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reset Feb 2005
Junior Senior Eventide Wild Duck Goosander Waterwitch Mouette Storm 26 Unidentified
3 Tonner Riptide 31 Golden Hind Lone Gull II's Barbican and Atlantic Clipper Kylix
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| 'Kylix' This class has now it's own page too, click the picture to go there. | |||
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'Eirene' Found in Bradwell. Odd rounded transom. Timber, construction, planked in ply and built in Rhodesia, the owner who built it planned to use her to escape, sailing from South Africa. I hope to find out more. Yes here is the latest.... This is Mr. Scrace's boat Sail No 111. Built in Rhodesia and later shipped to the UK after many years sailing the South African coast. As it is so modified we will leave it here with the M.G. designs. Tony thinks MG actually designed it separately. She is 30 ft long and with extra rig and ballast. Hollow bilge keels too. ( they are fuel tanks!) Tony was looking for a shared ownership agreement with maybe one of our number to fit her out and get her back in the water for 2006. She does not really need restoring, just sorting! All is there, a coat of antifoul and a lick of paint on the topsides. The gear on board is all 1970's but most works, Tony admits it might want more up to date gear as time goes on... March 2007, Tony has decided to offer her for sale, and has sold her via our For Sale pages.!! the new owner Norman has now registered, has the masts back up and hull part painted!! August 2007, ' Eirene' has been launched into the Blackwater! She will be out and about with the EOG later this year. Norman has changed the galley and heads and altered the accommodation to suit her new role as a coastal cruiser. I expect the companionway will get altered next! More pics of her soon.
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One of the Few Francis
Drake Class vessels built. Designed by MG
as a larger version of the GH they turned out 37 ft on deck, but
as many, this one stretched to 39!
Review in Y.M. |
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'Matapan'
A 'Good Hope' Design by M.G. Seen here at Burnham. There is a Ferro version of this, the 'Barrier Reef', in the R. Colne, sadly now a houseboat! 'Cabonade' The drawings of this design are now on CD! |
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'Foreland Gull'
A Lone Gull II. Owned by Malcolm and Cynthia Jolly |
We have started a page just for all the Lone gull II designs that we have owner information on, courtesy of our Advisor Malcolm Jolly. See the advisors pageWe have a list of all known Lone Gulls and some more photos here. Click here to go to the Lone Gull II page
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| A Seareach 30, one of the less known M.G. designs. | |||
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'Providence' The
same SeaReach 30 as above, now afloat and for sale on
www.boatsandoutboardsforsale.co.uk Who owns it? |
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| 'Coronette' Bill Booth's 'Tringa' class MG design, being hauled out Autumn 2003, in a yard I know well, at Millbrook, Cornwall. | |||
| Bill booth has made such a nice job on this boat we felt she should have a page to herself, it could have been on the restorers section, but we have made her a features boat, Click here to go to her page. | |||
| A later pic of 'Coronette' She is up for sale, Nov 05, see the for Sale page | |||
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This is a line drawing of
'Sixpence', taken from 'Dream Ships by M.G. Where is she now? David Ellis would love to know.... Well now we know! Thanks to Andrew for this letter Just a quick line to say that my father Bill Turton owned 'Sixpence' for many years. I can still remember travelling to the East Coast with my father to view the boat - it was painted an awful pale blue - everywhere!!
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This is Tinka, 'almost' another sister ship to Sixpence. Seen here in Italy, where she went in 1988.
