Designed by Fife of Fairlie, Scotland, and built by Nevins of City Island, New York -- yacht design and build pedigree doesn’t get much better. https://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/yacht/780/FIFI When Larchmont Yacht Club member Harry L. Maxwell decided to join the burgeoning mid-1920s Long Island Sound Universal Rule R-Class fleet, his Ulster-Scots ancestry took him to William Fife III for the design of FIFI and he had her built relatively locally by the perfectionist, Henry B. Nevins. During seven summers of hard class racing, and many more as a performance cruiser-racer that’s a lot of fun to sail, FIFI’s pedigree stood her in good stead. The inevitable later life deep restoration in current ownership means that FIFI enters her second century as strong if not stronger than her first, and as beautiful as ever.

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Sono un po’ di giorni che guardiamo il meteo e lo lasciamo lì. Siamo stati fermi in una rada a nord di Guadalupa per far sfogare il mare: onde di tre metri e venti tesi sferzavano sopravento all’isola. Così abbiamo preferito lavorare tranquilli e prenderci il nostro tempo. Questa mattina ci svegliamo, aggiorniamo il meteo e vediamo una finestra. Ora o (quasi) mai più. Partiamo. Via la cima di prua dal gavitello e via. Il mare ci presenta onde al traverso, figlie della mareggiata dei giorni scorsi (da noi in Mediterraneo la definiamo onda morta, chissà se vale anche per l’oceano). Apriamo il Genoa e solo lui, visto che la situazione meteo non è stabile e gestirci in due l’ammainare una randa sotto groppo non è super gestibile. Julia Comunque si sgroppa di dosso le alghe formatesi in questi giorni e corre tra i 7 e gli 8 nodi verso Antigua. Corriamo sotto il sole, sperando che non se ne vada prima del nostro ormeggio. Anche fosse, poco importerebbe, ma la luce rende comunque tutto più semplice. A domani! Andrea

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Amarilla marina, Tenerife, first day early morning after the rough passage where the boat nearly capsized multiple times & the furlex exploded with a garbage engine that barely worked, Normal day meeting new sailors outside the marina office & confronting a racist German captain for corrective training.

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When you think you are in the right direction... sometimes you realize that you have to take a step back, visit new options and redo part of your work. Removing our runners was a great idea, but surprisingly came with more unplanned modifications (major ones). It will all make sense once you start watching. Wish us luck! Full episode: https://youtu.be/k40zG8jY_xM #sailing #boatyard #keeldesign

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