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Whilst sailing with three other AOA members on board, our discussions covered several aspects of owning and sailing  the 31ft Atalanta. Only 12 complete 31ft boats were ever built, but the 13th hull is still intact. Here’s what we know:

Sailing:

31/6	Caperdonich	Anstruther	Restored and regularly sailing
31/9	Destiny	The Netherlands	Restored and sailing.
31/12	Peanut	Wirral	Ketch rig with bilge keels – sailing in 2007

Recently sailing and needing repairs:

31/4	Gellie	Roseneath, Clyde	Damaged in 2013 storm.
31/10	Zambra	Conyer SC	Needing repairs

Under cover, restoration started:

31/1	Sancerre	Bushey, nr Watford	Under cover, restoration proceeding slowly
31/8	Trio of Playford	Austin, Texas	For sale, under cover, considerable work done.

Possible project:

31/7	Moby Dick	Bushey. nr. Watford	For sale in poor condition. Donor for A31/13?
31/13	(Bare hull)	Bushey. nr. Watford	For sale with A31/7

Very likely written off:

31/11	Petesark	Truro	Last seen 2007 in poor condition
31/2	Freedom II	Canberra Australia 1975	Unknown fate
31/3	Balloo	In Germany	Unknown fate
31/5	Elpenor II	In France	Unknown fate

In other words, there are probably 5 boats which with varying degrees of work are capable of being restored to sailing condition. Gellie and Zambra were both sailing until recently, while Sancerre and Trio have been kept under cover and cared for over many years. Moby Dick and the 13th hull will require the most work.

One problem we identified is that, unlike 26ft Atalantas the 31ft boats aren’t so readily trailable, and probably need to be moved with the help of an HGV.

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[Timothy Mallette]

John,  Unfortunately, after speaking with Tim Arnold earlier this year I believe there is considerable work needed on Trio to float her.

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