CLASSIC SAILING YACHTS FLEURTJE ROBERT CLARK / DE VRIES LENTSCH 171 FT 3-MASTED SCHOONER 1960

On launching in 1959 at the Amsterdam shipyard that would eventually become known as #Feadship, #yachting World magazine predicted with some accuracy, "? it would be hard to find a vessel of more essentially fine seagoing qualities, not only in terms of comfort but also of ultimate safety... she is, and will probably remain, a unique vessel." http://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/yacht/562/robert-clark-171-ft-3-masted-schooner-1960 Despite thousands of #sailing #superyacht commissionings over the past 25 years, FLEURTJE still regularly appears in published lists of the largest, with accommodation to rival many more recent and surely less elegant #vessels. Multiple refits and upgrades over the years by her few and diligent owners have kept FLEURTJE an incredibly current, and increasingly efficient sailing superyacht. Her first circumnavigation beckons... [Footage: Richard Langdon/ Ocean Images Photography]