Vertue Yachts Designed by Laurent Giles

Continuing the theme of favourite designers and their yachts I come to the very attractive Vertue, from the board of Jack Laurent Giles. (1901-1965) She obviously stirs my heart, because I’ve done two previous articles featuring Vertues, specifically, ‘Maid of Tessa’* and ‘Hussar’.** To me, Vertues have their virtues; they are very attractive yachts, not only because I love their lines, but because they have proven themselves to be exceptionally seaworthy. Vertue No 1 was built in 1936, and since then over 200 have been launched, perhaps none of them more impeccably crafted than at the Cheoy Lee yard.*** 

For an introduction to the history and the development of the class, from wooden construction to GRP, have a look at this Australian website*** by the owner of ‘Corio Vertue’.

*’Maid of Tessa’ - Vertue 34

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/maid-of-tessa-vertue-34.html 

**Hussar’ Vertue No 21

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/hussar-vertue-no-21.html

***Some History of the Vertue Class Sloop

http://www.indrans.com/vertue-myths-facts.aspx

Other Links

Vertue Yachts

http://vertueyachts.com 

Vertue Specification at Sailboat Data

http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=3588 

Vertue (Yacht)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertue_(yacht) 

****Cheoy Lee Vertues

http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/vertue.htm

Cheoy Lee Association

http://www.cheoyleeassociation.com/a_entrance.htm

Simo the Vertue Blog

http://simothevertue.blogspot.co.uk 

Vertue 61 Blog

https://vertue61.wordpress.com

Sumara of Weymouth Blog

http://sumaraofweymouth.co.uk/wordpress/

‘Speedwell of Hong Kong’ Vertue

http://speedwelladventures.com/blog/

Stream of Consciousness - Vertue Class Yacht Blog

http://yachtee.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vertue-class-yacht.html

Val Howells ‘Cardinal Verture’

http://www.valhowells.com/boats.html

Adventures in a Laurent Giles Vertue

http://drumler.com/about-vertues/

Sumara of Weymouth

http://www.sumaraofweymouth.co.uk/index.html

Classic Boat Vertue 11 Forum

http://www.classicboat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=273059 

Cruisers’ Forum - ‘Is a 25 toot Vertue too small for extended cruising?

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/is-a-25-foot-vertue-too-small-for-extended-cruising-102423-2.html 

Wooden Boat Forum - Vertue 25

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?134617-Vertue-25-sloop

Laurent Giles Vertue - V3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4bCFbILWDk

Laurent Giles 25 ft Yacht for Sale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doOGS_9jjBA 

1994 Vertue 11 GRP Version for Sale £29,000

http://www.yachtsnet.co.uk/boats/s01813/s0813.htm 

1963 Vertue 25 for Sale £17,500

http://yachts.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=440886

Laurent Giles 25 ft Vertue Sold 1990 (Good photos)

http://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/details/487/Laurent-Giles-25-ft-Vertue-Ocean-1990-/yacht-for-sale/