October 2006, Tinka has been sold and the new owner has been good enough to send in pics and offer the plans to us so we may scan them and place them on CD for all! I have given her a page of her own. (click on the underlined words). Below are details of another 'almost' sister ship! |
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Here is
'Sequence'! Below are more extracts from an old YW magazine, from 1957. This boat was designed by MG for his own use, he must have been sailing it in the early 1960's. kindly sent in by Phil Bianchi. |
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This is part of the write up on her. |
The
Sail Plan
So the question remains, 'Where is sixpence'? |
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"Ocean Dove" Was first launched in 1959. She is a modified Maurice Griffiths Maplin Class Ketch. Her hull is carvel mahogany on Irish oak frames. She has a pitch pine keel and bilge stringers. |
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"Ocean Dove" Lying Northern Ireland. As a footnote I have just found an article written by Jim Andrews. Jim wrote for P.B.O. for years and was best known to most for his Catamarans... however in his book 'Twelve Ships a Sailing', he reveals he built this boat! He also reveals that due to an accident with the frames, she was rather slacker bilged that she aught to be and so over built she floated a lot deeper than she was supposed to. a lesson for all, try not to alter the designs. The designer knew what he was about. Seems she sailed all round the western Isles and Irish waters and always gave a good account of herself, where is she now I wonder. December 05. |
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| 'Quiet Reach' In need of a little TLC. Is the owner on line? It is a M.G. Medusa. GRP construction, one of many built. Must be a better pic of one somewhere! | |||
| Could this be the same Medusa? she was spotted in March 2007 for sale on the boatshed website. | |||
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'Tina' She was for
sale, where is she now? May 2006 the new
owner Tony is moving her to Hartlepool and has just registered. Solé 9
hp inboard now, boat undergoing refurbishment. hope for more pics as
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| What is this ? If B. Micklewhite was the owner, is he still? I think they are two different boats.... not a Tidewater...? Bruce is in touch and working on her! can't wait to see the restored boat pics! | |||
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This picture and the one below were sent in by Bruce Micklewhite (The owner)
so that answers one question, however - what is she? Thanks to Mike
Field in Australia we believe she is a 'Swin' class! The Swin was designed jointly by M.G and Alan Buchanon. |
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| Another one from Bruce Micklewhite, is it an Eventide? Note Centre cockpit. Again we now believe it to be a 'Swin', but with a centre cockpit?! Hope the owner sees this and contacts us. Was for sale in an Essex boatyard. No further details known?? Oh yes they are, see the for sale pages! Peter Larkin, a fellow marine engineer is selling this boat and has sent details and another pic! | |||
| This is the other view of the 25ft boat, believed M.G. design, possibly a Swin class, stretched slightly and modified by Parsons of Leigh in the building? Sept 2004 update, Andrew Wallace, one of our 221 registrants, has bought her and is working on her to be afloat next year we hope! More pics to follow! And yes, it is a MG design! A 'Swin', but centre cockpit! | |||
| 'Misty II' Andrew Wallace has sent these latest pics in. Misty is undergoing some repairs and Andrew hopes to be afloat next spring! | |||
| 'Misty II' A view into the aft cabin. The frames up on the left have already been doubled, but Andrew is laminating new ones in... | |||
| The main cabin. Andrew admits it is a bit cramped, so is going to modify it slightly. removing one of the berths and junking the galley etc to all be replaced by new. | |||
| This bunk had a very odd set up, one foot under the locker, the other on the edge of the bunk? Andrew is removing this one. | |||
| August 2005 'Misty II' ready for launching, looking immaculate! | |||
| Afloat again! Look forward to crossing wakes some time in the future! | |||
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'Tugela'
Owned
and sailed by William Challis out of Woodbridge. She is a 'Finesse 27' jointly designed, we believe, like the 24ft version, with L. Harbotell and M.G. Built by Platts boatyard of Leigh, Essex.. |
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| 'Tugela' Seen ashore so we can see her lines and bilge keels! | |||
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Another 'Finesse' near Osea, May 2004.
An extract from a letter regarding MG and the Finesse class from Alan Stacey Alan Platt certainly told me about the initial poor performance and subsequent revisions of the Finnesse. (With MG) I spent a very pleasant few hours with him in his yard at Thundersley on two separate days some years ago . The first being when I asked him to make me a new mast for Stella Marie (receiving a severe dressing down for breaking one of his masts) The second day being when I collected my smart new one. I had cause to be near Southend about two months ago and went to see if he was still around. The yard is obviously closed and a house or two built on the site. So it would seem that another yard building "proper boats" has gone.
