Bill's Log: Van de Stadt Pioneer 9

In August 2012 I wrote a short article* about a Van de Stadt Pioneer 9 I saw on the River Crouch at Fambridge. Later, I discovered she was for sale for £5,500. I believe that same yacht is the one featured in these photos showing her ashore at Burnham Yacht Harbour last week. I image she was sold, and that her new owner is preparing her below the waterline for repainting and antifouling. He’s made a brilliant job of polishing the propeller, but there’s a lot more work on the hull to make it smooth before applying the appropriate paints.

Having owned ‘Aziz’** a Pioneer 9, I have an empathy for what is being done to ‘Nomis’, for that is her name. She is a genuine early, classic fibreglass yacht built in the 1970s worthy of being cherished.

I would be interested to know why she was named, ‘Nomis’, which is Simon spelled backwards.

**See first 3 links below.

Links

*Pioneer 9 for Sale

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/pioneer-9-for-sale.html

Cruise of the ‘Aziz’ a Pioneer 9 Part 1

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/cruise-of-aziz-pioneer-9-part-1.html

Pioneer 9 ‘Aziz’

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/pioneer-9-aziz.html

The Meaning of Names – Nomis

http://www.themeaningofnames.org/?n=Nomis&m=&d=&y=&go=Go

What does Nomis Day mean?