The Wild Duck

This page is devoted to all the Lone Gull's that we have knowledge of.

We hope to include photos of them as they come forward!

Junior Senior Eventide Wild Duck Goosander Waterwitch Unidentified Mouette Kylix

Storm 26 3 Tonner M.G. Designs Riptide 31 Golden Hind Barbican and Atlantic Clipper

We are looking for a copy of the Brochure advertising the GRP Lone Gull II. Is there anyone out there with a copy we can scan to add to these pages?

Front cover of YM!

August 2008 we have been told the moulds for this design are available to buy, for about £1,000! Plus craneage and storage.. if we could put enough prospective owners together... maybe...?

March 2010, we have just been sent this picture, of a painting, the one above!

William Tottle the owner has had it on his wall for ages, his father won it in a raffle at YM in 1975, they owned 'Moonfleet' at the time... might be up for sale soon.....

'Gooney Bird' Gordon Knuckey's well equipped Lone Gull II. She is for sale see our for sale pages This pic was taken in 1992 in the Indian Ocean.

'Gooney Bird' Here she is in the waters off Queensland in 1991.

Wooden hull with white topsides, bowsprit. She was built in Fiji and sailed home. Holes Bay Poole Harbour.

'Foreland Gull' Owned by Malcolm and Cynthia Jolly.

Malcolm is the Lone Gull advisor, see the advisors page, he has supplied much information for this page.

This is a GRP Lone Gull II version with brown hull and cream raised topsides and deck. Loco cab cockpit shelter. Home port:- Walton Backwaters

This is undoubtedly an MG design, but which one?? No name either, snapped on her mooring at Waldringfield by the roving camera of Ian Clark, one of our 'Friends'. My money is on her being a 'Lone Gull II'. Do you know her?

Thanks to the owner, Miles, contacting us, we now know she is called 'Egretta'.

Thanks to Hugo for pointing out the differences, a very tidy Barcarole! We will move her over!

This Lone Gull II seen for sale on Boats and outboards site by John Stevens 01/07. which one is she?

‘Mary’ Wooden hull, black raised topsides.

Home port Chichester Harbour.

‘Lonestar’ GRP, dark blue hull with conventional coachroof. Owner John Banks summer harbourmaster of Newtown I of W who has collected much of this information. Thanks John. Pic by Mike Millard.

Home port Cowes, Isle of Wight.

This picture was taken by Mike Angus and if the owner is reading this and would like to get in touch with him his mail address is here... pleasecontactme at talktalk.net

Would be nice to know who the owner is, is it still you John?

John has just sent these pics in February 2011, sadly he has also sent in an advert for her, see the For Sale page...

March 2011.

Mr John Banks

By a County Press reporter - Friday, March 25, 2011

Mr John Banks.

THE commodore of the Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club has died, aged 64.
John Banks, of Noke Common, was born and brought up in Hythe, Hampshire, in a family with strong connections to the water.
He spent his childhood messing about in boats and roaming the New Forest. On leaving Totton Grammar School, he enrolled at Warsash School of Navigation, going on to become a navigating officer with P & O.
In 1969, he joined Hampshire Police and very quickly was posted to the newly formed marine unit based in Cowes, becoming the youngest sergeant in the force at the time.
After spending almost 30 happy years patrolling The Solent, firstly in the Ashburton and then in charge of the three new Seaward police launches, he took a part-time job with the National Trust as assistant harbourmaster at Newtown — one of his favourite anchorages — where his cheerful readiness to help and his extensive local knowledge always endeared him to visitors and locals alike.
Shortly after moving to Cowes, Mr Banks joined 2nd Cowes Sea Scout Group as a leader and more recently as group scout leader, bringing the group to its present position of the largest Island group and only Royal Navy-recognised group on the IW.
He was recently presented with the bar to the Silver Acorn award.
At much the same time, he joined the Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club, serving on the site committee as flag officer, contributing to and editing the club magazine and for the last two years as commodore, overseeing the development of the new marina facility.
A life-long cruising man, he built his first boat, a 19ft Lysander in the garden, progressed to a 24ft Eventide and for the last 16 years cruised The Solent, West Country and Channel Islands in his immaculately maintained 28ft Lone Gull II Lonestar with his wife, Liz.
He leaves a wife, two daughters, a step-daughter and step-son and granddaughter.
His funeral will be held on Wednesday at St Mary’s Church, Cowes.

We are sad to lose John, He was a contemporary of mine, serving in the Hampshire Marine unit while I was in Thames Division in London. We met only once at a conference.. His boat is for sale on our pages and is reportedly, by one of the Steering Group, in perfect order....

‘Cousin Jack’ 31 ft wooden hull with counter stern, completely rebuilt and unique.

Home port, Poole Harbour.

‘Risga’ 29ft Wooden hull.

Home port Poole Harbour.

‘Moonfleet’ Wooden hull white raised topsides and loco cab cockpit shelter. There was an article about her in Classic Boat Spring 1987. Update March 06. Hull repainted Dark blue 1999/2000. Owner Ian in touch, boat at Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, ashore for winter... built 1975 at Highbridge, Somerset. On visit recently Boat yard could not be found ....

March 2010, we have just been sent this picture, of a painting, the one above!

William Tottle the owner has had it on his wall for ages, his father won it in a raffle at YM in 1975, they owned 'Moonfleet' at the time... might be up for sale soon.....

'Brue Gull’ Wooden hull, Gaff yawl rig.

Home port Mylor Cornwall. Thanks to Warren Stevenson for the picture. as a bonus there is also 'Wisp' the MG designed 'Medusa' design in the background!

