80 years ago 1939, Flica II, although never an Americas Cup challenger, was none the less notable in the International Yacht Racing Rule 12 m class. She was one of the largest I.Y.R. Twelve Metre class ever built, however some commentators deemed her to be too long, too narrow and too heavy. In fact, at […]
Boat Plan Sets Historical Yachts Racing Yachts Yacht RegisterThe Westerly Konsort proved to be popular right from the outset and remains one of Westerly’s most popular cruisers with eight hundred and twelve built between 1979 and 1992. The project to introduce a ‘gap filler’ between the Centaur and Longbow models demandeded the yacht being designed twice: the first brief from the builder was […]
Boat Plan Sets Game changers Historical Yachts Model Plans Production Yachts Yacht RegisterToday, ten years after the mission started a visitor to the Laurent Giles can find either directly from the site by searching the design name, or by using the contact feature, technical and design information on all of Jack Giles designs and most Laurent Giles designs up to the end of the twentieth century. For […]
Boat Plan Sets Historical Yachts Model Plans Posters and Prints Production Yachts Racing Yachts Uncategorised Yacht RegisterDesigned in 1968 the Westerly Centaur is thought to be the last small craft design that Jack Laurent Giles contributed to before his death later that year. He didn’t survive to see the construction of what is probably the most important development in production yacht design and certainly the most prolific. Fifty years ago, Laurent […]
Boat Plan Sets Production YachtsSeventy years ago, a busy time for Newman & son, the Poole yacht builder. In the previous ten years eight new custom Laurent Giles designs of various sizes left the yard. 1948 saw the start of construction of another two: the 38’ racing cutter Tilly Whim named after a cave on the Jurassic coast of […]
Boat Plan Sets Game changers Historical Yachts Model Plans Yacht RegisterNearly forty years ago, November 1977 was indeed a prolific month for the construction of new wooden Vertues; building commenced on five, all of which were launched and are still afloat and enjoyed today. It was shortly after this profusion that the initiative was raised to produce these famous little ocean cruisers in GRP, and […]
Boat Plan Sets Historical Yachts Yacht RegisterHistoric records refer to Rhakotis as a settlement on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast before Alexander the Great founded the famous Mediterranean port city of Alexandria in B.C. 332. Alexandria was an important city of the ancient world; for more than two thousand years, it was the largest city in Egypt and was its capital for almost […]
Boat Plan Sets Historical Yachts Model Plans Racing YachtsArthur Ransome, who had owned little ships in which to work, did not want his new 29′ yacht to be named Peter Duck which was Giles suggestion, and at first Ransome insisted just the abbreviation PD. He also was in rather a rush to take delivery, lines were drawn in November 1945 and somehow Giles […]
Boat Plan Sets Historical Yachts Posters and PrintsWhen preparing the design of the L class it was not the intention of Jack Giles to establish a new one-design class in any form; the boats were designed purely as deep-bodied, a roomy knock-about, intended for day cruising, fishing and picnicking, with as much room below as reasonably possible in a boat of their […]
Boat Plan Sets Historical Yachts Racing YachtsDesign number 001. The lines of Jack Giles first yacht from his eponymous design practice were laid down in January of 1928 for Monsieur Marcel Bar. We think that the drawing is priceless; drawn lightly in pencil rather than Indian ink, on velum and are very difficult to reproduce here, however we have restored and […]
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