Classic yacht: new 43ft 1880s style gentleman's cutter Integrity

it certainly looks like it was a nice day out. Can Elaine now convince us all to go back to wood?

Tornem als clàssics!! Molt bé.!!!

#ksweens01 you have to read up on the great controversy which discusses how yankee sloops (forward mast, single headsails) and a british cutters (aft mast, multiple headsails) were developed at a time in which traditions and rules of thumb still dictated yacht design in the 1880s when cutters like Integrity sailed. This would all change in 1890s.

with multiple headsails the first sail assists all the others in the same way a jib assists a sloops mainsail (venturi effect).. also multiple sails of moderate size are easier to handle, however each sequential sail you add takes away a few degrees from your pointing ability. Modern materials have done alot though.. and the bigger sails benefit from them the most i think, for example J-class yachts that nowadays race with a sloop rig instead of their original cutter configuration.

Another advantage of multiple headsails on for example a gaff cutter is that it suits the inherent sailtwist you have in the mainsail. measurement rules are the main reason the multipleheadsail rigs disappeared.. some rules like the square metre rule measure a boats sail area as mainsail area + 85% of the foretriangle meaning the boat measured in with a jib but competed with a huge overlapping genoa instead at the same handicap.

Beautiful glance at sailing of an era gone by... Faved...

beauty...

Beautiful boat. Looks like she sails well.

What a Lady - waaoo!

Makes me smile!!

This is a real state of the art boat. I admire the designers and builders!

Send me the plans

I want that ship!!

I love this cutter, good to have people making this kind of project alive.

Beautiful

Beautiful boat - just adorable!

If only the Americas Cup would return to this. Leave the high tech stuff to the world races... my humble opinion

Spot on mate! Lovely boat, congratulations.

One word! Sexy

Will is one of the most sensational shipwrights at work in the UK today. His attention to authenticity and the integrity of purpose is without precedent is this size of vessel.
Utterly remarkable work from one of the classic boat world's true gentlemen. And a great guy to boot!

from West Coast Canada:
...hey, Will.....I've got some lumber lying around here, and.............

Beautiful Boat !!!

A work of art ... just stunning 

posso volerla?

Very beautiful boat, but unsafe. Should have a railing.

simply a gorgeous boat!

wow... a very beautiful boat.

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Are you ashamed of the cabin? Not a glimpse of the inside.

Stunning !!! Breathless admiration...

anyone know a ballpark cost for something like this?

Gorgeous! I want it.

What  an interesting configuration of sails, I do believe I had seen this many years ago in a model form, as well as a book of sorts about the history of cutters. blast it is a looker.

G R A N D !

Would love to see more. Interior .... Explain the rigging.... Handling ... Speeds .....

WOW

A true beauty!!!

Beautiful boat. This Is My dream.

This has got to be Hands-Down the most beautiful yacht you guys have ever posted.

Have a look at Elley Grey a 65ft od grp replica of a 1896 St.Malo pilot cutter stunning !

Great boat ,thank you for the video it’s beautiful boat . I am sailing around the world. I am from the garden island of Kauai. Welcome on my Facebook page

Anyone wishes to see the real thing should pay a visit to Classicworks Shipyard in La Ciotat France where Partridge is still sailing.

width ?

We need the story to go with it. What is a young man like yourself doing in a boat like this?

Who knew art could move?
LOVELY!

Love the fact the designer is wandering around deck in his woolly jumper whilst everyone else has on the latest high tech sailing jackets!

Superbes images, merci

She is based on a turing cutter? What is that? I don't find any information on that.

No interior shots?

Beautiful.