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| 'Capricorn' another Finesse, from the net by John Stevens. | |||
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| 'Maplin Maid' on her mooring at Tollesbury, owned by Scott the vicar from Walton now! | |||
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| 'Maplin Maid' again. Scott has contacted us to correct me, She is a 26ft Bawley! I would have thought she was at least 2 ft bigger! | |||
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I have had this in from member Chris Keenan, Former
owner of Maplin Maid and blue water sailor!
I kept Maplin Maid for a few years, the previous owner, Fred Aurtherell,
also did, before me, in this old bomb hole off Small Gains Creek,
there was enough water to scrub her off at low tide. Fred always told me he
thought Hitler was not such a bad bloke for giving us this nice big hole
with loads of water to scrub off with!!
'I have some old photos of when we were repairing 6 tonners as we called them, the Bawleys. I think the Cocklers we called 5 and 'alf tonners. (This was because we also repaired the real cocklers and bawleys, like 'Renown', 'Valiant'. 'Navigator', 'Letitia 2' and little Stevie Meddles 'Ranger 3'. she was the first to have a fwd 'wheil'arse' ...) The latter are of course the commercial fishing boats! I will look them out! Thanks Chris for the memories! |
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This is 'Chloe of Mourne' another 38' Francis
Drake class (Similar the the Golden Hind. ) She is presently undergoing a refit and the owner may part with her in 2005, watch this space! |
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This is the interior of
'Chloe of Mourne' |
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| 'Evenstar', No not a big Eventide but indeed a steel 'Vulcan' design by MG. This one was found at Maldon, Sept 04, the owner saying he had just bought her and was interested in us, I will drop in a welcome pack to him. He thinks he has a years work to do! Dec 05. I am pleased to say that the owner, Douglas has registered. We hope to see more of this fine ship! We have noticed that the boat is looking tidier and shipshape now. just have to catch him under sail! | |||
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| Another Steel Vulcan? Roberto Barco's boat | |||
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| 'Odyssee' another Vulcan class, this time in the Netherlands. October 2007, just sent in by the owner, Eilard, from Amsterdam, who has just enrolled. | |||
| 'Odyssee' Looking powerful and polished! The Vulcan is a strong looking vessel! | |||
| 'Odyssee' high and dry, showing how these strong steel vessels can dry out on a hard flat surface and still be comfortable. The ship put is aground at low tide south of the island of Ameland. | |||
| 'Odyssee' Latest pics in for Eilard May 2008, sailing near the Island of Terschelling in the Dutch Waddensea. Looks great Eilard! | |||
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'Adora'
31ft steel Vulcan owned by
Florence down in Devon on the River Dart. She is up for sale, see the 'for Sale' page. April 08. |
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| 'Fortuna' a steel 30 ft boat that looks so much like an MG design, but which one? the owner thought Kylix, but I think not, maybe Vulcan or a modified Barcarole.. any thoughts anyone. She is Belgian flagged and in Holland by the look of the pics.. hoping to get more measurements from Marc, the owner. | |||
Whatever MG design she is, she is certainly looked after! If that is you Marc, you should look pleased! Yes it is Marc and we now believe she is a Vulcan. We have been able to put another Vulcan owner in touch.. |
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'Banjo'
A MG Bawley
class We have just heard from the owner, Antonia. See
the pic of 'Maplin Maid'
above!Do we know any more about Banjo? I seem to remember seeing her on the Blackwater years ago, she is now on the Exe. Was she in an M.G. book or Classic Boat? We have put the owner in touch with our Lone Gull II rep. J.W.
I have just found your web site whilst doing
research on my Thames Bawley 6 tonner. It seems that you are creating some
kind of data base on Maurice Griffiths designed boats. If you are
interested you may have a photo or two of mine at present called 'Banjo' I
dislike the name and so may change it.
