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Colin Jarman has written a special
article,
'Frances
and Victoria Yachts -
Beautiful names for
beautiful yachts, but what is their history?'.
Colin has test sailed the Frances 34 for an article in Sailing
Today and owned a Victoria 26 for many years. He has kindly
allowed us to publish this history of Victoria Yachts.
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An important Press
Announcement from Victoria Yachts Limited, dated the 30th August 2007
concerning the Harbour Marine Brokerage (Hamble Yacht Brokers).
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Our Victoria Yachts were
based on boats designed in the United States of America and built in
Maine by Morris Yachts, who are still trading today.
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The Morris Yachts that
the Victoria Yachts were based upon were designed by Chuck Paine. His
first design was the 26 foot Frances.
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The Morris Yachts 26
foot Frances and the 30 foot Leigh were very similar to our Victoria
Yachts Frances 26 and Victoria 30.
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On this side of the
Atlantic, Victoria Marine Limited started to build the Frances 26 at
Warsash on the River Hamble.
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One of our members
comes to terms with his new cutter-rigged and British-built Frances 26
off Eastbourne and Beachy Head in 1994.
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