One of the last true “Big Class” cruiser-racers built in Britain before the Second World War changed everything, THENDARA embodies all the elegance of a bygone era married to modern comforts, and Alfred Mylne’s unique ability to design a stoutly built, wholesome vessel with a famous turn of speed.One of the last true “Big Class” cruiser-racers built in Britain before the Second World War changed everything, THENDARA embodies all the elegance of a bygone era married to modern comforts, and Alfred Mylne’s unique ability to design a stoutly built, wholesome vessel with a famous turn of speed. THENDARA’s teak on steel hull was so well built in a Glasgow shipyard run by yachtsman friends of her first owner that during the inevitable early 1990s major restoration at Southampton Yacht Services, 70% of it could be retained. From 1994, just as she had done in her first season when she won the King George VI Coronation Regatta at Torquay, THENDARA hit the ground running, becoming the scourge of the Mediterranean classic regatta circuit. In current ownership she has also stretched her legs north, cruising and racing the Baltic. There is almost nothing like THENDARA, one of the very few vintage yachts measuring over 100 feet presented in a condition so ready to cruise anywhere, benefitting from owners and crew who have never relented in her upkeep.
2021 - MAJOR REFIT, MONACO MARINE, ANTIBES Hull - Underbody - Stripping, wood repair, primer, International hard matrix antifouling - Grinding all skin fittings / sea cocks - Prop cleaning, acid, antifouling, pitch control, anodes, check Dyna Plate grounds Hull - Topsides - Sanding, filler, primer, new Awlgrip paint system Deck - Stripping, sanding, varnishing (Epoxy/ Awlgrip 2 compound) gunwale and bulwark - Varnish and/or varnish repair on superstructure and blocks, chocks for tender - Varnishing the steering wheel - Cleaning and light sanding of the teak deck - Powder coating of deck hardware where possible; painting where not Rig - Inspection of the entire rig - Replacement of the standing rig of the mizzen mast - Replacement of turnbuckles and cables where found in need on main and mizzen Masts/ Spars - Pulling the masts, repair of main mast (soft wood was replaced) - Stripping sanding and varnishing of all masts, booms, peaks, spreaders and spars - Using Epoxy/ Awlgrip 2 compound - Checking and testing of electrical connections, antennas. Interior - Carpets and galley floor replaced - Cleaning of gray and black water holding tanks - Degreasing, cleaning of all bilges, painting the bilges Other - During the stay in the yard, the spars, booms and masts where in a heated cocoon - The vessel is cleaned thoroughly twice per week and on daily basis - Lines, power connection, hull integrity and bilges are checked - Defects, deficiencies are dealt with as they are discovered during routine controls and checks WINTERBOATYARD OVERHAUL - Main and mizzen, masts, main boom and main gaff stripped to bare wood - These spars then given 27 successive coats of Epifanes varnish - Cap shrouds renewed - Stuffing box was replaced with modern ceramic system - General maintenance of all systems; sea cocks, propeller, piping generators, pumps, windlass - Maintenance of winches programmed - Hull repainted in Awlgrip urethane paint off -white - Name and scroll line repainted - Antifouling Micron 77 applied by airless spraying - Teak capping rail stripped and re varnished with 16 coats WINTERREFIT AT VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER - Hull stripped to bare wood and some butt joints refastened and re caulked - All the planking was found in perfect condition. - Entire bottom faired by hand planing - After thorough inspection the entire ship primed and painted in Awlgrip system - The steel rudder and lead keel sandblasted, primed and painted in Awlgrip - Bobstay, jib stay, intermediate main mast and all mizzen shrouds changed for new - All mizzen rigging screws changed for new - All blocks stripped, re varnished and re leathered, as were the mizzenmast hoops - Anchor chain re galvanized - The 12 kVA generator overhauled - Shaft and feathering propeller rectified - New bowsprit net hand made to measure WINTERREFIT - All steel work in the lower hull was ultra sound tested under MCA supervision - Total draining, cleaning and epoxy treating of the bilges - Engine taken out, engine room emptied and refitted - Hull sandblasted and epoxy treated REBUILD/ RESTORATION, SOUTHAMPTON YACHT SERVICES 1992 to 1994 Starting in 1992 THENDARA was completely rebuilt by Southampton Yacht Services. Only the hull remains of the original build - all the rest was honorably replicated. During this refit traditional rigging expert, the late Harry Spencer of Cowes, constructed new Columbian pine spars and rigged them with galvanised steel wire to conform with the original rig. The resulting rig therefore is not only as the original it also provides exceptional sailing performance in all conditions. Southampton Yacht Services craftsmen went to extraordinary lengths to salvage and repair surviving fittings where possible, or re-cast new ones using the originals as models. Principal works included: - New rudder made in steel (alloy) with a NACA1 profile - New hinge and bearing system for rudder - Refurbished quadrant and mechanical wheel system - New propeller shaft and coupling system plus stern gland - Complete mechanical and electrical services, controls of the ship - Original Thomas Reid windlass reconstructed with hydraulic motor in place of electric - Windlass steel drum ends recast in bronze - Rebuild of the crew quarters, technical improvements in galley - New saloon Edwardian style and modifications in doghouse - Modifications on deck to improve the racing configuration - New Tenders, some new sails - Complete overhaul of mast and spars. . - A lot of modifications on masts and spar fittings - New standing rigging for main mast - 2 new chain plates, strip and complete re-varnish for all the spars (18 coats) - MCA requirements
ALFRED MYLNE & CO. DESIGN NO. 379 ALEXANDER STEPHEN & CO. LTD YARD NO. 555 Through the 1920s and 1930s, from the Glasgow drawing boards of Alfred Mylne & Co. - designed principally by Alfred Mylne (I) and his long time associate John M. James - a magnificent flotilla of wholesome, handsome and fastftm) cruiser-racer ketches, yawls and schooners was conceived for mostly local clients. The majority were beyond the size capacity of Mylne's own yard, Bute Slip Dock - in fact most of them were built by shipyards. During the lowest years of the Great Depression there can be no doubt that some of these fabulous yachts were at least partly commissioned to help keep the core of their builders' skilled labour force together, with the upper Clyde shipyard Alexander Stephen & Co. Ltd. of Linthouse building the majority. By the time the Alexander Stephen yard laid down THENDARA, they'd already built the 91 ft yawl VADURA (1926), the 105 ft schooner GOLDEN HIND (1931), the 82 ft ketch ALBYN (now EILEEN - 1934), and the 79 ft ketch FIUMARA (1934). By 1937 the Clyde shipbuilding industry was once again on the rise. THENDARA's commissioning owner, Arthur Young's desire was for a large, fast cruiser-racer to replace his 90 ft Camper & Nicholsons motor yacht, also THENDARA, and to function as mothership to his smaller racing yachts, the Mylne-designed 6-Metre SASKIA III, and his Dragon class yachts. Arthur (later Sir Arthur) Young, from the highly successful Templeton carpet manufacturing family, was the member of the UK Parliament for Partick, Glasgow, and an accomplished racing helmsman - winner of the Seawanhaka Cup with the Fife 8-Metre SASKIA II in 1931. So