MEANDER ARCHIVE

Visual archive

GALLERY

The uploaded Meander photographic archive, grouped by vessel, interior and refit evidence. Dates and locations are only stated where the surviving material supports them.

Meander & people

The yacht in use

Meander under sail — Meander under sail with her distinctive reddish-brown gaff-ketch sail plan.

Chris Phillips at the wheel — Chris Phillips at Meander's traditional wooden wheel.

Sunset from Meander — Sunset from aboard Meander during the Phillips era; exact anchorage and date not asserted.

Archive photograph titled Westward Ho — Archive photograph retained under its original filename, “Westward Ho”. Exact context is not yet established.

Below decks

Phillips-era interior

Meander forecabin — Forecabin.

Meander saloon — Saloon and central living space.

Meander galley — Galley.

Meander heads compartment — Heads compartment.

Meander cockpit — Cockpit and companionway area.

Freshly painted cockpit — Fresh paint in the cockpit during the refit sequence.

Dating note: Chris Phillips records substantial accommodation changes in 2009–10, so these photographs are treated as Phillips-era interior evidence rather than the untouched original 1992 fit-out.

2013–15 refit

Repair, renewal and relaunch

Meander ashore — Meander ashore during the long refit period.

Repairs to Meander — Cabin and coachroof repairs underway.

Coachwork repair — Coachwork repair detail.

Repainted Meander deck and coachroof — Repainted deck and coachroof work.

New Beta Marine engine in crate — Replacement Beta Marine diesel before installation.

New engine installed aboard Meander — Replacement Beta Marine engine installed aboard.

Meander being relaunched — Meander returning to the water at Barcaldine after the refit.

Research graphics

Routes and chronology

Meander timeline — Meander timeline assembled from the evidence archive.

Grimson-era Atlantic range — Grimson-era documented range and contextual clues.

2015 Scotland and Faroes route — 2015 route sequence reconstructed from dated logs.

External historical sources

Further image evidence

Nobby Owners Association

Historic Meander imagery and dedicated vessel-history page.

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Aberystwyth

Modern listing material showing Meander at Aberystwyth.

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SERCHTHRIFT

Chris Phillips's refit and cruising archive.

Bob the Builder

Bob Grimson's December 2003 Classic Boat article is preserved in this archive.

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