Tall Ships - British Yacht Fiona - 1912 Gaff Topsail Cutter
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Fiona is a class “C” Tall Ship. The smallest of the classes,
but what she may lack in size she makes up for in uniqueness. She
has been around the world 2 ½ times. Believed to be the oldest boat
in the world with these credentials. She has been through the
Straits of Magellan, around Cape Hope and through the Panama Canal.
She was Built in 1912 in Poole, England, before the Titanic and the Panama
Canal!
 She is a very special ship and we are honored that we have her original plans, original bill of sale, the 1912 Yachting Monthly article on her launching and all logs for her world voyages. She has never been restored. She has all of her original planking, frames, decks, deckhouse and spars. The ships name has never been changed and she has only had 5 owners in her 94 years. She still carries oil running lights, oil binnacle light, sextant, lead line and taff rail log. She carries for her main armament two 4-lb. Stern chase cannons for saluting notable vessels and for naval battle reenactments - and perhaps for fighting off pirates in the South China Seas!
Fiona is a living museum dedicated to the preservation of
traditional maritime life. Fiona Gaff Topsail Cutter Home Port: Poole,
Dorset, UK Designer: E. P. Hart
Built: 1912 by R. A. Newman & Son |
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