it was no surprise that after THENDARA's launching on Monday 15th March 1937, and working-up on the Clyde, she won her first major regatta, the early season King George VI Coronation Regatta at Torquay, racing alongside her smaller sisters ALBYN and FIUMARA. THENDARA's pre-Second World War sailing programme then settled down to long distance cruising, supporting her owner's racing yachts, and participation in the Clyde Fortnight regatta in July. She was requisitioned during the war as a barrage balloon tender on the Clyde, and on cessation of hostilities resumed a similar programme. THENDARA's second owner from 1951 was ace amateur motorcycle racer (winner of the 1925 Amateur TT), and Riley car racer and dealer Commander Hector G. Dobbs, who also owned at that time the Nicholson 23-Metre ASTRA and the Fife 12-Metre CINTRA. Perhaps he was more of a boat dealer too, than a yachtsman... From 1953 THENDARA's ownership becomes harder to trace, hidden behind entity names, but it is known that she became a charter yacht in the Mediterranean, and it is even rumoured that she was owned at one time by Greek royalty. In the mid 1980s a restoration began at Cantiere Valdettaro, La Spezia, Italy, but it ran out of steam. In the autumn of 1991 her hull only was shipped to Southampton, England, for completion of the restoration which finally began under new ownership in 1992 at Southampton Yacht Services. It became one of the epic restoration stories of the classic yacht revival, with THENDARA emerging in 1994 as once again the magnificent gaff ketch of 1937 - setting jackyard topsails above both main and mizzen. Her subsequent big class racing in the Mediterranean, in particular against the schooners ALTAIR (Fife) and MARIETTE (Herreshoff) has become the stuff of legend. Following transfer to current ownership in the 2000s, THENDARA has been more gently used, mostly as a cruiser, and maintained to the same high standards since her relaunch in 1994. ©2023 Iain McAllister/ Sandeman Yacht Company Ltd.
THENDARA is a true thoroughbred, with an impressive history of successful competition. After her flying start in 1937 when she won both her class and the overall prize at the Torbay Coronation Regatta, THENDARA continued to race extensively until World War II. Following her re launch, from 1994 THENDARA has sometimes taken first place among serious competition in Antibes, Imperia, Porto Cervo, Monaco, Cannes, and Saint-Tropez. Her Mediterranean matches against the Herreshoff schooner MARIETTE became the stuff of legend through the 1990s. In 1997 she won a prize as one of the only gaff-rigged classics to complete the gruelling Atlantic Challenge Cup, and in 2000 she was the darling of the Antigua Classic Regatta, winning her division, the overall fleet and the Boat International Concours d'Elegance against such favourites as ENDEAVOUR, MARIETTE and WHITEHAWK – and prompting an in depth article by that publication. The following year she again showed her prowess with a first in the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee Regatta at Cowes. A summary table of participation and results follows: 1996 Régates Royales Cannes - 1st 1997 Atlantic Challenge Cup - 1st Gaff-rigged classic to finish - 2nd in Classic Division - 3rd overall fleet (classic & modern) 1998 Régates Royales Cannes- 2nd overall (1st gaff-rigged) 1998 Coupe du Yacht Club de France - 1st overall fleet 1999 Régates Royales Cannes - 2nd 1999 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - 2nd 2000 Antigua Classic Week - 1st in Class Vintage A,B and C - 1st Overall fleet - Boat International Concours d'Elegance - Winner 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, Cowes - 1st Vintage A 2001 Régates Royales Cannes - 2nd 2001 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - 1st 2002 Régates Royales Cannes - 2nd 2002 