Port Hamble Ltd Arthur Robb Bermudan Yawl Arthur Robb Bermudan Yawl

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Designed by Arthur C. Robb and built by Port Hamble Ltd in 1959. Built for the Royal Military Academy Sailing Club and funded by the Nuffield Trust with an £8000 donation towards the build. She was named Wish Stream after a small stream running through the grounds of the Sandhurst Academy.

History

She spent her early years racing with the military, taking part in numerous Fastnets and other offshore races. She was then sold to the CEO of IBM Europe and was based in Denmark, before being sold in 1983 to sculptor Clark Murray from New York who kept her in Maine before sailing south in 1995 to the Caribbean and then on to Europe.

The present owner acquired the boat in 1997 after falling in love with the lines of her sistership. Since then she has been professionally maintained with much structural refit work carried out when necessary and cruised extensively from Denmark down to La Rochelle and over to Ireland.

Racing Achievements

She has taken part in the regular Classic Channel Regatta winning the cross channel race overall in 2009.

Specifications

• Length on Deck: 42’6”


• Length Waterline: 30’


• Beam: 11’6”


• Draft: 5’11”


• Thames Tonnage: 18TM

This is a well proportioned and well set up yacht, easily handled with her split rig making her an excellent cruising boat, but also a tough regatta competitor when required. A fine pedigree yacht that has covered tens of thousands of ocean miles over the years.