1954 Custom Warner 33 Bermudan Cutter

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£39,500

1954 Custom Warner 33 Bermudan Cutter

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£39,500

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Used 1954

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Coatham Mundeville

Description:

Wooden Ships Comments on this Warner 33 Bermudan Cutter This yacht was designed as the Warner 33 by Winthrop Warner and built by James Graves, Marblehead Mass. in 1954. She is one of 12 believed to have been built to this design by the Graves Yacht Yard. A plug of the hull was subsequently made for a production GRP yacht to the same design. Tara is an exceptional yacht. Her dimensions belie her size, her materials and construction are first class, her design is unusual on this side of the Atlantic, her performance is rewarding and her sea-worthiness proven by her years of off-shore sailing. In the previous ownership she had a major refit in 1996/7, the major items of work detailed in the specification below, to produce a 100% sound yacht in exceptionally nice condition ensuring she continues to sail for years to come. Winthrop ‘Wink’ Warnerworked as naval architect in Conneticut and New Jersey producing over 200 designs as well as working as a draftsman for John Alden – he married Aldens daughter – and William H Hand. Although little known in Europe, his is a respected name in US yachting circles. His papers are lodged with the American Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport, Maine. Marblehead is celebrated as one of the great yachting centres on the US east coast and the Graves Yacht Yard is one of Marblehead’s best known yards building many great American yachts over the year After 8 years in first ownership she was purchased by Sir Kenelm Guiness of the brewing family, a merchant banker in Washington. Tara remained with the Guiness family for some 30 years and in this time cruised the Eastern Seaboard from the Windward Islands up to Nova Scotia. The present owner has a hand written letter from Sir Kenelm who writes warmly of his memories of the old boat. She was sold in 1992 to Englishman who sailed her across the Atlantic and cruised from N Spain to Ireland and the UK. She was imported to UK VAT exempt under the Transfer of Residence Relief... Still available at ListedBuy!

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July 12 2023 on ListedBuy