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - 2nd 2003 Régates Royales Cannes - 2nd 2003 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - 2nd 2008 Palmavela 2008 Régates Royales Cannes 2008 Coupe de Autumne 2008 Voiles de St. Tropez 2009 Trophée Bailli de Suffren - Saint-Tropez - Porto Rotondo - 2nd 2009 Vela Classica Barcelona - 2nd 2009 Régates Royales Cannes 2009 Coupe de Autumne 2009 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2010 Palmavela, Palma de Mallorca 2010 Robbe & Berking Classic Week, Western Baltic - 2nd 2010 Régates Royales Cannes 2010 Coupe d'Autumne 2010 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - 1st 2012 Vela Clasica Barcelona - 2nd 2012 Vela Clasica de Menorca - 1st 2012 Régates Royales Cannes - 1st 2012 Coupe de Autumne 2012 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2013 Antigua Classic Race Week overall 1st in class
- Teak planking on steel frame, 70% original - Laminated iroko stemSteel rudder - Teak laid deck on marine plywood substrate - Teak superstructures
FROM AFT - 2 x Bronze fairleads at taffrail quarters - 2 x Bronze mooring cleats - Large rubber buffered bronze mizzen sheet horse - Mizzen boom gallows - Bronze Lewmar 65 self-tailing mizzen sheet winch - 2 x Raw teak and bronze cleats - Thomas Reid steering system with rudder indicator - Kobelt engine throttle control by varnished teak helmsman’s seat - Teak wheel with bronze name by Harry Spencer of Cowes on brass mounting - Teak and brass compass binnacle - Large raised engine room hatch with small trunk cabin - Mizzen mast with single spreader - 2 x Teak and bronze cleats; one each side - Mizzen runner; all ash blocks - 2 x Teak and bronze cleats; one each side - Bronze main sheet horse - Main boom gallows white painted - Running top mast backstays port and stbd, all with varnished ash cheeked blocks - Teak and bronze cleats mounted on cover boards each side COCKPIT For relaxation, the comfortable cockpit and the deck dining table sheltered from the midday sun under a lofty awning provide ideal options for al-fresco dining and entertainment - Large cockpit with raised teak coamings - Demountable 2 x leaf varnished teak cockpit table - can also be mounted amidships - 2 x Lewmar 65 winches for topmast runners - 2 x Lewmar electric mainsheet winchesBridge deck - Doghouse in the distinctive Mylne style - 3 x Vents and skylights mounted in low level teak boxes the length of doghouse each side - Main mast running backstays – as for the mizzen - 2 x Lewmar 65 winches for main mast runner and staysail sheets - Panama eye fairleads in bulwarks and teak and bronze cleats each side for midships mooring lines - Demountable cradles to port and launching davit for lugsail dinghy - Demountable cradles to starboard and launching davit for RIB - Life raft stowage - Large butterfly skylight hatch over saloon - 2 x Lewmar bronze electric halyard winches each side mast base - 4 x Electric pedal controls for these winches - Single spreader main mast - Bronze pin rails at shrouds each side - Butterfly skylight hatch over galley - Raised hatch and sliding roof over fo'c'sle companionway - 2 x Small lifting skylights and vents the length of this hatch both sides - Sampson post - Mooring cleats port and stbd - Bowsprit - 4 x Awnings for a full deck cover - Deck and cockpit cushions - Winter cover for all deck housing GROUND TACKLE - 250 kg Fisherman anchor (250 kg) on deck chocks - 100 m Galvanised 22 mm chain - 70 kg Danforth anchor - 100 m Galvanised 16 mm chain - Hydraulic windlass by Thomas Reid & Son 1936 (rebuilt 1994 &x 220 V motors driving hydraulics new inx Spare windlass engine
