RIP Colin Twyford
14/10/2024
Photo: Colin sailing his beloved Atalanta A95 HiranIt is with sadness that we have to report the death of Colin Twyman. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Colin owned A95 Hiran for thirty years. He was a mainstay of the AOA for many of these, serving as Secretary ...
2024-25 Annual Bulletin – Contributions please
16/09/2024
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 or new, please provide those too.All offers welcomed, however modest or only distantly related to the intricacies of the ...
Uffa – Yachting’s Eccentric Genius. New biography and a play
06/10/2023Uffa – Yachting’s Eccentric Geniusby Malcolm TurnerISBN: 978-1-9144893-5-8256 Pages100 illustrations229 x 152 x 25 mmPublisher: Sun RiseMore information“Uffa Fox was the most influential designer in yacht racing history. His ‘planing’ dinghies and keel boats were infinitely faster and more seaworthy than the older, heavier boats which had dominated the sport since the late nineteenth century. ...
The modern world catches up with Fairey Marine?
30/09/2023
Swallow Yachts has produced stylish and practical water-ballasted yachts for many years. The wood-epoxy construction, rig options, performance and performance have made them popular.And this year they have re-interpreted the brief that Alan Vines laid out for Fairey Marine and Uffa Fox: A fast, trailable, seaworthy family cruising yacht.The Bay ...
Enjoy Our Renewed Home Page
28/10/2022If 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 it changed?The change is primarily to reduce the clutter of the AOA Home Page for new visitors. ...
AOA Boat ‘Display Board’ Template
26/06/2022
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 are designed for printing at A3. They can printed and heavily laminated or printed on foam boards. They can then ...
2022 AGM Tamesis Sailing Club
20/03/202220 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-19 was still a concern and care was taken to minimise the risks. The Minutes, Secretary and Treasurer Reports ...
Website Updates July ’21
16/07/2021
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 users of the website.At the same time we have bundled a number of other changes which we hope ...
Website Spring Clean
17/05/2021
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 the gallery
The Registers have been refreshed and checked against our latest information
Removal of formatting errors throughout the siteAnd, thanks to ...
Uffa Fox in 2022 – Celebrate Uffa’s legacy 50 years on
20/12/2020Celebrate 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
Salvaged Parts For Sale
12/10/2020
Following the scrapping of T4 Brother Jack, A154 Deeanie and A179 Emma Duck, the AOA now have a large number of second-hand parts available for owners. You can access the list through the ‘For Sale’ page.Notable items in the parts available include:3/4 rig wooden mast in apparently good condition with ...
Update on UK Covid Lockdown and relevance to the Association
10/06/2020Despite the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions in the UK (and specifically in England), planned events for the Association have taken a significant hit. We got away with holding the AGM in February, but since then no planned activities have taken place. Thanks to the hard work of the Webmaster, ...
Archive addition – AOA Annual Dinner Menu Cards
02/04/2020Dinner menu and attendance cards for the first seven Annual Dinners – Atalanta Owners know how to enjoy themselves! These cards were kindly donated by the sone of an ex-owner.
Covid 19. The Association’s position 10th March 2020
10/03/2020Given the unprecedented concern and coverage of the Covid 29 virus spread and the actions that are being considered by governments across the world, it only seems appropriate to outline the Association’s current position. I say current, because the situation is changing rapidly; just last night, the Italian government effectively ...
Twenty Two in Twenty Twenty – the 2020 AGM
02/03/2020Storm Jorge didn’t manage to keep 22 of us from The Tamesis Sailing club, even passing through quickly so that we could bask in the sunshine during the AGM and lunch. The Thames flowed fast (within the banks, thankfully) as did the tea! It was great to ...
We’re back – apologies for the break in service
22/12/2019
I would like to apologise to all of our readers for the non-availability of the website in the past few days. A small change triggered some unexpected impacts on the site. I have now resolved the issues and spent time to ensure the security and operation of the site is ...
James Wharram comments on the Atalanta, and the crew of A113 Aku
28/11/2019
UPDATED 28/11 after input from Hanneke Boon of Wharram Designs, including updates to Aku’s boat pageFurther to the article in November the December issue of Classic Boat includes an endorsement of the Atalanta’s capabilities from James Wharram. (James started designing and circling the world with affordable and seaworthy catamarans ...
