Open research

Can you help complete the story?

Former owners, crew, marina neighbours, OGA and Nobby members, cruising sailors, photographers and local historians may hold the missing pieces.

What we are still looking for

1990–92 build & launch

Photographs of the armature, ferro-cement hull, fitting-out, spars or the Watermouth launch.

Bob & Jean's voyages

Dated photos or logbook entries from the Bahamas, Caribbean, Venezuela, US east coast or Nova Scotia.

2009 Atlantic passage

Exact departure/arrival ports and dates, photographs, reports and further information on Alec Townley's role.

Peter Bunting & Arklow

The complete story behind the OGA reference and how the episode fits the ownership sequence.

Scotland & Faroes

Additional photographs from the 2013–15 refit and 2015 expedition.

Liverpool 2019–24

Dated Liverpool Marina photographs, berth/liveaboard dates, refit details and recollections from neighbouring boats.

Liverpool → Aberystwyth

Sale/transfer documents, delivery-passage information or the earliest dated Aberystwyth marina photograph.

Current ownership

Documentary ownership evidence would help close the modern chronology.

How to make a contribution useful

The strongest contribution includes a date, location and explanation of provenance. Original photographs are especially valuable when metadata, an album caption or a logbook establishes when and where they were taken.

For now: send material to the person who shared this website with you, with as much context as possible. A dedicated archive contact address can be added later.