Yachting Year 2019

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FOR SALE

ATLANTIC

€POA

Dutch yachtsman Ed Kastelein has been the driving force behind numerous replica builds and restorations of big classics. His minutely faithful 2010 recreation of Atlantic, legendary winner of the 1905 Transatlantic Race, stands among the most extraordinary projects of the classic boat revival. She flies a staggering 18,836sq ft (1,750m ) of sail, positively dwarfing that of the J-Class, and measures 183ft (56m) on deck.

NIGEL PERT

MARIQUITA

FOR SALE

The iconic Fife 19-Metre that is held

€3.5m

by many to be world’s most beautiful yacht has spent the last two years under covers in Lymington Harbour, her owners awaiting serious offers. Famously saved from a domestic fate as a houseboat and brought back to sail with block and tackle again, her modernday race results from the Med to Cowes are testament to Fife’s BEN WOOD

talent and a skilled crew who have kept her in top condition. Those who see her underway never forget it.

ELEONORA In 1910 the Herreshoff schooner Westward swept across the Atlantic under Captain Charlie Barr to take 11 firsts in 11 starts

FOR SALE

€7.9m

against the pride of Europe. Ed Kastelein’s replica, launched 90 years later and named Eleonora, recreated the magic. Current JAMES ROBINSON TAYLOR

owner Zbynek Zak has continued to race her widely in authentic fashion, as Tom Cunliffe’s article about sailing the RORC 600 on her in Classic Boat #356 attested.

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