GRETEL KA 1 yacht 1962

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GRETEL KA 1 yacht 1962

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:55 pm

Built as a 12-metre class yacht by Lars Holvorsen Sons Pty Ltd., Sydney for Sir Frank Parker Syndicate, representing the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
Designed by Alan Payne. She was built as a wooden boat on iron frames.
19 February 1962 launched as the GRETEL KA 1 she was named after Sir Parker first wife Gretel who died in 1960.
Displacement 26.7 ton, dim. 21.16 x 3.58 x 2.67m. (draught), length on waterline 13.84 m.
Sail area 166.9 m².

She was built as a contender for the 1962 America Cup Races at Newport R.I., USA and was shipped to Newport by a cargo vessel in late May 1962.
It was the first time that an Australian yacht took part in an America Cup Race.
The first race was on15 September where the GRETEL under skipper Jock Sturrock met the defender the WEATHERLY under skipper Bus Mosbacher, which the GRETEL lost by 3 minutes and 43 seconds.
The second race was won by the GRETEL.
The third and fourth races were again won by the WEATHERLY, and the cup stayed in the USA.
After the America Cup Race’s she was shipped back on the PORT WYNDHAM and arrived in Australia in December 1962.
After the cup she was used as a trial horse for several challenges, 1967 for the DAME PATTIE and in 1970 for GRETEL II.
1973 Owned by the Yanchep Estates Pty. Ltd., Perth, Western Australia.
1975 Sold to the Southern Cross America’s Cup Challenge Association Ltd. Perth.
1976 Sold to the Gretel Syndicate, Yanchep, WA Australia.
From 1982 to 1993 in use as a charter yacht in Whitsundays, Australia.
1993 Sold to an unknown owner North Queensland, Australia.
2003 Sold to Doug Peterson, Porto Santo Stefano, Italy.
2005 Sold to Robbe & Berking Classics, and transported to Flensburg, Germany for restoration on their own yard there.
2014 GRETEL is still under restoration with the intention to bring her back to Australia.
Maldives 1987 2r sg1247, scott1255.
Source: http://www.12mrclass.com/yacht-search/d ... 05521.html and various other web-sites.
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