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About Us
We are very fortunate in offering for sale some of the most beautiful boats in the world and we consider it both our pleasure and our duty to guide you carefully towards ownership of the yacht that is right for you.
Of course there are choices to make, but whether the artistry of William Fife, the balance of Olin Stephens, the sure footedness of a Buchanan or Holman and more contemporary yachts, we would want the love affair - which may start here - to be enduring.
Many of those we list are termed ‘Classic Yachts’, conforming to fairly strict criteria for that full accolade. But surely all our yachts qualify, with such qualities of construction and sea worthiness, beauty, grace and style - an almost natural quality about them - they cannot fail to inspire.
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Featured Boat
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80' John Thornycroft 80 ft Bermudan Ketch
1929
£1,400,000
Brokers Comments
It would be hard to find any yacht from this period that can complement its 1920s opulence with the facilities more suited to present day expectations. An extensive refit at T Nielsen & Co in 2006 has left HALCYON and her teak on oak structure in near perfect condition but with the systems and conveniences of a modern yacht seamlessly incorporated without detriment to her character and enabling her to cruise waters warm or cold in real comfort. It is rare also to find a yacht of this size that can be sailed quite so easily. In 1929 Yachting Monthly commented that …….Snugly rigged with Bermudan main and mizzen, having a sail area of 2,275 sq ft, she could be handled by a small crew - and this is still true today.
HALCYON IS now one of the 200 or so classic yachts on the National Historic Ships Register, thus one of the most significant vessels in Britain’s Maritime Heritage. She can also be found in the most recent Classic Boat Top 50 Yachts of all time - passing the intense scrutiny of one of the most revered judging panels among maritime journalists.
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