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posted 31/07/2010 |
New photographs of Victoria 26, 'Maude'
have been added to her web page.
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posted 27/07/2010 |
Simon and Jo Bound have
returned to Sicily after visiting the Aeolian Islands and Malta. Read
their report and enjoy the photographs.
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Simon and Janet have
sent a further update from 'Simoon IV'. They are now in the
Gravelingenmeer.
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posted 26/07/2010 |
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Ronald and Katrin have
been sailing their Victoria 34, 'Blue Alligator' on the waters around
Devon and Cornwall. Read of their adventures on their own blog
by clicking the link below. An English version is available.
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posted 19/07/2010 |
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posted 12/07/2010 |
Leon Ferguson has sent
in a report with photographs of the Shivering Sands Race.
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posted 11/07/2010 |
Simon and Janet have
sent an update from 'Simoon IV'. They have now reached Antwerp.
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Richard and Bernice
Normanton joined our association in April and own a Shadow 26, which
is kept near Chertsey.
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posted 10/07/2010 |
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posted 09/07/2010 |
Simon and Jo Bound have
now reached Cefalu on Sicily aboard their Victoria 34, 'Caladh'. Read
their latest account.
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posted 07/07/2010 |
Between 6th June and
the 12th July 2010, John Corden and John Nash sailed 'Kipper of
London' around Britain and Ireland as entrants in the Royal Western
Y.C.'s Shetland Race.
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Victoria 34, 'Simoon
III of London' is For Sale by Simon Fraser. Follow the link to learn
all the details.
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posted 06/07/2010 |
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posted 10/06/2010 |
David and Susan
Macgregor have sent an update from 'Victoria Rose' now she has resumed
her cruise.
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posted 31/05/2010 |
The Royal Southampton
YC rally was excellent. Visit the web page to see the pictures.
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The report on the
Limehouse Rally is not yet finished but click on the link to see the
progress so far.
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posted 28/05/2010 |
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posted 05/05/2010 |
Victoria 26, 'Jumblie'
has now reached Scotland and will be sailing on the River Clyde for a
while. Ian would be interested to meet other Victoria owners.
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The South Coast Rally
to Ocean Village Marina and the Royal Southampton Yacht Club is
drawing near. Check the latest details.
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posted 02/05/2010 |
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The asking price for
Frances 26, 'Bluegrass' has been reduced. Follow the link to get all
the details. Now with full specification and photographs
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posted 25/04/2010 |
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Ian Gray managed to get
some sailing in September 2009 after a dreadful August and has sent in
some photographs.
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posted 12/04/2010 |
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Ian Gray spent 18
months refitting a Victoria 34 STC, now renamed 'Raven'. He has
offered to give advice on the many tasks he had to face.
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posted 07/04/2010 |
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posted 27/03/2010 |
Tobias Menke and Gaby Knüppel have bought
the cutter-rigged Frances 26, 'Frances Josephine'.
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posted 25/03/2010 |
Wilhelm Steitz is
looking for a Victoria 30 to replace his Frances 26, recently sold.
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The East Coast Social
was held at The Nottage Maritime Institute, Wivenhoe and in the Rose
and Crown. Read the report and view the pictures.
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posted 22/03/2010 |
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posted 04/03/2010 |
The South Coast Social
was held at Sarisbury on Sunday, 28th February 2010 with Dennis
Skillicorn as the guest speaker.
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The East Coast Social
will be held at Wivenhoe on Saturday, 6th March. Don't miss it.
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posted 23/02/2010 |
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posted 16/02/2010 |
The South Coast Social
at Sarisbury is fast approaching. Check all the details here.
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Graham Hughes spent a
good portion of last summer sailing around Great Britain and took
several pictures of Victoria 30's.
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posted 12/02/2010 |
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January is a quiet time
for most sailors. The season hasn't really started but here comes Shikara nevertheless.
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posted 31/01/2010 |
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Please welcome Norbert
Schmit and Michèle Sales, the owners of Morris Yachts Frances 26,
'Puffin', to the association.
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posted 26/01/2010 |
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posted 26/01/2010 |
Please welcome Beverley
Dewath and Robert Vincent, the new owners of 'Victoria', to the
association.
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Peter Ormrod has raised
a question about boarding ladder fittings, which he hopes one of our
members can answer.
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posted 22/01/2010 |
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Norbert, owner of
'Puffin', has pictures of his boat on a website dedicated to the
Frances 26. A lot of the content you are unlikely to have seen before.
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posted 16/01/2010 |
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posted 16/01/2010 |
The first event of 2010
was the London Boat Show Dinner at the Tai Pan Chinese Restaurant in
Wapping.
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posted 03/01/2010 |
New Year's Greetings
from Le Croisic! Follow the link and take a close look at the
photograph of 'Falkor'.
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posted 01/01/2010 |
Two of our boats are
over-wintering in unlikely places:
David and Sue Macgregor
tell me that their Victoria 30, 'Victoria Rose' is wintering ashore at
Gelves Marina just outside Seville in Spain, having done the Costa del
Sol and been to Morocco!
Ian Johnston has been
preparing his Victoria 26, 'Jumblie', wintering in Milford Haven
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posted 17/12/2009 |
New member, John Frake,
is looking for a Victoria 30 to buy. Follow the link to discover his
requirements and contact details.
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Joint Shadow
Motor-cruisers and Victoria Yachts Rally to Limehouse Marina in East
London.