She is 26 ft overall plus bowsprit rigged as a
cutter. Built by Johnson and Jago in 1965. Mahogany on Rock Elm frames.
She is in excellent condition. Antonia.
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April 05, Antonia is back on the water, and having sorted out the rigging, and managed to get the heads door open again after they tightened the rig excessively, she hopes to get out sailing! Looking forward to more pics. Glad the bush telegraph we have worked for you, She has been in touch with several other owners! |
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| 'Fortuna' Another MG Bawley, this time only 22ft long.... Thanks to Jenny and Nathan for this pic, We have been able to put all the Bawley owners in touch, after they registered! | |||
| 'Fortuna' April 07, Jenny and Nathan have just been in touch to ask if we can advertise her, you will find her on the For Sale page. she is a splendid MG boat! | |||
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| 'La Deseada' is Maurice Griffiths bawley Yacht built by Johnson and Jago in 1962. Carvel built of Mahogany on Oak with a long iron keel she was substantially re built in 2001. The deck and Cabin top are all new in marine plywood sheathed on GRP. All deck beams and carlines have been renewed as are all keel bolts. | |||
| She was fitted with a new Yanmar 3GM 30 F 3-cylinder diesel in 2001, that has done only 200 hours. Currently used as a fishing / day boat, she offers accommodation for three with a galley and basic heads. | |||
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'Taloa'
is a 1950 Thames Bawley built by James Cook at Wivenhoe. October 2008, Roger Galley has her for sale on the 'For Sale' page |
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| She is 25' long, 30' overall including bowsprit and bumpkin. Beam 7' 11", displacement 4.5 tons approx. Draft 3'6". | |||
| Carvel construction, inch mahogany planking on oak frames, copper rove fastened with an iron ballast keel. Bermudan cutter rig. Aft cockpit with tiller steering. 2 Cylinder sole diesel engine. | |||
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| 'Kinvara' Certainly an MG, but which one? She is 36 ft loa, built of steel, in 1980. Her first owners sailed her for 7 years around the Pacific? Any one know who that was? Colin reports she is of 4'6" draft , a gaff rigged cutter with bowsprit and solid dodgers. She has old style opening deck hatches and bronze opening ports. | |||
| 'Kinvara' Close up of the foredeck. | |||
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Here is a delightful picture of 'Charon'
A
sister ship to 'Tamaris'
We have given
her a page of her own,
please click here to go to
it. She is sailing in Australian waters! |
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| This is 'Tamaris', seen alongside the quay in Cork in 1988. Picture from a website somewhere courtesy of Gary Hamilton. Do we know which web site? | |||
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This is 'Safari'
sent in by Gary, similar to
'Tamaris' above but different rig and other differences. I hope to list them
soon.
Safari is the sister ship to Tamaris and was
built alongside Tamaris at the Johnson and Jago yard at Leigh on Sea in
1950. The vessel was built for a friend of Maurice Griffiths who was a
large man .For this reason a raised coach roof was added. This and other
small details were the only differences in the two vessels. Both
vessels carried identical rigs, although it was found the safari had
bad weather helm while Tamaris was beautifully balanced, a condition which
the designer could not explain and of which was remedied by Mr. William
Milne formerly of Aberdeen who brought safari to the west coast of Canada
I hope this will help you. If you require any
more info I should be happy to oblige.
