 1990s. The book is about Danny’s life at sea on eighty different boats as aRead More…
15Oct/21
A15 Artemis II – Unique and in fine condition – £4000 ono SOLD
Presently afloat and in commission in Chichester harbour. Artemis II is in good condition with a Sabb marine single diesel engine and a new under boom cockpit cover. All fresh painted thisRead More…
13Oct/21
Southampton Boatshow Success
Atalantas at a Boatshow? First there was one – the twenty four feet long Atalanta prototype, in 1955. Then, over the next decade, Fairey Marine built one hundred and eighty six AtalantaRead More…
13Oct/21
1966 – We nearly drowned
The AOA caught up with the son of an ex-owner at the Southampton Boastshow in 2021. This was great – it filled in an ownership gap in our records and provided theRead More…
09Sep/21
A1 Generating Chatter At Southampton
After a great deal of effort by Mike A1 is moored in the ‘Class Association’ area of the Southampton boatshow, alongside the Old Gaffers Association. She has already generated ‘chatter’ – sheRead More…
20Aug/21
A117 Turtle project with trailer, free to be restored
Free for restoration. Turtle is currently sitting on a four wheel trailer in Truro. If someone out there will take her please do, just send a lorry we can pull her onRead More…
11Aug/21
Do you Facebook? New Atalanta Group
There is a new ”Group’ on Facebook – Fairey Atalantas. Whilst not an AOA ‘official’ group we will be posting on it about the Association and the boats. We would really loveRead More…
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 usersRead More…
07Jul/21
Fairey Marine Pixie Tender For Sale
Very rare Fairey Marine Pixie Tender for sale. Open to reasonable offers. The tender has a deck over one half and has been stored in a garage for forty years. It willRead More…
30Jun/21
2021 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
A89 Colchide attended the 2021 Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta over the weekend 25-27 June. This Regatta encourages both motor and sail boats and this year was graced by half a dozenRead More…
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 theRead More…
31Mar/21
A85 Kicky Wicky in the 1970s
I was delighted to welcome an ex-owner of Kicky Wicky as a website user last month. Having ‘conversations’ with ex-owners and their families is one of the delights of my job asRead More…
22Mar/21
A155 Miranda – Still Alive
A chance contact with the original owners of T10 Calista led to a photo of Calista with A155 Miranda in the background which, with thanks to the AOA bloodhound which is ourRead More…
19Mar/21
T10 Calista – Memories from her first years
February was a great month for connecting to ex-owners of Fairey yachts. Rodney, son of Titania T10 Calista’s first owner, joined the website and we entered into a conversation by email. RodneyRead More…
17Jan/21
Fairey Marine Pixie Tender For Sale – SOLD
Very rare Fairey Marine Pixie Tender for sale. Open to reasonable offers. Built circa 1950 as a tender to the Fairey Marine Atalanta class yachts using the vacuum hot moulded plywood techniquesRead More…
03Jan/21
A182 Skimmer – Restoration Project (Virginia Beach, US)
A182 Skimmer has been in storage in Virginia Beach, USA, since 1985 in a tent, and been kept dry. She is now looking for someone to complete her restoration. She is lyingRead More…
20Dec/20
Uffa Fox in 2022 – Celebrate Uffa’s legacy 50 years on
Celebrate the designs, work and life of Uffa Fox with sailing, racing, fun and Uffa history in Cowes over a weekend in 2022, the 50th anniversary year of his death
19Dec/20
Fascinating profile of Charles Currey
‘..an incredible sailor, who at the same time was also a clever and insightful innovator‘ Dougal Henshaw, Sail-World 18 December 2020 Dougal Henshaw has just published a fascinating profile of Charles CurreyRead More…
15Dec/20
Happy Christmas to all
The AOA Annual Bulletin and Yearbook should be hitting Member doormats this week. Thanks to all the contributors and to Bernard and his team for its production. And a very Happy ChristmasRead More…
27Nov/20
How A105 became ‘Taku Maru’
We were delighted to hear from the son of Taku Maru’s original owner, Philip Booth, about his recollections of her and how she got her name. I am really delighted to seeRead More…
27Nov/20
Atalanta Vendee Globe Sat
Hi fellow sailors and boat maintainers. I think we should get together and discuss the Vendee Globe out of a sense of shared interest. I have created a zoom meeting below forRead More…
21Nov/20
A166 Hullabaloo For Sale – £400 in boatyard on Portland
Through a series of unfortunate experiences A166 is in need of a new home. She is in Clark’s Boatyard on Portland. Contact Tim or Denise at 01305 860265. Although originally covered theseRead More…
21Nov/20
Atalanta 26 For Sale – A161 Amber Ellen, £Offers
Atalanta 26 for sale – A161 Amber Ellen. Based near Ullapool Amber Ellen is offered with a trailer and some interesting modifications including wheel steering. With varnished hull and decks she now needs some attention and TLC. The exterior needs re-finishing and decks may need some repairs. The hull is in sound condition. Amber Ellen has had some interesting modifications through the years including raised tubular toe rails and wheel steering.
20Nov/20
A140 Kate Thomas – Two Views of Ownership in the 1990s
A recent tidy up by one of the AOA ex Bulletin Editors brought to light a new document written by an owner’s wife offering a different perspective on the ownership, sailing and trailing of an Atalanta.
18Nov/20
Hot Wood – Dougal Henshaw writes on Fairey Marine Hot Moulding
Thanks to Bernard Marshall for bringing to my attention the excellent article on the Yachts and Yachting website about Fairey Marine hotmoulded boats. It majors on the dinghies but the Atalanta doesRead More…
20Oct/20
Laying-Up eMeeting this Sunday – Details Published
The details of the virtual laying up get together have now been published under the Event entry. It would be great to see as many of you as can make it comingRead More…
13Oct/20
Classic Boat A1 Design and Restoration Review
With the completion of A1 Atalanta last year it seemed like a golden opportunity for the Association to have another push at publicising our excellent wards. A1 was a very special boatRead More…
13Oct/20
12 October 2020 – A154 Deannie Obituary
The decision to scrap A154 was taken in October 2020. To all intents and purposes A154 is no more although she lives on through parts salvaged by the AOA to be usedRead More…
12Oct/20
Salvaged Parts For Sale
With the recent scrapping of T4 Brother Jack and A154 Deeanie the AOA now have a large number of secondhand parts available for owners. You can access the list through the ‘ForRead More…
05Oct/20
A154 Deannie – Last chance to save her
It is planned for Deannie to be scrapped over the weekend of 9-11 October. This week is the last chance if anyone wishes to save her. I you are seriously interested andRead More…
28Sep/20
A115 Mara For Sale – £800 SOLD
I have taken the decision to let A115 go to a new owner. Sadly I don’t have the time to work on her where she is as there is no power andRead More…
28Sep/20
F3 Dunsheen Restoration Project
I hope there is a competent person out there who would take on the restoration of F3 Dunsheen and sail this lovely boat. She is a good example of this classic classRead More…
29Aug/20
2020 East Coast Cruise in Company
It will not go down in the AOA Annals for its mileage or good weather but we all had a great time. We explored the Stour, Deben and Walton Backwaters before StormRead More…