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£85,000
1946 Berthon 41 ft 14 Ton Gauntlet Sloop 1946
Price:
£85,000
Financing:
Summary:
Used 1946
Location:
Coatham Mundeville
Description:
The Yachting World supplement of 1951 wrote that the 12 ton Gauntlet was one of the first boats to be built to the RORC rating – exactly what the originators of the Rule had in mind; fast and immensely seaworthy. SALUKI has now been in the same ownership for over 45 years – and in that time looked after by the Elephant Boatyard. She remains in impressive and original condition – exhibiting a charming patina that is virtually impossible to replicate in a recently restored boat. The distinctive “Gauntlet” name merits mention of how it came to be. In short; HG May was approached by a potential client to design a boat suitable for cruising and offshore racing. On seeing the finished design plans for a 12 ton boat, the client apparently had second thoughts about accepting it and approached another designer for an alternative based on the same requirements – and in accepting it, rejected May’s design. May having invested time and effort was understandably annoyed but with faith in it; had the yard build him a boat to this his own design – and threw down the gauntlet in challenging his erstwhile client to a match race; one new boat against another. May’s confidence was fully vindicated by winning this contest comfortably and setting up the successful Gauntlet class against the current design concepts of his competitors. Launched in 1934, GAUNTLET was the first of the 12 tonners, after which the type has always been known. When she was designed very few, if any yachts had been specially built to the RORC rating and it was thought that it was this very type of yacht which the originators of the RORC rule had in mind when they produced it. In other words a comfortable cruising yacht with a fair turn of speed - although since then, a very different type of yacht has evolved. The 12-ton " Gauntlets" soon established themselves and sixteen were built in the five years before the 2nd World War, many of which have given a very good account of themselves. Still available at ListedBuy!
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Private Party
Posted:
March 21 on ListedBuy
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