HÅKAN MITTS
CHAD THOMPSON
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NORWAY Restauration – or replica?
Visitors to the Risør Traditional Boat Festival, 2-5 August, will be able to see the replica of ‘Norway’s Mayflower’. The 54ft (16.5m) replica is named Restauration II, after the original Restauration that sailed to America with 52 passengers in 1825, the beginning of an emigration that numbered around 800,000. Restauration II was built in 2009 near Stavanger.
NEW ZEALAND The last Logan almost destroyed
The last yacht Arch Logan designed, the 34ft (10.4m) Gypsy, built by Bill Couldrey in 1939, has been virtually destroyed in a near-fatal accident in Auckland Harbour during the regatta sailed every year to commemorate the founding of the city of Auckland. Shortly after the start of her race she was rammed on her starboard side by the 22-tonne yacht Antaeus under power. John Pryor, Gypsy’s owner, dived overboard a moment before impact while his partner Jill Hetherington was trapped on the helm and severely injured during the impact. Gypsy sank within seconds, having had her starboard side crushed and then cut open to below
the waterline. She has now been salvaged and while the insurance companies are sorting out the claim she is in the care of the New Zealand Traditional Boatbuilding School. Robert Brooke, the retired director, is adamant that Gypsy is to be rebuilt given her place in the history of New Zealand boatbuilding heritage. At the time of writing Jill Hetherington was still in hospital, but in a stable condition and recovering. Gypsy’s future is in the hands of the insurers, the goodwill of the skipper of the give-way vessel, Charles St Clair Brown, and the New Zealand Traditional Boatbuilding School. Chad Thompson
FINLAND Classics strong at Helsinki Boat Show
This year the Helsinki International Boat Show grew to become the biggest boat show in northern Europe, writes Håkan Mitts. The show also featured a good selection of the almost 60 traditional boatbuilders in Finland. The 6-M and 5.5-M cups held in Helsinki in 2011 had a strong impact on classics in Finland. The pearl of the show was the beautifully-maintained 5.5-M yacht
20 CLASSIC BOAT APRIL 2012
CaRo V, built in 1962 by Vator Boatyard. For the motorboat enthusiast, the main draw was probably the steamboat Kirvesniemi (left), built in 1881, one of more than 60 steam-powered vessels still operational in Finland. This, at 27ft (8.3m) and powered by an 8hp engine that fills half the boat, is one of the smallest. Next year’s show will run from 8 to 17 February.
SWEDEN
Yachts return for Olympic centenary
It is not just Britain thinking of the Olympics this year: a regatta this summer looks back to 100 years ago, when Sweden hosted the sailing events for the 1912 Olympics in Nyanshamn. A regatta held at the time was attended by 120 yachts. Several of the yachts from that regatta are expected at this year’s event, again in Nyänshamn and with feeder races from Simrishamn, Vastervik and Visby. Organised by the Nyänshamn Yacht Club, the town’s local authority and the Swedish Classic Boat Society it will run from 9-24 July. See page 53, or
www.cbm2012.eu, for more details.
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