July 7, 2007

• Kirawan

  Another beautiful boat by Rhodes.  According to rumor, she is currently being restored (yet again) by someone.  She was originally designed by Philip Rhodes in 1935 and was completed in 1936 in time to win the 1936 Bermuda Race.

  She was subsequently
  owned by the actress and wife of Howard Hughes, Terry Moore.

  She also competed in the 2000 Bermuda Race, but “did not do so well.”
   

  Oh, come on!  I’d like to see any modern boat even racing AT ALL at 64 years of age.  Besides, why blame the boat?  For all one knows, it was probably the skipper.

  
  Picture from http://whyc.org/galler-b.htm

  References:
  1.  http://astro.temple.edu/~bstavis/pr/kirawan.htm
  2.  Picture from http://whyc.org/galler-b.htm

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