Butterfly 1898 - Half hull ship model

Half-hull boat "Butterfly 1898" architect William Fife, Builder: Gridiron and Workers.
Total frame dimensions 58 cm x 20 cm.
Known today as Pen Duick, the yacht was launched at Gridiron & Works in Ireland in 1898 as Yum. Yum was designed by her architect William Fife III as a racing yacht for the 36’ linear rater series. Her first racing season was already a success. After winning fourth place in her first Royal Corinthian Yacht Club regatta on 17 June 1899, she consistently placed first or second thereafter.

Already in 1900, she changed owners for the first time. The following years were also very successful and the Yum won several important regattas. The Yum was bought in 1902 by the Frenchman André Hachette who named her Griselidis and transferred her from Cowes to Le Havre at the beginning of February 1902. In the years that followed, the boat changed hands and names several times; after Yum and Griseldis, she was named: Magda (1908) , Cora V (1919) , Astarté (1922) , Panurge (1931) and Butterfly (1933) .

The Lebec brothers acquired the Butterfly in 1935 and gave it its final name: Pen Duick. The Pen Duick joined the port of Bénodet in 1940 and remained in the mudflats of the port for five years. It only narrowly escaped the fate of many yachts whose lead ballast was requisitioned by the Wehrmacht.
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