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CHRISTOPHER
`ATLANTIS OF RHU` WAS BUILT IN 1946 BY ERNST EVERS OF NIENDORF IN GERMANY FOR REAR ADMIRAL ALEC GROMAN OF THE ROYAL NAVY. SHE WAS BUILT TO LLOYDS 100 + A1. SHE WAS DESIGNED BY `JACK` LAURENT GILES THE FAMOUS LYMINGTON YACHT DESIGNER. SHE WAS NAMED `LADY EVE` WHEN BUILT BUT WAS RENAMED `ATLANTIS OF RHU` A FEW YEARS LATER. SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL OTHER NAMES SINCE. SHE IS PART ONE BRITISH SHIPS REGISTERED.
HER DIMENSIONS:
LENGTH OVERALL 41`4" - LENGTH AT WATERLINE 31` 0" - BEAM 10`6" - DRAFT 5`10" - GROSS TONNAGE 11.71 - REGISTERED TONNAGE 8.83
HER CONSTRUCTION:
ENGLISH OAK PLANKING (CARVEL) WITH GREEN OAK FRAMES, COPPER NAILED AND ROVES. SHE HAS A SOLID TEAK LAID DECK, TEAK COACH HOUSES AND AN IRON KEEL WITH IRON KEEL BOLTS.
SHE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A MAJOR RE-BUILD IN MY WORKSHOP IN TORTWORTH, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. SHE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RE-FRAMED THROUGHOUT AND IS CURRENTLY BEING RE-PLANKED. ALL IRON STRAPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, RE-GALVANISED AND RE-FITTED. A NEW STERN POST IS BEING FITTED. THE HULL HAS ALL NEW FASTENINGS THROUGHOUT. THE DECK WILL BE RE-BUILT SHORTLY. SHE IS BEING RE-BUILT TO THE ORIGINAL SPECIFICATION AND WILL BE FITTED OUT TO SUIT THE NEW OWNER WHEN COMPLETE THIS COMING SEASON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS VESSEL`S PAST HISTORY? IF SO PLEASE E-MAIL ME chrisberry.marinesurvey@virgin.net .
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY HER COMPLETE? IF SO E-MAIL ME. BY PURCHASING HER NOW, YOU WILL HAVE A CHOICE OF LAYOUT AND EQUIPMENT.
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