‘Mew Gull’ Wooden hull and deck .

Y.M. reviewed the vessel in August 1991 ‘Classic yacht supplement’.

Home port Shoreham but currently in Turkish waters.

When the owner gets back to UK waters or anywhere they can call base, we hope they contact us, as Bob Doe of the Trident Owners Assoc has sent a nice print that we can forward!

'Foreland Gull’ GRP, brown hull and cream raised topsides, with loco cab cockpit shelter. Owner Lone Gull Advisor. Home port Walton Backwaters.

‘Little Gull’ Wooden hull, a Lone Gull I? raised topsides. Current owner not known. this boat is for sale, 09/06 see the For Sale pages. She is still in her home port of Langstone Harbour.

August 2008 the new owner, Peter Harrold has just sent this and a few other pics in.

Like the steps

A little TLC needed to bring back her shine, look forward to the pics of her sailing!

January 2011 and Peter has sent in a few more pics of the progress to date. Bad timber removed and replaced. Gave replaced cabin front, foredeck deck beam and a couple of planks, working on transom.

The front of the cabin replaced.

Now the primer is on and the rush is about to start. Aiming for launching this year.

Love the web site.

Plan is to launch in Lincoln and take her to Brancaster via Boston.

Peter.

‘Ivory Gull’ GRP, White raised topsides. Junk rigged. Owner and home port U/K. September 2008, Gerry O'Brien, the new owner has just joined us and sent in this pic, of the last owner sailing her.

Gerry asks what is the displacement of this design and has anyone got a brochure with sail areas etc for the cutter rigged version...

Can you contact us and Gerry if you can help. gerry at left-hemisphere.co.uk

‘Lundy Gull’ Wooden hull currently in build at Penarth, Wales.

See Classic Boat Dec 2003.

For further details and to contact any of the owners, please contact the Advisor, Malcolm Jolly, 01255 813144, who will take your details and pass them on to the owner for them to contact you.

J.W.

We have in our possession MG's original Lone Gull ll in Mid Argyll.

I am a wooden boat builder and we run our own business building new and restoring classic yachts. We plan to restore 'Lone Gull ll' to as original as practicable. She seams to have had her deck and deck beams rebuilt at some time and some new topside planking, as well as of course the addition of the "loco-cab". Much of this work needs renewed as does much of the interior.

Do you have any information on this boat's history?

Do you have any old photos or drawings of her?

Have you the lone Gull ll design drawings and could we get a copy?

I hope you can be of some help and look forward to hearing from you.

You might be interested in our web site www.boatbuildersscotland.co.uk

Yours sincerely

Adam Way

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Lone Gull ll This is the original Lone Gull Built in 1961 by Harry Feltham. She was designed by Maurice Griffith the famous yacht designer and built for his own use. We have her in our possession in our yard as a yard project, time permitting.

We will be keeping her as original possible. The interior is pretty much as she was built but she has been re-decked at some time and her deck beams replaced badly so this is all to be replaced. The plan is to restore her and take some family trips aboard around the west coast and islands before perhaps selling.

These boats have a reputation for being very sea kindly, and well mannered whilst sailing well with spacious interior. Length 28ft Breadth 9ft 1 Draft 3ft 4

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Can anyone help Adam????? Nov 05

'Verano' This Lone Gull II was found on the web by John Stevens. Contacting the owner revealed he had just sold it, Do not as yet know the new owner of this smart looking craft.

'Dawn' Hans has this lovely varnished version in the Netherlands. December 2010 we learn she has changed hands...

Hans with the traditional interior showing. Not sure if he is sailing at this angle or on the sands somewhere....

'Dawn' at Sunset! could the picture above have been taken the same evening I wonder!

I am the new owner of "Dawn", a Lone Gull I. You published some pictures by Hans van Seventer on your website.

This is how she was when I bought her.

I bought her from Hans September last year. She was not in a good shape (already out of the water for a couple of years then and still is), and I am repairing her now.

Some of my challenges. I already removed the upper planks on both sides, to much rot in the junction from deck to hull, and also in the bow.

I'll send photos of the repair and when she is in the water again. That may take quit some time, since I am just a part time amateur boat builder with a job in an office for 4 days a week and many concerts as a conductor and other obligations in the weekend.

Best regards,

Frank

Congratulations on taking her on Frank, hope to see her sailing again before too long,

John

'Elvina' Lone Gull II in Singapore.

I am a boat builder, born in England but now living and working in Sri Lanka building high tech, very light, fast cruising 50' luxury catamarans using epoxy, glass fibre foam sandwich construction with carbon and kevlar.

However, a number of months ago I purchased a Maurice Griffiths Lone Gull II, a real babe built in Australia in 1985 - S.Y. Elvina. She is in need of tender loving care and needs to be taken out of the water and refurbished. I regret I am no expert on Maurice Griffiths but it would appear the babe is a long keel version without bilge keels and I suppose fairly unique as she is twin masted with junk rig.

To enable the babe to be moved from Galle harbour to a local town Kathaluwa where she can be worked on, I need to try and obtain information regarding her lines so that a trailer can be organised. I have found some primitive information from the Internet, a copy of which I attach for your perusal.

In addition I would be very interested in any information you may have on her history, if you have any.

Any assistance you may be able to offer would be most appreciated by the babe and myself. I look forward to hearing from you.

Martyn Hodges Contact me at allroundboatbuilder at yahoo.com

We have provided Martyn with the name of the Junk Rig assoc and Sunbird sails, but a lines drawing is difficult, the best we have he already has from books. Can anyone help him?