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Bona Fide was designed in 1899 by Charles Sibbick and built at the Isle of Wright.
Bona Fide is a Gaff rigged Cutter designed to the Godinet Rule by Charles Sibbick, upon request of J. Howard Taylor in order to take part in the races of the Paris Olimpic Games, in May 1900.
Built by Sibbick at his Albert Yard in Cowes – Isle of White in little more than two months, Bona Fide was launched in November 1899: 29’2” long on the waterline, with 15’5” of overhangs, on a beam of 8’6”, 5,180 Lbs. of her 10,000 Lbs. displacement in her bulb keel and an impressive 1,550 sq. ft. of sail. The lines of Bona Fide, her slender, her canoe-shaped hull (in short a skimming-dish of a yacht) presaged developments of a century.
During the Paris Olimpic Games of 1900 (the first Games in which sail races were included) Bona Fide was first in her class (3-10 ton.).
The following year, Taylor sold Bona Fide to Giovanni Brambilla who won in local regattas. The Magazines and Newspapers described Bona Fide like a fashionable and incredibly fast yacht, but by 1915 she had disappeared from the records. In 1962 the old gaff rig was dumped in favour of a Bermudan rig.
In Autumn 1999, a yachtsman already owner of the Laurent Giles Bermudan Cutter CERIDA, bought BONA FIDE. The restoration started in Winter 1999 at Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario with Federico Nardi as Project Manager and the Americas’ Cup Yacht Designer Dug Peterson as supervisor. The Restoration taken 3 years and Bona Fide was re-launched in June 2003. She is only boat built under Godinet Rule that have survived: therefore she is also a piece of French History. (Vela Classica Menorca)
Die "Bona Fide" wurde 1899 von Charles Sibbick entworfen und auf der Isle of Wight gebaut. 2002/3 wurde sie von der Werft Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario für den Cerida Yachting Club wunderbar restauriert. Einer der Initiatoren der Restaurierung ist übrigens Doug Peterson, der das Boot 1999 in erbärmlichem Zustand entdeckte.
Die "Bona Fide" ist eines der ersten Boote mit einem Flossenkiel und heute eine der wenigen Zeuginnen aus jener Zeit - ein Schmuckstück aus Holz, mächtig getakelt. Das Boot hat zwar nur über wenige Jahre hinweg an Regatten teilgenommen, dafür aber umso erfolgreicher. Zu ihrem Silber gehört die Goldmedaille der Olympischen Spiele 1900 in Paris.
Konstrukteur: Charles Sibbick, Werft: Albert Yard, Cowes (Isle of Wight)
Takelage: Gaffelkutter
Klasse: 5 Tonnen Rating
LüA: 13,60 m, LWL: 8,90 m, Breite: 2,57 m, Tiefgang: 1,86 m, Gewicht: 11.400 kg, Segelfläche: 144 qm
Rumpf: Mahagoni-Beplankung auf Akazien-Spanten
Deck: Douglasie
Kiel: 2.350 kg
Text: Freundeskreis Klassische Yachten
Working Crew
Bona Fide was designed in 1899 by Charles Sibbick and built at the Isle of Wright.
Bona Fide is a Gaff rigged Cutter designed to the Godinet Rule by Charles Sibbick, upon request of J. Howard Taylor in order to take part in the races of the Paris Olimpic Games, in May 1900.
Built by Sibbick at his Albert Yard in Cowes – Isle of White in little more than two months, Bona Fide was launched in November 1899: 29’2” long on the waterline, with 15’5” of overhangs, on a beam of 8’6”, 5,180 Lbs. of her 10,000 Lbs. displacement in her bulb keel and an impressive 1,550 sq. ft. of sail. The lines of Bona Fide, her slender, her canoe-shaped hull (in short a skimming-dish of a yacht) presaged developments of a century.
During the Paris Olimpic Games of 1900 (the first Games in which sail races were included) Bona Fide was first in her class (3-10 ton.).
The following year, Taylor sold Bona Fide to Giovanni Brambilla who won in local regattas. The Magazines and Newspapers described Bona Fide like a fashionable and incredibly fast yacht, but by 1915 she had disappeared from the records. In 1962 the old gaff rig was dumped in favour of a Bermudan rig.
In Autumn 1999, a yachtsman already owner of the Laurent Giles Bermudan Cutter CERIDA, bought BONA FIDE. The restoration started in Winter 1999 at Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario with Federico Nardi as Project Manager and the Americas’ Cup Yacht Designer Dug Peterson as supervisor. The Restoration taken 3 years and Bona Fide was re-launched in June 2003. She is only boat built under Godinet Rule that have survived: therefore she is also a piece of French History. (Vela Classica Menorca)
Die "Bona Fide" wurde 1899 von Charles Sibbick entworfen und auf der Isle of Wight gebaut. 2002/3 wurde sie von der Werft Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario für den Cerida Yachting Club wunderbar restauriert. Einer der Initiatoren der Restaurierung ist übrigens Doug Peterson, der das Boot 1999 in erbärmlichem Zustand entdeckte.
Die "Bona Fide" ist eines der ersten Boote mit einem Flossenkiel und heute eine der wenigen Zeuginnen aus jener Zeit - ein Schmuckstück aus Holz, mächtig getakelt. Das Boot hat zwar nur über wenige Jahre hinweg an Regatten teilgenommen, dafür aber umso erfolgreicher. Zu ihrem Silber gehört die Goldmedaille der Olympischen Spiele 1900 in Paris.
Konstrukteur: Charles Sibbick, Werft: Albert Yard, Cowes (Isle of Wight)
Takelage: Gaffelkutter
Klasse: 5 Tonnen Rating
LüA: 13,60 m, LWL: 8,90 m, Breite: 2,57 m, Tiefgang: 1,86 m, Gewicht: 11.400 kg, Segelfläche: 144 qm
Rumpf: Mahagoni-Beplankung auf Akazien-Spanten
Deck: Douglasie
Kiel: 2.350 kg
Text: Freundeskreis Klassische Yachten