Although ELLAD was not built until 1957, William Fife III drew her lines during 1937 and 38 – reputedly his last design. The well documented and award winning restoration by Hubert Stagnol with the involvement of Fife expert William Collier ensuring the pre war look that her current owner wanted and ELLAD now exudes, is very evident. Easy to sail and in impressive condition ELLAD even at 34 foot is unmistakably a Fife.
Brokers Comments
Although ELLAD was not built until 1957, William Fife III drew her lines during 1937 and 38 – reputedly his last design. The well documented and award winning restoration by Hubert Stagnol with the involvement of Fife expert William Collier ensuring the pre war look that her current owner wanted and ELLAD now exudes, is very evident. Easy to sail and in impressive condition ELLAD even at 34 foot is unmistakably a Fife.
Brokers Comments
Although ELLAD was not built until 1957, William Fife III drew her lines during 1937 and 38 – reputedly his last design. The well documented and award winning restoration by Hubert Stagnol with the involvement of Fife expert William Collier ensuring the pre war look that her current owner wanted and ELLAD now exudes, is very evident. Easy to sail and in impressive condition ELLAD even at 34 foot is unmistakably a Fife.
History
ELLAD’s design was first drawn in 1937 or 1938 as Fife Yard number 830 – and his last design. The order for it was cancelled and given then the build up to the 2nd World War, it was not until 1951 that any boat to this design was actually launched. The first was NYATONGA, a popular boat which led to six more being built to the same lines. By then, Archie MacMillan, who took over the yard when Fife died in 1944, was running it as The Fairlie Slip Company.
This boat originally named NAVADA was built in teak on laminated-oak frames in 1957 and taken to the London Boat Show in January 1958. She was bought by a Dr Lavoué, of Monaco, who changed her name to ELLAD after his sister and taken to France, where he kept her until 2005. He then sold her to Jacques Yee, who took her to Benodet. Found by her current owner not in terminal decline but very tired about 5 years later, ELLAD was given an extensive 18 month restoration at Hubert Stagnol’s yard in Bénodet, launching again in April 2012. William Collier of GL Watson in Liverpool, a leading authority on Fife’s plans was invited to supervise the work mindful the owner wanted the pre war look and a new rig, which William himself designed – she having been a yawl previously.
At original build she had a little deckhouse, then somewhat in fashion but as it was not on Fife’s older plans, the current owner has removed it taking her back therefore to Fife’s earlier cleaner lines. Incidentally Fife had designed – and built two other larger double-enders; LATIFA in 1936 and EVENLODE for the 1937 Fastnet.
In the rebuild, ELLAD’s interior joinery was taken out and kept intending to be refitted but in the end the accommodation was redesigned to have a more open and airy feel. It does therefore look more modern but some of the original fittings; light fittings, the table etc have been retained.
Following her re-launch in 2012 ELLAD was ready for regattas and the boat finished 2nd in La Rochelle, 6th at La Baule just behind PEN DUICK and 4th in the La Rochelle Bar challenge.
In 2013 ELLAD participated in the Fife Regatta at Largs on the Clyde; the smallest boat there. Indeed though small for the traditional classic regattas in France, she nevertheless finished 2nd in the Classic challenge Vendée Charente – coming in behind a metal hulled boat.
ELLAD’s restoration has been the detailed in 7 numbers of “Classic Boat” from November 2013 to May 2014 and ELLAD was declared the best international restoration of a boat under 40 ft in London in March 2014.
Construction
- Carvel teak planking on laminated oak frames, completely rebuilt 2012
- Steel floors, stripped out sand blasted and re galvanised 2012
- Lead keel 3.2 Tonnes ballast
- 9 x Stainless steel keel bolts
- Steel rudder tube and shaft
- Teak deck new 2012
- Cockpit new 2012
- Trunk cabin new 2012
Accommodation and Domestic Equipment
- Sliding hatch in coach roof
- Companionway steps down
- Open plan High quality joinery with white painted frames and deck head exposed
- Brass lamps provide 12 V Lighting
- Galley to port
- 2 x Burner cooker
- Stainless steel sink and tap
- Lockers under and outboard above
- Navigation station stbd with large chart table
- 2 x Large saloon settee berths with fabric upholstery
- Lockers under and store cupboards forward with the characteristic Fife craftsmen’s ventilation holes
- Forward to in the foc’sle
- 2 x Single berths arranged as V-berth
- Electric WC
Rig Spars Sails and Canvas
- Oregon pine mast and boom new 2012
- Standing and running rigging new 2012
- 2 x Lewmar 16 ST halyard winches on mast
Sails
- Main sail; North Sails 2012
- Cruising / Delivery main 2005
- Large Genoa North Sails 2012
- Medium genoa; North Sails 2012
- Cruising genoa 2005
- Jib Bihan 2005
- Spinnaker North Sails 2012
- Boom main sail cover
Deck Layout Equipment and Ground Tackle
- Teak rails and deck superstructure
- Chromed bronze deck fittings
- Fairleads each side aft
- Teak and chromed bronze mooring cleats
- Cockpit newly designed
- Tiller steering
- 4 x Lewmar 30 ST winches; 2 each side on pedestals outboard of cockpit coamings
- Cockpit with teak seating inside coaming and teak sole
- Engine control to stbd
- Lockers under with good stowage space for sails etc, rather than stowing in accommodation
- Bridge deck
- Trunk cabin teak sided with 3 x chrome framed opening port lights each side
- Teak hand rails each side of coach roof
- Butterfly skylight hatch in coach roof over saloon
- Mast through coach roof stepped to keel
- Galvanised Danforth anchor stowed in chocks on foredeck
- Teak and chromed bronze mooring cleats
- Lewmar windlass with remote control
- Mushroom vent over focsle
Mechanical Electrical and Tankage
- Yanmar 3YM3029 HP Diesel 2012 c 150 hrs
- Alternator on engine
- 3 x Batteries 12 V 105 Ah
- Shore power, 220 V circuit
- Inverter 12 to 220 V
- Fresh water in 33 gallon / 150 litre tank
- Cristec CPS 3 12 V 6 A charger
Navigation Communication and Electronics
- Garmin MAP 720 GPS new 2012
- Instrument repeaters
- Simrad auto pilot
- AIS
- Garmin 200 I VHF new 2012
Safety
- Plastimo life raft
- Electric bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
- Flares
- Fire extinguishers
- Harnesses
Restoration and Refit details
- Fully rebuilt 2012 with extensive photograph portfolio available
Other Equipment
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