ONBOARD Getting afl oat CYNTHIA
Flush- decked racer
It’s not all that often we feature something as unusual as the yacht Cynthia on these pages. She was designed and built in 1910 by WT Jackett of Falmouth, Cornwall, as a gaff -rigged daysailer/racer. She looks fairly typical of her time,
with an overhanging boom, long bowsprit, low freeboard, counter stern and 1,200sqft (110m2
) of canvas. She
was converted to bermudan sloop rig in 1936, with accommodation for fi ve built into her fl ush-decked saloon, and started winning Royal Ocean Racing Club off shore races in earnest. Success continued into the 1950s, when only John Illingworth’s extreme Myth of Malham could knock her off the podium. Her success was due to her hull, with much more cut-away in the forefoot than was common. In Off shore, Illingworth wrote about Cynthia,
describing her as “fast and wet; a young man’s boat” although now, with 12ft (3.7m) shaved off her mast, that must have been partially redressed. In 1975, she was accorded the honour of being moored next to Jolie Brise at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the RORC. She’s still in Cowes on the Isle of
Wight, where she’s been since 1938, still sailing and still largely original, although in want of a good ‘tidy up’. This could be a very interesting opportunity to own a unique boat capable of doing well in
CYNTHIA
LENGTH OVERALL 41ft 6in (12.7m)
LENGTH WATERLINE 30ft (9.1m)
BEAM
8ft 10in (2.7m) DRAUGHT
7ft 6in (2.3m) JANMER
Sloop straight from 1962
SARAH JANE A pristine little Dauntless
This 20ft (6.1m) Dauntless is as pretty as a bath toy, clinker built, with a low coachroof and restored Stuart Turner engine. She was built in 1951 and restored over eight years. She may not take you around Cape Horn, but she will deal with her home waters of the East Coast well enough, with two tonnes of displacement and 7ft 6in (2.3m) of beam, giving good space. Centreboards make great echo sounders and with it raised, the draught is 1ft 3in (38cm)! Some 400 of these were built from 1946-72 at Leigh-on- Sea, Essex, which also means a strong owners’ association. £4,995.
Tel: +44 (0)1621 859373,
www.mjlewisboatsales.com CLASSIC BOAT JUNE 2012 73
We have it on good authority that broker Jim Dines has been drooling over this yacht. She’s what we call a ‘timewarp’ example. Built in 1962 by Guy Harding at Colne Marine in Essex, she spent most of her life in a shed. Even her sails are the original suit from Gowens. “It’s as if she’s just been brought out of a box, circa 1962, brand new,” says Jim. Her design was by Camper & Nicholson’s Raymond Wall, for a 27ft (8.2m) bermudan cruising sloop, and she’s known as a Tomahawk class boat. Below, she looks perfect, with three berths, a galley and a pipe cot in the forepeak. Seven tonnes and 4ft 6in (1.4m) of draught will take you anywhere for £19,950.
Tel: +44 (0)1621 859373,
www.mjlewisboatsales.com
classic races, with the aesthetic appeal of an Edwardian-era hull with a fl ush deck, and the speed of a typical 1950s underwater shape. The other option, more ambitious and less practical, would be to reinstate her to her full 1910 gaff rig for an authentic, century- old racing yacht. The owner invites off ers from would-be owners capable of looking after Cynthia properly.
Tel: +44 (0)7980 400228
Richard.ritchie@cantab.net
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