Trailing an Atalanta with a Land Rover in the 1960s
Cradle lift set up
Manoeuvring
Neighbours
Elle loaded – heading for Apuldram
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Bosham
Fairey Duckling
RRS Discovery
A15 Artemis II with her raised aft deck
A15 Artemis II main cabin
A15 Artemis II in slings – note the aft deck and rudder
A15 Artemis II Aft Cabin
2021 Southampton Boat Show – Core Contacts
T8 1966 The World Cup – not as good as sailing
A5 A5 Cockpit Seats
A5 A5 Cockpit Seats
A5 A5 Cockpit Seats
A5 A5 Cockpit Seats
“Wake up skipper, the dinghy’s awash”
Alistair Currey visited. His father was Charles, olympic sailor and lynch pin of Fairey Marine
Well, apart from Joile Brise
The AOA were positioned alongside the OGA (Association for Gaff Rig Sailing). The OGA boat was the marvellous Golant Gaffer, ‘Satellite’.
Old friends – Jeremy, nephew of Alan whose ‘Sujanwiz’ was much of the inspiration for the Atalantas
Old friends – Jeremy, nephew of Alan whose ‘Sujanwiz’ was much of the inspiration for the Atalantas
The bleak view forward…
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66 years after her build just down the river A1 on show
The launch site at high tide.
Slalom through the withies and Atalanta is away
And she’s away!
Open to the sea
.. for which the bridge may be withdrawn
The Sussex Coastal Path crosses the launching creek…
The water doesn’t take long to arrive
Mike walks the plank
Waiting for the tide ..
The three wise men look on while the skilled do the job
…going down
Clearing the slipway before the descent
At the top of the slip
En route
Leaving the yard for the slipway
Paynes Boatyard – an orderly haven
Flying high!
Chain hoists in operation
Threading the hoist past trailer
A chain hoist at each end of the strops
The tractor and manual hoist
Ready for lifting
Paynes Boatyard – an orderly haven
The slipway and creek
A1 Atalanta and her towing chum
2021 SBS Information Boards
2021 SBS Information Boards
2021 SBS Information Boards
2021 SBS Information Boards
2021 SBS Information Boards
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A102 Raising the mast (singlehanded – it is simple with the raised chainplates)
A102 Back to the water
AOA Brochure – Why we and the boats are so great!
AOA Brochure – Why we and the boats are so great!
A183 Preparing to scarf new wood into the stringer where the rusted chain plate bolts passed through it.
A183 Water had entered via the chain plate bolts and partially rotted the stringer behind the hull-deck join.
A183 The rotten deck and hull laminates around the rubbing strake have now all been replaced.
A183 These had rotted from the bottom and let water into the plywood bulkhead.
A183 The new bulkhead glued and screwed in place. The forward board is in two parts.
A183 The replacement piece for the bulkhead, the backing board, covering strip and part of the forward board.
A183 The rotten parts of the aft bulkhead were cut away down to the level of the lower section.
Note the complete replacement of the laminated backrest.
A183 The block continues under the stringer to provide more rigidity.
A183 A solid block of Sapele inserted in the cockpit corner for stanchion mounting.
A183 Looking forward.
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A146 1996 Dave & Michelle
A146 1996 Le Bateau Ivre, Dave and Michelle honeymoon. Note the bowsprit
A146 1996 Le Bateau Ivre, Dave and Michelle honeymoon. Note the bowsprit
A146 Bermuda-2-67d5bf3d
A124 Harwich harbour, July 2021
The Walton Backwaters, July 2021
Southampton Boatshow 2021
Dinghies Pixie for sale – garage stored for 40 years
Dinghies Pixie for sale – garage stored for 40 years
Dinghies Pixie for sale – garage stored for 40 years
Dinghies Pixie for sale – garage stored for 40 years
A183 Still plenty more to do on the starboard side!
A183 The deck and hull laminates, apart from those covering the cockpit corner, back in place and awaiting fairing.
A183 The laminates over the curved cockpit corner have been left off for the moment, awaiting some solid wood to be fitted to bolt the stanchion base to.
A183 The first laminate layer back on the deck and hull.
A183 The stringers meeting at the aft cabin bulkhead were both loose; the voids were filled with epoxy. The dowels are filling holes where a stanchion base had been bolted through.
A183 The three deck laminates have been cut back and part of the first layer replaced.
A183 The aft deck has come away from the cockpit side deck.
A89 Same factory, different concepts. Both remarkable!
A89 Colchide is visited by a cousin
A89 New keel slot boards deliver 7.5 knots! They work.
A89 All ready for the action in the Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta
A183 Where the aft deck shell meets the cockpit deck shell the joint had come apart.
A183 Repairs to the hull and deck around the rubbing strake on the starboard quarter.
A183 Port Side Repairs
A184 Note “V” slots and lines of rollers for Aquilo’s keels to ensure correct positioning of Aquilo when recovered.
A184 Note triangular main shroud support allowing easy mast raising and lowering.
A184 View from Galley/Navigation area showing comfortable helming position with vertical tiller.
A184 Aquilo correctly on trailer. Note aerofoil rudder blade in fully raised position.
At top of slip being washed off.
Aquilo winched onto her correct position on trailer
A184 Aquilo nestled onto the back of the trailer. Collecting winch line from the trailer.
A184 Lining up Aquilo ready to run onto the trailer
A184 Aquilo in Portland Marina – Preparing to recover Aquilo onto her trailer