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Greybeard Yachting 25 years leading the team at Fairlie, continuing yacht building and restoration

08/03/2017

Many Thanks to Mike and Chris at Waterline Media for a fantastic new website at www.fairlieyachts.com

With the second layer of caulking underway Greame joins us to help with the splining of Lutine
30/01/2017

With the second layer of caulking underway Greame joins us to help with the splining of Lutine

30/01/2017

A few words and a video as Rob continues caulking Lutine, an elegant classic yacht built in the early fifties.

with the planking repairs almost complete and the temperature too low to glue, its time to start caulking !
19/01/2017

with the planking repairs almost complete and the temperature too low to glue, its time to start caulking !

It is amazing how quickly you can cut out the seam compound and make a even tapered groove to glue tapered splines
28/12/2016

It is amazing how quickly you can cut out the seam compound and make a even tapered groove to glue tapered splines

Shared a dinner with Diego Colon, Director of Astilleros d'Mallorca, renewing a friendship going back over thirty years....
23/10/2016

Shared a dinner with Diego Colon, Director of Astilleros d'Mallorca, renewing a friendship going back over thirty years. Just a bit scary how we both dressed.
Louise and I were celebrating our twenty five year Anniversary

Just spent three glorious weeks working with Beashels yard in Pitt Water helping finish the beautiful yacht Defiance des...
11/10/2016

Just spent three glorious weeks working with Beashels yard in Pitt Water helping finish the beautiful yacht Defiance designed as an 8 meter by Ernest Digby. Many thanks to Colin, Kay and the boys for all their hard work.

26/07/2016

Whilst I was away racing in the Cowes Classic Panerai Regatta, gaining an unexpected 2nd in class 3 to Mikado (a Linear 30' from Fife, circa 1907) another 2 Fife yachts have appeared, one in Australia and one in Italy. That's 4 new ones so far this year: a 9 meter, a 7 meter a 6 meter and a 32ft LOD gaff cutter.

Finally 25 years late I am starting a Register of existing fife yachts.
Perhaps any one who thinks he knows of one hidden away could let me know - I think there is an 8 meter
in the San Francisco area ?

05/07/2016

From joining the yard in 1889 to his death in 1940s W. Fife Jr designed around 508 yachts, building the vast majority of these in the Fairlie yard.
you think that after 25 years working with his yachts I would know how many are still in existence - no chance - this year two have been brought to my attention one in Ireland and one in Norway,
So I am off to Norway in the morning to visit a 6Metre.
My current best guess is that there are over 300 left in existence

Just heard that Classic Boat are going to do a retrospective on Fairlie in the August issue coming out 01st July. A chan...
17/06/2016

Just heard that Classic Boat are going to do a retrospective on Fairlie in the August issue coming out 01st July.
A chance to recall all the fantastic projects I have been fortunate enough to work on and of course all the superb craftsman I have worked with over the years.

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