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September 16th, 2024 by
Engine refurbished rebuilt and repainted. Yanmar GM10
September 16th, 2024 by
Old paint removal almost complete, very sound woodwork. next stage keel removal and repainting.
September 16th, 2024 by
Please consider contributing to this year’s Annual Bulletin. Don’t worry about literary perfection, grammar or spelling – the Editor will help with all of these.And if you have any photos old orRead More…
Get writing A138.... if you fancy that Silver Atalanta!! I'll write an article but not sure I'll be
September 12th, 2024 by
(And the seamanship skills of her crew) The photographs and essence of the story are taken from Ryan’s Facebook page, where he has many posts about A138 and Sweet Sue.All photographs areRead More…
September 11th, 2024 by
Offering Elle (A169) for sale, she is currently in commission afloat at Dell Quay – coming out in mid October, where she will move to a local barn for the winter. SheRead More…
Forgot to mention: - Elle has a 50 litre holding tank, vented through an active carbon filter; pump
Glorious pictures Harald, where are you?
August 24th, 2024 by
This year I turn 70 and my daughter signed me up for Storyworth, which sends a question a week to prompt memories. This week’s question was: What is your favorite storyRead More…
August 23rd, 2024 by
Having been frustrated at my inability to get up the Hamble against the tide in full flow, I have set my mind to finding ways to resolve the fact that the originalRead More…
August 22nd, 2024 by
We were sent these two photos by members of the OGA, Clare and Pete Thomas, who spotted Destiny as they travelled homewards after the Dutch OGA 20th Anniversary celebrations. Thank Pete andRead More…
August 7th, 2024 by
Purpose made trailer for an Atalanta 26. A142 Sugar Plum has been transported from Aberdeen to the West Coast of Scotland every year (and back!). The trailer has suffered damage to theRead More…
August 2nd, 2024 by
This boat was built by my late father in the early 1960s. He bought the hull and the plans direct from Fairey Marine. Sadly, it never saw the water and has beenRead More…
June 30th, 2024 by
The Portsmouth Social Weekend and AGM were a great success. Brilliant weather, good turn-out and amazing location. We had a great couple of days exploring the extensive Portsmouth Historic Dockyard exhibits beforeRead More…
May 29th, 2024 by
I’m very pleased to report – we are sailing again. Me, my kids and my friends Colin and Ross have just been out this afternoon, after sailing Zambra round to Queenborough onRead More…
How fabulous to see! Looks like a happy boat, owner and crew!
Wonderful views of a beautiful Atalanta 31. Enjoy the summer!
May 19th, 2024 by
Sugar Plum has a new bullseye light in her forepeak. What a difference that has made.
Nice
Ironically, I too have a new source of light - alas, it’s an unexpected loss of forward cleat and
May 6th, 2024 by
It’s exciting times in Kent, as Zambra is making the final stages of her long journey back to the sea. After ten long years of intermittent restoration, it was wonderful to seeRead More…
Congratulations! Good to see that it is possible to keep the motivation going for 10 years!
October 6th, 2019 by
For those interested, A38 has found its way across Canada from North Bay Ontario to Saltspring island, British Columbia . A five day 4000km journey. Saltspring island will be it’s new home.
Harry,Hope all is well. I am going to be out at my sister’s in Sooke next summer - will there
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Mobile boatbuilder on the south coast – Sebastian. Sebastian – 07883 032 300.
All the advertising material from Fairey clearly states that the sails can be handled form the cockpit and a recently posted original marketing film on u tube showed this. Can some oneRead More…
Hi Greg, Neither stilts nor surgery required. I suspect that a clever bit of marketing (nowadays called ‘spin’) conveniently forgot to mention that the sails were easily handled from the cockpit, butRead More…
Dear All, Has anyone put an outboard bracket on an Atalanta before? It’s my interim solution before I change propulsion next year when i have money, to get up the Hamble againstRead More…
Hello Stephen Firstly, your inboard should provide more than enough oomph to push your Atalanta along – even against an ebb tide. You might consider checking your motor setup. If this isRead More…
Mike, thanks – i plan to use it for extra oomph when battling the tide as my Farymann is still lacking puff until i work what is wrong/change it around (willRead More…
Stephen, You raise some interesting issues. Let me be upfront – I have no experience of an outboard on the aft end of an Atalanta. Balance – a small outboard on theRead More…
February 1st 2022 by Richard James
Curlew A68 being sling lifted. The 3 and 4 m work perfectly- nice an level.
December 30th 2013 by Fairey Mary
I decided to give Curlew A68 a full paint strip to assess the condition of the wood, and was pleasantly surprised how sound this 60+ year old boat is. So good, I’veRead More…