Restoration
Projects
Allan Lindsay
Owner - Steve Langdon
My wife and I were smitten by the Allan
Lindsay's lovely lines when we first got a glimpse of her at the Poole
Yacht Club on a cold day in April of this year after driving down from
Cambridge to have a look at her. The Allan Lindsay, a Canoe stern 6
tonner, (28 feet, beam 7ft7in, draft 5 feet, bermudan) with a centre cockpit
built in 1957 of mahogany on oak, had been slowly deteriorating at her berth in
Poole for the last eight years and was now up for sale.
Despite our growing panic at the amount of rot we found and our inexperience
(The Allan Lindsay is our first boat), we were determined to have her.
An offer was made and accepted, and, with the encouragement of Michael Walden,
Commodore of the Hillyard Association and many others. we began the restoration
of the Allan Lindsay.
Click here for pictures of
the restoration project
Winsome Lady
Owner - Vincent van Walt
Click
here for pictures of the restoration project
Brynhildr
Owner - Geoff Winter
Michael
Walden suggested during his visit that
I contribute some notes for the newsletter on what I have been doing during
what has turned into a very long drawn-out refit. Much of the work has been
intended to make her more efficient both under sail and under power,
particularly if short-handed: in part due to the competition for space on the
water these days: also to reduce maintenance in what is quite a sever climate.
The changes to her general appearance and character are minimal.
Click here for details of the
restorations
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