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posted 05/12/2009 |
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posted 24/11/2009 |
Tui's voyage to the
Azores and back this summer was an entry in our Cruising Log
Competition. Read the full account here.
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The Annual Luncheon and
General Meeting was held on Sunday, 22nd November 2009. Follow the
link to discover what happened.
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posted 22/11/2009 |
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posted 10/11/2009 |
Jonathan Hopper has
sent a photograph and details of the autohelm installation on his
Frances 26, 'Francesca'.
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Barrie Marson has
bought himself a small inboard launch, called 'Raven', for pottering
about Chichester Harbour.
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posted 09/11/2009 |
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posted 30/10/09 |
'Caladh' has now
reached Cagliari in Sardinia, where she will remain for the winter.
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posted 28/10/09 |
'Simoon IV' has now
reached Chatham, where she will be based for the winter before a
cruise in 2010 to the Baltic.
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posted 26/10/09 |
Simon and Janet aboard
'Simoon IV' have now reached Enkhuizen in the Netherlands.
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Anne Grubb has provided
an account of the Rally to Burnham-on-Crouch and photographs have been
supplied by David McClellan and Anne Grubb.
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posted 07/10/09 |
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posted 05/10/09 |
Eight boats attended
the rally to the South Coast Rally to the Folly Inn on the River
Medina. Read the account and look at the photographs.
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posted 03/10/09 |
The Shadow Rally to the
River Kennet organised by Peter and Kate Hunt was a great success.
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Simon Fraser and Janet
have now reached Cuxhaven in Germany aboard their new yacht, 'Simoon
IV'.
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posted 16/09/09 |
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posted 14/09/09 |
Welcome Peter Ormrod
and his Frances 26 to the association. Peter moors 'Filia' at Angera
at the southern end of Lago Maggiore in Italy!
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posted 10/09/09 |
Jerry Croft has
responded to my 'fitting an autohelm' page and has supplied
photographs and an explanation of his installation aboard 'Friska'.
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posted 10/09/09 |
Ronald Schenkel has
sent us a link to a short film showing 'Blue Alligator' sailing during
Summer 2009 that includes glimpses of her crew.
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posted 09/09/09 |
The association has
just learnt of the death of James Boulton, who was the Sales Director
of Victoria Yachts Ltd. Most of the yachts and motor-cruisers we now
own would have originally been sold by James. Bob Hathaway tells us he
died unexpectedly in August 2009 but has no further details. |
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Simon and Jo Bound have
now reached Sardinia and have tales to tell of their time in the
Balearics.
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posted 08/09/09 |
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posted 03/09/09 |
Simon Fraser has taken
delivery of his new yacht and is sailing it home along the Swedish
Coast.
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Several recent
enquiries have prompted an article about fitting Autohelms to a
Frances 26 or Victoria 26.
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posted 28/08/09 |
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Leon Ferguson sails his
Victoria 800 cutter, Thalia of Hamble, to the Rivers Roach and Crouch
via Havengore.
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posted 24/08/09 |
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posted 16/08/09 |
'Copper Cream' was
spotted at the Tidemill Yacht Harbour in Woodbridge, where I was able
to meet her present owner, Richard Pannell.
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posted 15/08/09 |
Dingeman Boogert, a
member since the association was founded, now has a web page for
'Clara', his Frances 26.
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Dany Chapuis has sent
us some photographs of 'Falkor' under sail including some taken at Le
Croisic regatta.
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posted 12/08/09 |
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Eric Karas has had 'Cathexis
II' extensively refitted by an East Coast boat builder and she is
looking absolutely splendid.
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posted 08/08/09 |
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Urgent request for
advice |
Has anyone fitted a
holding tank to a Victoria 34 recently? Simon and Jo Bound would like
you to get in touch by e-mail if you can give any advice.
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posted 18/07/09 |
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posted 17/07/09 |
Simon and Jo Bound
aboard 'Caladh' have now reached the Balearic Islands. Read the latest
account of their travels.
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posted 12/07/09 |
The final account of
the voyage of 'Simoon III of London' from Horta in the Azores to the
River Hamble is now available.
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posted 11/07/09 |
Two new photographs,
taken by Jerry Croft, have just been added to the account of the
Brightlingsea rally.
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John and Gillian Walker
invited us aboard their Shadow 26, 'Heavenly Daze' to visit Henley on
Thames during the famous regatta.
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posted 09/07/09 |
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David Cunnion spotted a
Victoria 30 in Loch Dochfour and was kind enough to take a photograph
and send it to us.
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posted 30/06/09 |
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posted 30/06/09 |
The East Coast Rally to
Brightlingsea and the Colne Yacht Club was well attended with seven
boats present.
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posted 14/06/09 |
Rui Ágoas and his crew
have been sailing 'Boreas' on the River Guadiana to Alcoutim.
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While sailing on
Southampton Water recently, 'Jenter' was overhauled by another Frances
26, 'Erica'.
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posted 13/06/09 |
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'Just So', a Victoria
34 that we advertised on our website in January 2009 has now been sold
solely by using an Internet website.
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posted 12/06/09 |
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Simon Fraser and his
crew have now left Horta in the Azores and are on their way to
England. Check their progress and log.
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posted 08/06/09 |
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Simon and Jo Bound have
returned to 'Caladh' to continue their voyage and have now reached
Gibraltar.
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