Gary
Thanks for that Gary, John. |
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| The Gulf Stream 42. We have had a request for more details on this design. do you know of one that was built? The last known holder of these plans seems to be unobtainable. anyone know where Phil Sheaf has moved to? | |||
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| 'Mackerel Skies' Owned by Graham Peck, this is a great pic of a Finesse 24. MG was jointly responsible for her nice lines, who was the co-designer? It was L. Harbotell! Pleased to get that little gem from an owner! She sailed out of Maldon for some time, presently at Bradwell on her way to Suffolk. Hope to see more of her in the future! | |||
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| Another Finesse 24 found for sale on E-Bay. do not know is she sold, and cannot quite make out her name.... however the sail number 12 is clearly visible. Wonder if the owner is out there? | |||
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| 'Meriel' Now renamed 'John Humby'. This M.G. Barcarole now has her own page on the Builders and Restorers section. Hugo is keeping us up to date with the restoration. The boat is in Maldon, but Hugo lives the other side of the country! | |||
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This Barcarole was on the Lone Gull II for a
while, (and still is too!) but Hugo Pettingel has identified it as a
Barcarole. Do we have a name? She was snapped on a mooring at
Waldringfield by Ian Clarke.
The owner, Miles has just contacted us, November 2008. she is called 'Egretta'. |
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Many thanks to William for these excellent pics and the additional
information on 'Banjo',
that we have passed on
to Antonia.August 2007, have just spoken to a former owner, who spent a long time restoring her, he also gave me the name of the person in my village he bought her from! Small world. |
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Mail him at the following address, leave out the spaces and put the @ symbol in instead of 'at' of course! 'phil at soundmin.co.uk' (For those worried about 'web crawlers' trolling through and picking up their addresses this is a neat trick! Most of us have good enough spam killers to prevent problems, but for the nervous, it works!) |
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June 2006, Phil has sent these pics in and some more
into. He says it is 27'6" long, by my reckoning that is too long for a
Cockler, they were 25ft. The pics of her afloat show her in Tollesbury, Woodrolfe Creek. The times I must have sailed past her and not noticed! I still have a mooring there! |
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I think she is a Barcarole, the right length, and the
later ones had no centreboards, again the Cockler did have a
centreboard... or did they we have just had details of one without!
Phil is to have his own page on the restorers section where
'The North Star' can be
watched as he restores her! September 2007, we have just heard that this vessel was destroyed by being set afire... The owner could not sell it and the farmer wanted his field back.. What sad end. |
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| 'Serica' An M.G. Cockler, owned by Teresa a recent registrant, June 06. She sails in the Falmouth area. Teresa confirms her Cockler is 25ft plus the bowsprit, but has no centreboard, but is a bilge keeler. Years ago I feel sure I went on board a Cockler in the London River and she sported a board, or was she not a Cockler?? Anyone throw any light on it? I know the first half dozen Barcaroles were centreboard, but after that they were bilge keelers..... was it the same with the Cockler? | |||
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'Veterata'
Sister Ship to Tamaris, new home Found!!
See
the Builders and Restorers pages
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| Another Roach class boat found. this one is a Tollesbury. Spotted by John Stevens. | |||
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The vessel on the Left is a MG Seareach 30, steel built and looking great!
She is for sale on the net.
http://marinedirectory.ybw.com/boat/new/home.jsp Sadly the pics do not enlarge..... Looks just like a Riptide to me!! |
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| 'Ayuthia' This beautiful 1936 40 plus foot MG boat was found by John Stevens on the web. She is for sale in the States. Built for her owner in Thailand from Teak and exotic timbers, she was recently refurbished... One for the wish list I think! | |||
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| This MG 38ft beauty was again found by John Stevens on the web. She is for sale on Malaysia. | |||
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| A Gulfstream 44. Again found by J.S. on the web! Another beauty! | |||
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| 'Idle Duck' found on the web by J.S. this boat was based on 'Scoter' a boat built in 1894! See the book, '60 years a yacht designer' by M.G. | |||
| 'Idle Duck' Bob Telford the new owner and member of this group, has sent this pic in of her stuck at Oare Creek waiting for the tide to make! High pressure has kept the levels down! Bob is not happy! Hope to see her out and about soon. July 06. | |||
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'Vandal of Whitby' A
long way from home in Bangor! Found on the web she is a Sea Rover, a round bilge GRP design. there must be quite a few about! Not fast
but safe comfortable family cruisers, 28ft long and this one built by
Kenneth Evans boat builders, as were many more. Anyone know how many
were built?
