Half hull ship model - Pen Duick

Demi-coque boat "Pen Duick" architect William Fife, Builder: Gridiron and Workers.
Total dimensions of the frame 59 cm x 20 cm.
The yacht was launched at the Gridiron & Works shipyard in Ireland in 1898 under the name Yum. The Yum was designed by its architect William Fife III as a racing yacht for the 36' linear rater series. Its first racing season was already successful. After securing fourth place in its first race at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club on June 17, 1899, it then consistently finished first or second.

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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