Registration number 3616
Status Registered
paula.palmer

Previous names

  • 1963 China Clipper

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Unknown
Vessel type Sloop
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Wing on Shing
Built in 1962
Hull material Wood
Rig Bermudan
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
12.33 feet (3.76m)
Length: Overall
48.42 feet (14.76m)
Tonnage: Gross
18.00

History

CHINA CLIPPER is the sister vessel to the 1959 Fastnet winner ANITRA, except that she was designed as a sloop rather than a yawl, and her lines were modified by Sparkman & Stephens to better meet the then RORC rules. She was built in Hong Kong for Alan J M Miller, who was an officer of the RTYC, and fitted out in the UK by Lallows of Cowes where she was based for a number of years.  She has an extensive racing history and competed on the RORC circuit, including Fastnet races.  In 1963 she crossed the Atlantic and was chartered in the Caribbean before taking part in the 1964 Bermuda Race, returning back across the Atlantic the following year.  For many summers she cruised extensively in Brittany and the north of Spain before moving in 1967 to the Mediterranean where she was based in Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca.  For several years she cruised in the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica until she was sold in 1980.  

CHINA CLIPPER was one of the last full long keel and rudder Ocean Racing yachts designed by the postwar master of such designs, Olin Stephens. In the early 1960s such designs moved to fin and skeg configurations, and these came to dominate. She is of all teak construction, and is still absolutely original inside and out, with her original mast by Proctor and boom. She was raced extensively in US classic meetings up to 2017, and is now back in UK waters.

 

Key dates

  • 1963

    Built as sister vessel to 1959 Fastnet winner ANITRA except designed as a sloop rather than yawl and lines modified to better meet RORC rules

     

     

  • 1960s

    Raced extensively from Cowes, including Fastnet races and transatlantic voyages and 1964 Bermuda race

     

  • 1967

    Moved to Mallorca

  • 1980

    Sold by original owner

  • 2017

    Raced extensively in US classic meetings up to 2017 before returning to UK waters

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