Adding photos to your blog improved
27/11/2019
A number of you highlighted difficulties in adding photos to your blog entries. With apologies for it having been a bit messy I have now made it more reliable. Or should I say I think I have – please do come back to me if you still have issues.
Membership Subscriptions – Simplified for 2020
07/11/2019Subscriptions for 2020 are due by 1st January.
At the 2019 AGM in March it was agreed to simplify our subscription rates.
There is now a flat rate of £20 for allSubscriptions are now £20 for everyone, regardless of how you pay and where you live.Your interest and subscriptions are what ...
November 2019 Classic Boat – Atalanta as an ‘Affordable Classic’
29/10/2019
It started with a conversation at the Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta in June this year.In the bar.Peter Smith, art editor for Classic boat was taking part with his 8-ton Gauntlet Bardu. We got into conversation about boats (what else) and Atalantas. We suggested that the Atalanta would make a ...
2019 East Coast Rally – Final Programme
07/08/2019The final programme for the East Coast get together and race as part of the Regatta is now available.
Check it out here
It would be great to see as many of you as possible, in a boat or ashore.
June 2019: Website Updated – hope you like it..
20/06/2019
New Styling, Pages and Navigation (menu) OptionsYes, the website looks different. Responding to feedback we have tried to make it easier to find things on the website.In particular you will notice:Colours and styling have been darkened to (hopefully) make things easier to read
The Home Page Layout has been ...
2019 Atalanta Owners in Bristol 11th May
21/05/2019The cold weather took a welcome break and the sun shone in Bristol on 11th May for our meet-up at the Underfall Yard in the Bristol Floating Harbour. There was a pretty unanimous view that it was a great day at a pretty special place. Twenty or so of us ...
2019 AGM Tamesis Sailing Club
04/03/2019The 2019 AGM was a great success with 27 Members and friends attending the meeting and lunch. The Minutes, Secretary and Treasurer Reports will be published for Members in the Spring Newsletter. In the meantime below are some photos of the event and the prizegiving.
Thanks again to the Tamesis Club ...
2019 AGM, Meet-Ups, Cruises and Rallies
29/01/2019Although the wind, snow, rain and frost are still with us I am sure most of us are planning our Summer activities.
Why not make room in your diaries to get together with other Fairey Marine yacht owners and fanciers?
You can find details of all AOA events (open to members and ...
What’s new? – Archive and technical updates
13/11/2018This page details all archive and website updates by the date they were made – scroll down to review.
Feedback on the site and ideas for improvements are always welcome – please use the ‘Contact Us’ page.New material has been loaded to the archive and there have some technical updates.ARCHIVE MATERIAL ...
Site Activity Feed – Never miss a post, blog or comment on the site
17/06/2018AOA Website Site Activity Feed – updates emailed to you so that you never miss a post, blog or comment.
?? AOA60 – How well do you know Fairey Marine yachts?
02/04/2018The AOA0 Challenge is live – have a go, get on the leaderboard, and maybe learn some new facts about the Fairey Marine Yachts.
The AOA is 60 Years Old – Celebrate with us
03/03/2018Check out, and Join in our celebration of 60 years.
2018 AOA Website – introduction
02/12/2017Welcome to the new 2018 AOA Website which replaces the old ‘Ning’ site.
Our new website is still work in progress. We are in the process of loading AOA records and there are lots of things to add and bits that may not work as well as we hoped. (The current ...
Article in Classic Sailor about Atalantas
22/04/2017The Association have contributed to an article in Classic Sailor about Atalantas this month. Dan Houston’s Classic Sailor magazine is an excellent publication – thoroughly recommended. Check it out at http://classicsailor.com.
20 February – Toco goes to a new home
11/02/2017Great news for Fred and the Association – Toco Axxx has a new home. We wish the new owner good fortune in the restoration and hope to follow progress over the coming months.
2017 AOA AGM – Roaring Success in Dartford
23/01/2017The 2017 AOA AGM was well attended with 26 people representing xxx boats.
We discussed….
We had a great lunch with much talk of adventures new, old and future.
And so on