MEANDER ARCHIVE
Evidence library

Sources & research links

The online material used to reconstruct Meander's history, including sources that supplied photographs, independent corroboration, technical evidence or unresolved leads.

Photo note. Where an online image was useful to identification or research but redistribution rights were unclear, this archive links to the original source rather than republishing the image.

Principal research links

Nobby Owners Association — MeanderCore vessel chronology; Grimson cruising, 2009 return, Hennesseys and Liverpool.
SERCHTHRIFT — MeanderChris Phillips vessel details, re-engine and 2019 sale.
SERCHTHRIFT — About Chris Phillips2009 west-east Atlantic crossing and Tim Sex Trophy.
SERCHTHRIFT archive2015 Meander and Faroes material.
Meander gets her bottom wet again — 12 May 2015Loch Creran relaunch and detailed refit evidence.
The Last Few Days — 5 Aug 2015Closing stages of the 2015 voyage and return to Barcaldine.
Davidson Fine Art — Bob Grimson biographyBuild, name, Atlantic crossing, cruising range and 2009 sale.
Davidson Fine Art — Bob Grimson paintingsMarine paintings and contextual voyage clues.
Art Marine — Bob GrimsonBiography and sailing background.
Artist Biographies — Bob GrimsonIndependent artist biography and Meander background.
Bob Grimson websiteArtist reference and potential archive lead.
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery — Robert GrimsonAdditional biographical source.
Classic Boat, Dec 2003 — Bob the BuilderBob's first-person technical and cruising account.
Significant Deviation — Bahamas logIndependent 2008 Rock Sound and Long Island evidence.
Significant Deviation site indexContext for the independent cruising account.
Conwy River Festival — 2021 resultsPeter Hennessey helming Meander; second in Nobbys, Gaffers and Classics.
Old Gaffers Association — Meander postPeter Bunting / Arklow research lead; chronology remains unresolved.
Irish Cruising Club — Faulkner CupPeter Bunting background; identity not proven.
Irish Cruising Club — Rockabill TrophyPeter Bunting background; identity not proven.
Afloat — Brian Hegarty obituaryGulkarna II / Peter Bunting background; retained as an identity research lead only.
Art Marine — Chesapeake SquallGrimson Chesapeake/Delaware sailing recollection; not automatically a confirmed Meander port.
Art Marine — Bluenose 2Mahone Bay recollection and geographic clue.
ITU MARS List VExact radio identity: MMSI 235068491, call sign 2BQR2, ship no. 46501.
Airbnb — Pirate luxury!Aberystwyth accommodation evidence and photographs.
Airbnb Ireland mirrorIndexed listing variant used to cross-check current listing details.
Historic Nobby imageHistoric image lead; upload directory is not treated as the photograph date.