Vertue (yacht)

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The Vertue Class of yacht is a 25'3" length [1] design by Laurent Giles dating from 1936, when Andrillot was launched. The class was not named Vertue until 1946: it collected the name in the wake of the win by Epeneta - a boat built to the design - of the Little Ship Club's 'Vertue Cup' [2] In 1939 the Epeneta had completed a cruise from The Solent to Belle Île in Southern Brittany and back in only 19 days. The Vertue Cup, donated by Michael Vertue to the Little Ship Club in 1927, is given for the best log of a cruise longer than a week by a member of the club. [3]

The design has an enviable reputation as a long-distance cruiser, with several remarkable cruises completed by boats of this class and close derivatives, in particular by Humphrey Barton, in Vertue XXXV and by Eric and Susan Hiscock. Barton was the original owner of Andrillot. [4]

There have been minor variants of the design - most obviously in the shape of the coach-roof: the hull form has, apart from the size increase, remained consistent throughout [5] Sail numbers ranging up to 230 are listed, suggesting that of the order of 200 have been built. [6]

The Vertue II [7] design is slightly larger at 25’ 8” overall with a 7’ 10” beam and has been produced in GRP since the 1970s by Bossoms Boatyard in Oxford.

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References

  1. ↑ "VERTUE sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018. Class details at sailboatdata.com
  2. ↑ "List of trophies at Little Ship Club". littleshipclub.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Laurent Giles 25 ft History of the Vertue Class at Ocean 1990". www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "GRP Vertue ll archive data". www.yachtsnet.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Vertue Yachts". www.vertueyachts.com.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Sail numbers at vertueyachts: Boats 201-Onwards -". VertueYachts.com/boats. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Details of vertue-II at Vertue II – Bossoms Boatyard". www.bossoms.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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