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Historical:

Klaus Jacoby – owner 1984-2001. “Ursula was designed by Gösta Kyntzell for the consul Karl Seidenschnur in 1922. The boat was built in Kristiinankaupunki to the Square Metre rule for cruising boats in the 55 sqm class. Later, in the year 1933 Seidenschnur participated in founding the well known “Merikarhut-Sjöbjörnarna r.y” yacht association.”

“Ursula cost more than building a 8mR boat. The hull is mahogany and the deck Oregon Pine with mahogany lining. The whole boat is exceptionally well built. For instance the connectors between the planks are stapled “bladlasks”. Also the interior is very handsome. The mirrored cupboards with their lathe worked rails bring a luxurious atmosphere to the skylight lit cabin. Ursula was built with a straight mast combined to a Bermuda rigging and a self scooting fore sail. The saloon fits 4 bunks and amble closet space. The bow cabin has room for one more bunk.”

Due to the events of the Second World War most of the Finnish Square Metres were either destroyed or sold abroad. Ursula is probably the only bigger Square Metre that has survived and stayed in Finland.

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (1922-1938) – Konsuli Karl Seidenschnur
Owner/Guardian: H. Holma
Owner/Guardian: P. Luukkonen
Owner/Guardian: (1938) – R. Furstenborg
Owner/Guardian: (1978–1984) – P.Nordgren
Owner/Guardian: (1984–2001) – Klaus Jacoby & Yrjö Rossi
Owner/Guardian: (2001–2008) – Perhe Jacoby / Parviainen
Owner/Guardian: (2008) – Teemu Kurkela, HSS

Comments

Di Coste Vincenzo. December 22, 2015

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History

Sandeman – Built for Roddy Williams long time mayor of Hamilton Bermuda, She was the first ocean racing yacht to be built abroad for a Bermudian. To this day she bears her original sail number KB 1, passed on by former owner Warren Browne, he having also sailed as crew in the 1950s. In 1984 she came into the possession of Ross Gannon who with Nat Benjamin founded the Gannon and Benjamin (wooden) boat yard on Martha’s Vineyard. In the nine years of his ownership Ross converted her rig from a 7/8th fractional to masthead sloop and transformed the dilapidated cosmetic state in which he found her, albeit her original structural design and make up was sound.

Living on board, in due course Ross advertised her for sale and her seductive shape caught the eye of Tim Blackman, who in a joint venture with Mart Coad, purchased her in 1993. Ross prepared her for the voyage and an amateur crew from the UK flew over to sail her back.

She crossed to Lymington in 28 days but with the recession biting hard in 1994, the decision was made to put her on the market. John Swansborough bought and kept her on the East coast maintaining her fine condition.

In 2001 up for sale once more, Griff Rhys-Jones’ family were introduced to UNDINA. Having looked at every wooden yacht available up and down the East coast Griff found nothing to match her – so a deal was done. He commissioned the Staley yard at Faversham to give her a refit over that winter and she was to emerge in beautiful condition the following spring. Griff then sailed UNDINA
across the North Sea and through the Kiel

Canal to the Flensburg Classic Regatta, where she was the only British yacht participating, before cruising through the Baltic to St Petersburg and back to Helsinki. This trip is recorded in his book “To the Baltic with Bob”. Since then she has been something of a star on screen thanks to Griff’s enthusiastic impressions of “Three men in a boat” and thereafter – some cold English summers later – he has cruised and raced this “drop dead gorgeous boat” in the warmer waters of the Med. Indeed when last raced there she took a series of firsts to win the Classic Division at the Marseilles Les Voiles du Vieux Port Regatta. In due course Griff moved on to a larger – selling UNDINA to her current owner.

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (1953) – Roddy Williams, mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda
Owner/Guardian: Warren Browne
Owner/Guardian: Ross Gannon of Gannon & Benjamin
Owner/Guardian: (1993) – Tim Blackman, Mart Coad
Owner/Guardian: John Swansborough
Owner/Guardian: (2001) – Griff Rhys-Jones

Historical:

Unbearable is 22 foot Bear Class Sloop built in 1957 by Nunes Bros., Sausilito, California for Mary Joe Foote. #60 Saved from Sausalito Yacht Harbor by Bill Hansen in 2009. Now undergoing excellent restoration by Graham.

San Francisco Bay Bear Boat Association comments: http://www.bearboats.com/

“The Bear Class Sloop is a living piece of San Francisco Bay’s maritime history. Conceived by Ernest Nunes and Marty Martinson, the first keel was laid late in 1931 by the Nunes Boat and Ways Company, Sausalito, California. By the summer 1932, the new boat was ready for its first sea trial. On lookers reported that Commodore Cliff Smith of the San Francisco Yacht Club praised the effort, telling young Ernest Nunes, “That is a bear of boat.” The name stuck and a unique class, indigenous to San Francisco Bay, was born.”

By the late 1950s enthusiastic owners, competitive racing, and adventurous sure-footed sailing craft made the Bears the largest one-design class on San Francisco Bay. Never having achieved mass production, the Bear Class was truly home grown as new boats were added to the fleet by an assortment of professional and amateur builders. Active and highly competitive racing continued through the 1960s with as many as 65 boats in the fleet.

Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):

Owner/Guardian: (1956) Mary Joe Foote
Owner/Guardian: Graham Wheelock

Comments

Tim Maloney – November 21, 2015

This photo is of Magic – Bear #65. The Nunes Bear sloop is 23 ft. LOA, 6.5 ft beam draft 3.5 ft

Known Restoration History:

2003 – Inboard Motor 13 HP saildrive with Regatta screw ( little flow resistance )
2001 – Sail, Genoa , Mainsail , new mast
1999 – Winner of the Swedish Award for excellent restoration work for classic yachts ( corresponding brass plaque is on display in the boat ! )
1995 – 2000 – Fully restored

Historical:

John G. Alden Design No. 357. Originally commissioned as an ocean racer for the 1928 Bermuda Race. Built in 1928 by Hodgdon Brothers in East Boothbay, Maine.

As seen in the book “John G. Alden and His Yatch Designs” on page 152. “Tradition” is a study ocean racer once well known on the Chesapeake Bay. John G. himself sailed aboard in the 1928 Bermuda Race as navigator.

The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest:

Owner/Guardian: (1928) J. Rulon Miller,Jr., Baltimore, MD