SUMMARY Accommodation for up to 6 in :- - 2 x Double en-suite cabins - 1 x Twin en-suite cabin - Air conditioning throughout Crew accommodation :- Accommodation for up to 7 Crew members - Captain’s Cabin - 1 x Twin berth crew cabin - 4 x Crew berths in foc’sle COMPANIONWAY DECKHOUSE And Navigation Space - Double door and sliding hatch access forward of cockpit bridge deck - Locker to port housing navigation instruments and electrics control panel - Deep hanging locker to starboard - Flag locker - Settee berths port and starboard under deep windows outboard - Chart table slides aft from cabinet top forward to port - Substantial chart stowage in the cabinet forward - Cabinet to starboard with lifting top; houses computer - Bookshelves against forward bulkhead - Clock, barometer and barograph - 2 x Settees or occasional/ passagemaking berths at deck level - Companionway steps lead down forward and wheel to port - Landing at fore and aft passage between owner and guest accommodation and saloon MOVING AFT IN PASSAGE DOUBLE EN-SUITE GUEST CABIN TO STARBOARD - White panelled v'd lining and varnished mahogany - Large double berth - Hanging locker - Writing desk - Bronze opening port - Small opening skylight in deckhead (stbd side of deckhouse) - 2 x Reading lights En-suite bathroom - Blakes Manual WC - Wash basin; mixer taps - Shower - Bronze opening port - Small opening skylight in deckhead (stbd side of deckhouse) EN-SUITE BATHROOM AND/OR 'DAY HEAD' TO PORT - Off-white panelled v'd lining - Toilet - Wash basin; mixer taps - Shower - Bronze opening port - Small skylight in deckhead (port side of deckhouse) - 2 x Deckhead lights TWIN UP AND OVER GUEST CABIN TO PORT - Varnished mahogany carpentry - 2 x Single up and over berths; stowage aft - Hanging locker - Writing desk - Bronze opening port - 2 x Deckhead lights - 2 x Reading lights - Small skylight in deckhead (port side of deckhouse) En-Suite is as above, doubling as "Day Head" AFT TO OWNER'S EN-SUITE CABIN - White panelled v'd lining and varnished mahogany - Large double berth with much stowage under - 2 x Hanging lockers - Writing desk - Banquette seat - On board telephone - Repeaters for B&G Hydra - Bronze opening port - Small skylight in deckhead (starboard side of deckhouse) - 3 x Deckhead lights - 2 x Reading lights En-suite bathroom - Blakes Manual WC - Wash basin; mixer taps - Shower - Bronze opening port - Small skylight in deckhead (port side of deckhouse) DOORWAY FORWARD IN PASSAGE TO SALOON - Varnished mahogany joinery, white painted deck head and skylight over - 3 x Bronze opening ports each side - Settee with sideboards fore and aft to port - Bookshelves and cabinets outboard - Discreet cabinets for TV and DVD players - Cabinet against aft bulkhead athwartships - Drinks cabinets - Drinks fridgeU-shaped settee half surrounding large gimballed dining table to starboard can seat 6 - 2 x Additional armchairs facing - 4 x Lamps - 4 x Art deco deck head lights - 2 x Brass deckhead lights - 4 x Reading lamps - U-Line ice makerDoorway forward to galley and crew quarters detailed further below
FORWARD FROM SALOON TO GALLEY AND CREW ACCOMMODATION Also accessible from Foredeck Hatch CAPTAIN'S CABIN IMMEDIATELY TO PORT - Single berth outboard, with stowage fore and aft inboard and under - On board telephone - Repeaters for B&G depth, wind speed and boat speed - Bronze opening port - Reading light - Deckhead light GALLEY TO STARBOARD - The galley is modern in stainless steel and wood joinery - Professional stainless steel Lincat fixed gas 4 x burner hob and large ovenBrushed stainless steel work surfaces - 2 x Stainless steel sinks with mixer taps - 1 x Custom stainless steel deep freezer 170 L - 2 x Custom stainless steel fridges 150 L each - Pressure water system - Panasonic combo microwave - Washing machine - Drying machine - Washrite dishwasher - Skylight over deckhead GIRLS CREW CABIN TO PORT - 2 x single up and over berths; stowage under, fore and aft - Bronze opening port - Deckhead light CREW HEAD AND SHOWER TO STARBOARD - Electric WC - Basin with hot and cold taps - Shower STEPS UP TO FOREHATCH AND DOORWAY TO FORWARD CREW CABIN - 2 x Up and over berths each side - Substantial stowage under and forward - Drop leaf dining table on centreline - 2 x Bronze opening ports - 3 x Deckhead lights - 4 x Reading lights
