1964 Built as a yacht by Costantini at La Trinité, Brittany, France for the French yachtman Eric Tabarly.
Displacement 6.5 ton, dim. 13.60 x 3.40 x 2.20m. (draught), length on waterline 10 meter.
Ketch rigged, sail area 60 m².
Made of hard chine plywood.
Designed by Costantini & Tabarly.
She was special built for the second Singlehanded Transatlantic Race (OSTAR).
Thirteen competitors started the next edition of the race in 1964, which by now was firmly established on the racing scene. The race was in 1964 from Plymouth U.K. to Newport, Rhode Island. All of the five original competitors entered, and all five improved their original times; but the show was stolen by French naval officer Éric Tabarly, who entered a custom-built 44-foot (13 m) plywood ketch, PEN DUICK II. The days of racers sailing the family boat were numbered following Tabarly's performance, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur by President Charles de Gaulle. It is also noteworthy that Tabarly and Jean Lacombe were the only French entrants in this race; Tabarly's success was instrumental in popularising the sport in France, the country which in future years would come to dominate it.
This was to be the year in which several future trends were established. Multihulls made their first appearance — sailing in the same class as the other boats; and the race featured the use of radio, for the first time, by several competitors who gave daily progress reports to their sponsors.
PEN DUICK won the race in 27 days and 3 hours almost three days ahead of the second boat.
After the 1964 victory, PEN DUICK had a busy and wearing life as an ocean racer taking part in many fully crewed races, during which Tabarly trained a formidable number of apprentices such as Alain Colas, Marc Pajot, Olivier de Kersauson, and others. These graduates of his informal sailing college became the next generation of great French ocean yachtsmen. Eventually PEN DUICK was sold to the Ecole Nationale de la Voile at Quiberon, but after a short time, and a serious grounding, she was taken out of service and laid up ashore at the school gates. It wasn't until 1993 that a campaign to restore this famous boat was mounted, and with financial support from the government, the French Navy, the regional council of Brittany and others, she was restored to perfect condition. PEN DUICK II is now based at Quiberon and is used as a busy training vessel during the summer months and an occasional exhibit at the Cite de la Voile Eric Tabarly centre at Lorient in Brittany.
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Sources: Wikipedia and http://1001boats.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07 ... iling.html