For a long time we suspected these boats were designed by MG, thus their inclusion, but November 2008 I can verify that they were designed by Kenneth Evans. They were moulded by Colvic craft in Witham, Essex and the same company that built the Snapdragons, that became Thames Marine, but sadly they are not MG's. |
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| Another Searover this time on the net at Apollo sales. | |||
| And like buses, a string of them come along! Yet another Searover. Can the owners please let us have names and more info? We now know these not to be MG designs, but Kenneth Evans, so the owners that are members are now 'Friends'. | |||
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Bonjour John, Bluey here again. Thanks for getting back to me with info about Eventiders and the excellent website you have put together. I see that Colin Jarman gave Eventiders a write up in Sailing magazine. I don’t know him personally but I have spoken to him on the phone as he for many years been the membership secretary of the Ocean Cruising Club of which I have been a member since I made an Atlantic crossing in1976. I have attached (or sent separately) a couple of photos of Searovers that you might like to add to your files. About a year ago I was in e-mail contact wit a fellow Searover owner, an ex London firefighter who lives down on Hayling Island. We traded photos and ideas about Searovers in a couple of e-mails and the strikingly colourful Louisa is his boat which he generally singlehands around that area. Unfortunately I had a major computer melt down some months ago and I lost all my e-mails, names and addresses, fortunately I had downloaded the photo of Louise to disc but so far I just can’t remember the owners name but it may yet come back to me. The other photos are of my Aube (French for the Dawn pronounced obe as in robe). The first scanned from a colour print shows her on the Canal du Midi when I first got her and the second, taken with a digital camera, as she now resides, in my garden undergoing an extensive and fairly radical rebuild inside and out and the third of the new stern I have added.. Externally there are two major things I am trying to achieve. When on the heaving foredeck of a yacht in a blow trying to hand a flogging headsail I like to be able to brace my feet against a decent bulwark. The existing moulded toe- rail is a bit low for my liking so I am working on adding an extra inch or two in an a slow steady increase to the sheerline from nothing aft and increasing forward. I set up a waxed hardboard former and glassed inside it to get the basic shape and am now working on further strengthening and refining the structure. I believe it will also give her a more pleasing sheer line. Never having found much aesthetically pleasing about transom sterns my other modification was to continue her natural lines aft to arrive at a rather fetching (I think) canoe stern. I again made a disposable former with waxed hardboard sheets tightly fitted to the curve of each side and extending aft from the transom. The sheets aft of the transom were cut into 3 inch wide "fingers" and alternate pairs from each side were bent in until they met at a natural midpoint like the effect of placing your hands in front of you, palms facing each other about 3 inches apart, then bringing in to contact first your little fingers then ring then middle and finally pointers. Once I was happy with the general shape a couple of layers of glass were gently added and when that had set and stiffened up the whole structure more glass was added then filling sanding etc. Bolted and glassed to the existing transom it adds 2 feet to her length and will be a good store for fenders and light gear whilst the old transom will remain in tact as a collision bulkhead. Strangely enough the shape arrived at turns out to look very much like the stern of the Tamarisk and Veterata designs and before I even knew of the existence of those designs I had also arrived at the idea of adding a small mizzen to make her a yawl with a short bowsprit to balance the sail plan for’ard. Still a lot more sanding and fairing to get a perfect finish but I think she will be quite eye catching when all painted up. The extra length gives a bit more elegance to what otherwise is a rather chunky high sided hull. I am also toying with some other alterations, one to get the rudder further aft and another to add a lead shoe or plate to the bottom of the keel for the dual purpose of protecting the GRP in a grounding and also adding a bit of extra ballast where it will do most good. Aube’s keel was originally filled with Ballast-Pac iron punchings which was mixed with resin and poured into the voids of the keel and bilge keels With some