BLUEMOMENT

Your never too old...

My parents out sailing in the Kyles in june this year...



Never too old at 84 years young... apparently everything just takes that wee bit longer!

...and Lassiette is only 61 years of age.

How is everyone btw?

Donald

How is everyone btw?

Not as old as your parents yet, but greatly encouraged.

Jings, ye're a right wee pimpernel. Nice to hear from you again.

Rgds

D

Donald,
I will be popping over at some point to Kames this weekend for the messagfes and will give your mum a wave.
The weather is looking reasonable so I might stop on one of the hotel moorings. Will you be you around?
Gordon.

Donald

Shard wrote:Jings, ye're a right wee pimpernel. Nice to hear from you again.

You would think that by my age I would be through the spotty stage....

Donald

Gordon

Hope to be in the vicinity on Sunday. We have a few days off next week which if the weather is kind (i.e. stops bl00dy raining for 5 minutes) we'll have an end of term mini-cruise.

If not we'll be heading straight up river to Sandpoint for lifting out.

I'll be checking the log-book my mother keeps of all the boats on the moorings at Kames for your attendance record!!!

Donald

Aja, I am sure I saw that boat at Holy loch last wk end, would I be correct?
My mate and I were discusing how well kept she was, and I reckoned she was carvel planked.

Just caught your post, before I go to bed, after consuming lots of red wine - Aquaplane is leading me astray.

Anyway - can I use this oportune moment to grab the chance to be the first to say "Hello and Welcome".

Don't know the Arden 4, but there used to be one on the Kip brokerage - seemed to be there from one boatshow to the next.

You're moving up - from a Rustler 31 - what are you going for?

Might get as far as Ardrossan, during this w/e SHBS - not that I'm buying - just like looking at boats - I'm happy with our Vega.

A'm sure that you'll get an answer to your question.

Ash

hi and welcome.
there are still a few arden 4`s around - was your example built by george hulley ?
you may find that there is a blue one on the moorings at tighnabruich. unfortunately i can`t remember its name.

Penzephyr

Welcome.

Lassiette is a Robert Clark Inverie class of which 8 were built, this particular one by Millers in St Monance. She's 32'9" by 8' and a bit and is 8TM. She's been in the family since 1972 when we bought her from Blyth.

A joy to sail, she took our family all over the west coast, even though there were six of us and only 3 fixed berths.

Left to her own devices will sail unattended for a long time before needing attention.

Love her to bits.

As for Arden 4's. Plenty still about. Moulded somewhere in north east of England and towed up to Helensburgh behind a Land Rover to get finished at Arden Yachts yard. Absolutely bullet proof. I'm a good friend of George Hulley. He is still a cantankerous old bu66er and runs Hulley Marine from Sandpoint Marina in Dumbarton.

If you get him on a good day he'll tell you stories of all his boats.

Donald

Clyde_Wanderer wrote:Aja, I am sure I saw that boat at Holy loch last wk end, would I be correct?
My mate and I were discusing how well kept she was, and I reckoned she was carvel planked.

Sorry - not the same one. Lassiette is now out of the water in Maramarine.

Regards

Donald

penzephyr wrote: I don't know much about Robert Clark, but as it happens, there was another of his boats in the big shed at Fairlie, winter before last, when ours was undercover there as well. And she was very handsome too, Bosun of Forth by name. I could hardly talk to the bloke who was working on her, I was so choked with envy! It was only afterwards I remembered what it probably cost to keep her, and wished I'd been a bit more sympathetic!

Bosun berths at Port Edgar just up the pontoon from me and a very lovely boat she is. Her owner (or current caretaker) does indeed lavish extraordinary effort and quite a bit of his modest income on her. I will pass on your good wishes.

Bluemoment.

I received, via a fairly circuitous (sp?) route recently the following email from the owner of Finora, a sister ship to my parents Robert Clark. Just thought it might be of interest.

Good morning,

I'm an italian passionate yachtsman owner a boat of Robert Clark, Finora, and I read the forum http://www.oceanbluesailing.co.uk/phpBB ... &view=next" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; in which Mr Donald describe his interesting Lassiette. I think the two boats belong to the same (Inverie) Class.

I read (below the forum) the address http://www.holidayseil.co.uk/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Could You have possibility and kindness to keep me in touch (e.mail) with Mr Donald, to exchange experiences and informations ?

I hope I found a right way.

Thank You in advance and Best regards.

Andrea Cappai
Trieste - Triest
Italy

and my reply:

Andrea

Apologies for the delay in replying. My parents have owned Lassiette since 1971. They bought her in Blyth, Northumberland and sailed her to the Clyde that year. Finora was still on the Clyde in 1972 and was sold to an owner in 1973 on the east coast of England. You will be aware of the website http://www.yacht-fractions.co.uk/uk/detail.asp?ID=387" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; giving details of Finora. Obviously she didn't come to the west coast of Scotland. Additionally, Finora has a dog house and is masthead rigged. Lassiette as you will see is as she was launched in that she has a flush coachroof and is fractionally rigged.

Yachts that were 'probably' designed to the same class (Inverie):

Finora J Miller & Son 1938
Invertiel J Miller & Son 1939
Lassiette J MIller & Son 1947 (keel laid 1939)
Lorna M J Miller & Son 1948
Maid of Islay J Miller & Son 1939
Romava Built in Austrailia 1954

Lassiette is being put up for sale this year as both my parents are now 85 years of age and find the upkeep too much. My father is wanting to put her into a reputable boatyard for a facelift. I would love to take Lassiette over but already own a Moody 346. My whole family have fabulous memories of sailing Lassiette both on the Clyde and further afield over the past 38 years (is it really that long!!!).

It's always nice to here from people who have the same (wonderful) taste in traditional yachts and I hope that whoever purchases Lassiette has as much fun and enjoyment as we have had.

If you have any more information - or if I can do some more investigation - please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards

Donald