H008 - Pen Duick Half-Hull Scaled Model Boat Yacht Handmade

Specification: Item H008 - 35.5L x 0.5W x 12H Inches (90.2L x 1.3W x 30.5H Cm)

Price: $ 270.71 ( 1 in stock )

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Description:

This Pen Duick half hull was inspired by the sailing boat Pen Duick (1898), which became one of the yachts favored by the well known French navigator Eric Tabarly. It is made of wood and handpainted in black, white, and dark green. The details on the deck give this model a stunning look. The model can be mounted on your favorite area at home or office with two hooks on the back. It will surely make an impressive conversation piece for your guests!

History:

The 36-rater Pen Duick (launched as Yum) was built in 1898 by Cummins & Sons at the Gridiron & Marine Motor Works at Carrigaloe in Cork Harbour, Ireland, to a Linear Rating Rule designed by Scotsman William Fife III. The gaff-rigged cutter was quickly noted as a successful racer in Irish, British and French waters. Eric Tabarlys father acquired her when Eric was seven years old and the boy learned to sail on her. After World War II, she was put on sale, but finding no takers, Éric convinced his father in giving her to him. Years later, he was told her wooden hull was rotten, and being unable to hire a yard to salvage her, proceeded to save her himself, making a mold to build her a new polyester hull: It was the largest of its kind at the time. He refitted her entirely, with a loftier rig for the southern climes. On the night of June 12 to 13 1998, Éric Tabarly fell overboard and was lost in the Irish Sea, while sailing the hundred-year-old cutter en route to the Fife Regatta in Largs, Scotland.