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Victoria Marine Limited
The
story of how the Frances 26 came to this country involves Victoria Marine
Ltd and its Managing Director, Peter Gregory, and Bernard Hayman, an
ex-editor of Yachting World.
Towards
the end of the 1970's, Bernard Hayman wrote of a very simple cruising yacht
which had just appeared in the United States. He considered that
the new arrival displayed ideals which had been all but lost on this side
of the Atlantic. The yacht that Bernard Hayman was referring to was,
of course, the Morris 26 Frances.
Through
Bernard Hayman, Peter Gregory contacted Chuck Paine and so brought the
Frances to this country. The Frances was built and sold in the UK
by Victoria Yachts, who fitted out the mouldings laid up for them
by Northshore. The company was based on the Hamble at Stone
Pier Yard. |
