ROSEMARY III WILLIAM FIFE III 38 FT BERMUDAN SLOOP 1925

ROSEMARY III is a rare example of a smaller 1920s cruising design by William #fife III which he drew with a #Bermudan #sail plan – and as one would expect from this designer her lines and proportions are exquisite. The boat’s first owner had written to #Fife ordering a #yacht unhindered by any rating rule – he wanted fast and surefooted and that is what he got! Perhaps a victim of her own success the boat kept sailing - always bringing enjoyment - but working hard. Her virtues nonetheless apparent she was more recently purchased by a relative of William Fife III who set about a sympathetic and total restoration. ROSEMARY III’s owners’ soulful treatment of this rebuild leaves the #yacht looking as she would have done in 1925. Tempting as it might have been to add or change the original plans; they did not succumb to this and the boat sings - seeming much happier as a result – and what a result! To anybody wanting to own one of Fife’s creations this boat has it all and ultimately she is the most fantastic sailing boat - Fife refused to build any yacht that wasn’t "fast and bonnie" and he kept his word. It is also said if he ever designed a boat that wasn’t a work of art, there is no record to be found of its existence.