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Corti Creare
Our last two weeks in The Bahamas 🙁. Today, we sail from Spanish Wells to The Berry Islands where we plan to spend the next week or so before making our way to Andros and Morgans Bluff. It was an awesome day of sailing. We got pinched off in the morning and needed to motor sail but then the winds strengthened and shifted more north. What a great day.
Our apprentices at The Pioneer Sailing Trust work on commercial projects, building Harker's Yard rowing gigs. The first 19 gigs were built from a cold-moulded construction, using three layers of mahogany. These wooden coastal rowing gigs are based on an East Coast design, specifically adapted for racing. They are slightly shorter (24ft) than traditional Cornish gigs and are rowed by a crew of four, plus a coxswain. These gigs are a key part of the coastal rowing scene in the East of England, with the Harker's Yard Gig Association (HYGA) organising a popular winter racing series. The current gigs are a composite version of the East Coast gig with the same specification, but instead of cold-mouldered, the hull is made from fibreglass with a wooden fitout and built-in buoyancy. With thanks to the The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Lottery players for help in supporting our projects! #thepioneersailingtrust #HarkersYard #Pioneer #Rowing #HarkersYardGigAssociation #HeritageFundUK
ILONDA is among the earliest and purest of John Bain's iconic and much sought-after Silver ORIMIDALE Class, with the original, clean and highly attractive deckhouse on flush deck profile. https://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/yacht/572/ILONDA In long term current ownership, ILONDA has received a sensible maintenance regime and recently been re-powered, while her accommodation has been tastefully and respectfully upgraded to modern standards. Such comfort and practicality married to the ORMIDALE Class's legendary seakeeping qualities and sheer presence make ILONDA a very enticing family classic motor yacht - and perhaps a most suitable classic regatta mothership.