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J. Laurent Giles
John Laurent Giles (1901–1969) was an English naval architect who was particularly famous for his sailing yachts. He and his company, Laurent Giles & Partners Ltd, designed more than 1000 boats from cruisers and racing yachts to megayachts. Examples Notable examples of Laurent Giles' work include the famous Vertue (sail numbers suggest that some 230 of these have been made), Wanderer III, the 30' sloop in which Eric and Susan Hiscock circumnavigated, and the race-winning Gulvain, the first ocean racing yacht to be made from an aluminium alloy. His famous ''Myth of Malham'', a revolutionary small displacement yacht for John Illingworth, was inspired by developments in aeronautics; the novel design helped win the Fastnet race in 1947 and 1949. The updated Miranda IV of 1951 had a rudder mounted separately from the aft of the keel (a 'spade rudder') which heralded the arrival of the modern period of yacht design. Laurent Giles described as part of his design philosophy that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Gulvain'' is a ocean-racing sloop named after the mountain Gaor Bheinn (or "Gulvain"). Designed by Jack Laurent Giles for Jack Rawlings, she was based on the earlier boats '' Maid of Malham'' and '' Myth of Malham''. She was built in Shoreham by Sussex Shipbuilding Company, owned by Rawlings, and launched on 27 June 1949. She was made from Birmabright, making her the first ocean racing yacht to be made from an aluminium alloy. Aluminium was used for strength, not weight: she displaces and weighs , including ballast. She was one of the first boats to have a metal mast. Her hull has a reverse sheer, and she has a Masthead rig. She proved to be a very successful boat, winning her maiden race from Cowes to Dinard and back. She was forced to retire from the 1949 Fastnet Race, but performed well in the Newport Bermuda Race in 1950, and was first home in the first postwar transatlantic race from Bermuda to Plymouth immediately afterwards. She was skipped for both races ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolly Boat (Laurent Giles)
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1901 Births
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Westerly (Boatbuilder)
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Vertue (yacht)
The Vertue Class of yacht is a 25'3" length design by Laurent Giles dating from 1936, when ''Andrillot'' was launched. The class was not named Vertue until 1946: it collected the name in the wake of the win by ''Epeneta'' - a boat built to the design - of the Little Ship Club's 'Vertue Cup' In 1939 the ''Epeneta'' had completed a cruise from The Solent to Belle Île in Southern Brittany and back in only 19 days. The Vertue Cup, donated by Michael Vertue to the Little Ship Club in 1927, is given for the best log of a cruise longer than a week by a member of the club. The design has an enviable reputation as a long-distance cruiser, with several remarkable cruises completed by boats of this class and close derivatives, in particular by Humphrey Barton, in ''Vertue XXXV'' and by Eric and Susan Hiscock Eric Charles Hiscock (14 March 1908 – 15 September 1986) was a British sailor and author of books on small boat sailing and ocean cruising. Together with his wife and crew Susan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Duck (yacht)
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Maid Of Malin
A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work. In developed Western nations, full-time maids are now only found in the wealthiest households. In other parts of the world, maids remain common in urban middle-class households. "Maid" in Middle English meant an unmarried woman, especially a young one, or specifically a virgin. These meanings lived on in English until recent times (and are still familiar from literature and folk music), alongside the sense of the word as a type of servant. Description In the contemporary Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually relying on cleaners, employed directly or through an agency (Maid service). Today a single maid may be the only domestic worker that upper-middle class households employ, as was historically the case. In less developed nations, v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vive Sailboat 33', 1950 (Woodnutts-Laurent Giles)
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Yacht Lutine
Yacht Lutine is the name given to all Lloyd's of London Yacht Club's (LLYC) sailing yachts, often with sail number GBR809 First Yacht Lutine (C&N 60') A Laurent-Giles designed Bermudan yawl, built by Camper and Nicholsons in 1952 with yard number 784, she is 58 ft length overall with an 8.5' draft.British Classic Yacht Club - Lutine entry Now renamed Lutine of Helford. In 2014 ''Lutine I'' was listed for sale with an asking price of £339,000; the listing describes her as having been found "derelict" in 1999 and having undergone a complete rebuild before relaunch in 2001. She was evidently restored to excellent condition, and sold within a few months. A model is displayed in the Lloyd's Register of Shipping offices in Southam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