external lead in place I can perhaps remove some of the encapsulated ballast and create a bilge "sump" under the floors. As she is she has no bilge to speak of and if anything more than a couple of gallons made its way below the floor boards would be awash. Inside I stripped everything out except the bulkheads and started again. My object is to make her a cruising home for a couple with a comfortable full length sea berth on each side of the saloon. That way, on either tack, the watch below can take the safer lee berth. If visitors insist on coming for holidays they can sleep on sailbags up in the foc’sle or on deck! Over the winter the interior has been coming along and with the return of a bit of sun external fibreglassing is once again on the cards. As I am also building a retirement home for my parents on the property and finishing our own home too, time is limited, but the general regime is Monday to Friday on the houses and Weekends on Aube! This year I am pleased to note that we are finally getting all projects to the point that a cruise may really be a reality before much longer! I have promised myself a long solo passage one day and I am fitting out Aube with that partly in mind. Well so much for talk and daydreams, must get back to work! Best regards, Bluey. |
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| 'Louise' another SeaRover! see note about her from Bluey above. | |||
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| 'Rigel' Another Kenneth Evans built Searover. This one based North of the border. Joe the owner would like to know more about her and the class. she was called 'Taylor Maid', presumably completed by the previous owner, Mr. Taylor! | |||
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On the left with her original name. the
interior looks cosy! Welcome Joe and thanks for the pictures.
Anyone any history on the class we can add? We have now firmly established that these boats were actually designed by Kenneth Evans, who's yard built many as well. we will leave them here and, as they are so similar to the MG designed, 25ft Medusa, their owners may like to stay as 'Friends'. November 2008. |
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| 'Good Hope', Roger Crabtree sent this pic of his splendid craft in, he sails the West Country and beyond! We have just had another good hope owner join us, October 2006, pics to follow! | |||
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'Silver Fox' Designed by MG in the 1930's and seen here in 1945, racing!! Not a shape one would associate with MG today. Thanks to Ian Clarke for sending this in. There was a pic of a sister ship, the 'Silver Seal', but not good enough to print... She is listed as a 25ft, 7 ton of the 'Olive Mary' design. MG told me that the plans for most of his pre 1939 designs, were lost due to enemy action... The Y.M. store was bombed. he did not regret it as he said they were not his best! The following was received from Paul Rockley, the owner of the original 'Olive Mary' can anyone help him track down the sister ships? Hopefully a pic of her will be forthcoming soon. October 2006... On the left 5 pics of the beautiful 'Olive Mary'! 'with reference your research on Maurice Griffith's designs. I purchased "Olive Mary" (7ton gaff cutter, built by Harry King & Sons in 1931) in 1993, kept her in Cornwall for 9 years before moving back to North Wales. "Olive Mary" now swings happily on her mooring on the Conwy river. If you are in contact with any of the owners of her sister ships and can put me in touch with them it would be much appreciated.' Thanks. Paul mail me at:- paul.rockey at btopenworld.com
The last four pics are of 'Olive Mary' taken by Paul after she had been spruced up for her 77th Birthday in 2008! And here's to many more. A credit to you Paul. The last 4 pics Paul has found show her being built at Pin Mill in Harry King and sons yard, and her launching in June 1931. splendid pics. |
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| 'Coridon' a 'Swin' Class yacht, this one seen here in the Netherlands where she is up for sale. the owner Brian Cole has advertised her with us on the For Sale page, as well as in Holland. She was built for Brian in 1963 and he is sadly having to part with her... She is gunter rigged so as to get under the bridges! | |||
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| 'Cailín' A Levanter 33 owned by Ron and Paula Pimm. She is steel built of course and is actually 34.5 ft long. Built in 1988 and launched 1989. They believe the mast has been changed at some stage for a taller rig. Not unusual for MG's boats to have been slightly short in the mast, the GH had the same problem. | |||
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