RIG - Claimed the only gaff rigged yacht to fly a jack yard topsail on both main and mizzen - Only concession to modern materials is use of Dacron in her sails and lines - The unique rig provides exceptional, modern sailing performance and comfort in all conditions - All spars except bowsprit in Colombian pine by Harry Spencer of CowesBowsprit in Colombian pine by Gilbert PasquiWhisker Stays, Bobstay fitting in aluminium bronzeMai mast lateral rigging and backstays galvanized - Lower shrouds new 2012 - Intermediate shrouds new 2010 - Top shrouds newx Main mast forestays in stainless steel - Mizzen mast standing rigging in galvanized and rigging screws (new in 2012_ - Jackyards for main and mizzen - Running rigging regularly upgraded; main, and mizzen and top sail halyards new 2013 SAILS - 1 x Ratsey mainsailx Incidences racing mainx Mizzenx Incidences racing mizzenx Working topsailx Ratsey staysailx Doyle racing staysailx Incidences jibx Ratsey small top jibx Ratsey large top jibx Doyle large light top jibx Doyle nylon balloonerx Incidences main jackyard topsailx Ratsey mizzen jackyard topsailx Ratsey mizzen staysailx Doyle nylon mizzen staysail (2000) CANVASWORK - Boom covers - Winter cover for all deck housing
MECHANICAL - Volvo TMD102A 238 hp Diesel - Maximum speed 11 knots - Cruising speed 9 knots with 36 Luke automatic feathering - Consumption 18 L / hour - Range 1,600 nm approx - Shaft servicedin Luke automatic feathering propeller - 1 x Northern Light 24 kW generator - 1 x Northern Light 12 kW generator ELECTRICAL - 240 V AC 50 Hz / 24 V DC electrical systems - 24 V Panel in engine room renewed and fitted with auto fusesA / 240 V Shore power - 2 x Generator batteries - 36 x Sonnenschein 2 V gel cell 600 Ah domestic batteries (2010) total 24 V @ 1,800 Ah - 2 x Main engine batteriesx Mastervolt battery chargers, 100 Ah each (1 fromx 40 A Engine alternator - 1 x 175 A Alternator - 1 x Emergency battery - 2 x Mastervolt inverter 24 V / 240 V 5000 W (2005 and 2010) TANKAGE & WATER SYSTEMS - 2,800 L / 616 Gal fuel - 3,000 L / 660 Gal fresh water - Seafresh H208A water maker 120 L / c32 US Gal per /hour - Membranes and HP pipingx Fresh water pumps (one newBoiler elements replaced 2010 OTHER SYSTEMS - 2 x Condaria air-conditioning systems; that in crew quarters new 2013
NAVIGATION - 1 x Alcyon electronic compass - Furuno M1832 / 36 nm radar - Furuno GPS - Raymarine C120 with chart plotterB&G Hydra 2000 complete - 4 x Fixed displays and 3 x repeaters - 1 x Navigation computer (2010) COMMUNICATIONS - 1 x Communication computer newSailor Mini M telephone system SP 4164 A (Tel / Fax / Data) - Sailor VHF A1 system VHF-DSCGSM Cellular Sx5E (Tel / Fax / Data) - Battery monitor ENTERTAINMENT - 1 x TV and a DVD player; saloon TVSpeakers in saloon and doghouse and deck
- Gas locker on deck - Gas alarmBilge alarms - Smoke and fire detectors - 1 x Bilge pump 2 inch 240 V AC - 2 x Bilge pumps 24 V DC (fitted 2010 with new piping and wiring) - 1 x Manual bilge pump - 1 x Fire pump 2 inch, 240 V AC + 2 deck hoses - Man overboard pole - 10 x Fire extinguishers - Emergency tiller - FE 200 engine fire extinguishing system (2010 overhauledx Life rings - 2 x 10 person Solas life rafts with hydrostatic releaseMcMurdo 406 EPIRB - 1 x Searchlight - Signal flags and flares - 8 x Lifejacketsx Harnesses and jackstays - THENDARA security manual
- Custom passarelle in teak - Lug sail dinghy yacht’s tender on demountable cradles to port and launching davit - RIB with teak decking sole and Yamaha 4 str 25 hp outboard on demountable cradles stbd
