I am amazed at the amount of information that can be found
on the Internet about certain boats. I saw this centre cockpit Transworld 41 at
Hullbridge. She was on a slipway at the eastern end of Brandy Hole Reach on the
River Crouch. By keying her name, Lady
Rosemary, into Internet search engines I was able to find out quite a lot
about her. She was designed by William Garden and she was built by the
Transworld Boat Building Company in Taiwan, in 1978. She is a British Registered
vessel of 17.26 tons.
From Ancasta’s brokerage website* I discovered that the
first owner had taken her on a world cruise. Her very comprehensive inventory
at the time of sale included a Hydrovane self-steering unit and she was
equipped with Seldon in-mast furling systems for both the main and mizzen. (This doesn't appear to be the case at the moment - see photos.) She
was set up for single-handing, which for a globetrotter is a good
thing, because crews are not always easy to find. On the other hand, she has
seven berths distributed between three cabins. A bit of chartering wouldn’t be
out of place.
She is a bigger and far more complicated yacht than I would
want to own, on account of numerous bits of equipment that could go wrong and
the expense of running her, but she has already proven herself to be a practical
live-aboard yacht with a few home comforts such as: a hot and cold pressurized
water system, and heating in the form of an Eberspacher cabin unit.
While looking for information about the boat, I could not
avoid coming across details of the couple who currently live aboard Lady Rosemary. They are Jack and Anita Curtis. Anita set up a
Blogspot blog** in 2008 telling of their life afloat. She makes and sells
handmade jewellry, and she has a website illustrating her wares. Here’s the
address: http://www.anitacurtis.co.uk/
.
Links
*Transworld 41 ‘Lady Rosemary’
**Anita Curtis – A Life Sailing and Crafting
‘Lady Rosemary’ at Flkr.com
Hydrovane Self-steering
Transworld 41 Ketch (Builder’s website)
Transworld 41 for Sale £29,950 (Aft cockpit version)
Lo-Kee Transworld 41’ Ketch – Facebook
1 comment:
I just found your story about the TransWorld 41, nice job...I own LO-KEE
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