Nereid.
First impressions April 2018
First view! I'm a curious fellow and when I looked at this hull under reconstruction a few months ago, I set about getting the permissions needed to photograph her.
It was during a regatta at Royal Freshwater Bay YC about 3 months ago and I was wandering back to my car parked under the trees.
Then this hull appeared to me, admittedly it wasn't as good a state as you seen now, but it caught my eye and having seen it I was interested in her as a project.
The help of Paul Bayliss, the general manager at RFBYC in securing contact numbers enabled me to ask permission to photograph the boat and then it was a case of meeting with the shipwright ( Jeff ) and gaining his understanding.
Then this hull appeared to me, admittedly it wasn't as good a state as you seen now, but it caught my eye and having seen it I was interested in her as a project.
The help of Paul Bayliss, the general manager at RFBYC in securing contact numbers enabled me to ask permission to photograph the boat and then it was a case of meeting with the shipwright ( Jeff ) and gaining his understanding.
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It was late March before everything was in place and I took the opportunity to do some research on the boat and her owners, the Hobbs family. She was bought in 1924 in London from the Thornycroft yards at Hampton, Middlesex after viewing her at a boat show. She was shipped over to W. A. and arrived in November 1924. She was looked at as being the family launch for river cruising with the possibility of visiting the local islands off the coast.
She dwells in the family owned double boat shed (shared with the Roe family) that nudges up to another shed designed by Hobbs in 1902 for Septimus Burt's launch Titu. Both sheds reside in the south west corner of Freshwater Bay near the yacht club. |
These galleries will take you through the changes in the boat and the craftsmanship being used.
First Visit- April 3rd.
First Visit- April 3rd.
Second Visit April 10th
The Third Visit 17th of April
The Fourth Visit 24th of April
The bow; looking inside the boat; two plaques and the transom.
The bow; looking inside the boat; two plaques and the transom.