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IRENE is a 35.97 m Sail Yacht, built in the United Kingdom by Carver and delivered in 1907.

Her top speed is 8.0 kn and she boasts a maximum range of 600.0 nm when navigating at cruising speed, with power coming from two Gardner diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 12 guests, with 6 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 97.0 GT and a 6.4 m beam.

She was designed by J.F. Carver , who also completed the naval architecture. J.F. Carver has designed 1 yacht and created the naval architecture for 1 yacht for yachts above 24 metres.

IRENE is in the top 30% by LOA in the world. She is one of 212 sailing yachts in the 35-40m size range.

IRENE is currently sailing under the United Kingdom flag, the 4th most popular flag state for superyachts with a total of 900 yachts registered. She is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near United Kingdom. For more information regarding IRENE's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .

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• Name: IRENE
• Yacht Type: Sail Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Motorsailer , Classic Yacht
• Builder: Carver
• Naval Architect: J.F. Carver
• Exterior Designer: J.F. Carver
• Refits: 1960,1998

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Construction

On 29 June 1907 the ketch IRENE was launched at the Bridgwater yard of F J Carver & Sons, who had started building her on their own account. Whilst on the stocks she was sold to Colthurst Symons, a local brick and tile manufacturer, and was named after Miss Irene Symons. Her hull was framed in oak and planked with pitch pine; the keel and garboard strake were of elm and the keelson of greenheart. Galvanised black iron was used to fasten her throughout. The top strakes and the covering board (the wide timber at the edge of the deck) were of greenheart and chestnut, to help withstand rough handling at the quayside.

IRENE loaded her first cargo on 17 June 1907, less than three weeks after her launch, and carried it from Bridgwater to Penzance. Regular cargoes of bricks and tiles from her owners’ works provided her main trade. Return cargoes were always sought, and included corn, flour, cattle feed, stone, coal, scrap iron, and even live pigs. Sometimes she was away from her home port for several months, taking in a number of ports of call. Cargo could be taken aboard and discharged using a loading gaff which was rigged to the mainmast. Although her main work was around the Bristol Channel, IRENE often ventured along the south coast to London, across to Rotterdam, north to the Clyde, or across the Irish Sea to Ireland.

During her trading life IRENE never suffered a major mishap but, inevitably, there were accidents. In 1910 she had to put into Newhaven after losing her main gaff, splitting her mainsail, and losing her gaff topsail and foresail during heavy Channel weather. In 1911 she collided with a lighter in Rouen, sustaining slight damage to her stern. In 1917 she was registered in Swansea, and re-registered there in 1919 under the ownership of W A Jenkins, who sold her in 1922 to Captain Hugh Shaw, of Arlingham, Gloucestershire. His small fleet was mainly engaged in trade between South Wales and Ireland. Increasingly the west country ketches acquired auxiliary power in a bid to remain competitive, and IRENE was no exception, gaining a 40 hp Invincible paraffin engine in 1919. Four years later this was replaced by a 70 hp Bollinder. In 1928 Captain Shaw sold IRENE back to Colthurst Symons, her original owners, and she spent the rest of her working life under the Bridgwater registry.

In 1939 the Bollinder was replaced by a 90 hp Ellwe engine. With this IRENE could be independent of sails, and her rig was reduced by removing the top mast and mizzen gaff and reducing the bowsprit by 16 ft. The crew was halved and she was now a sail assisted motor vessel. After the war IRENE continued trading; in the 1950s she stranded just below Barry and went to Avonmouth for a new keel. She discharged her last cargo in 1961.

In September 1961 she went to the Hamble for conversion into a yacht and acquired a large and unsightly deckhouse. In 1965 IRENE was bought by private owners who in June of that year motored her to the Thames where she was moored at Brentford. The voyage was not without incident for, passing under Hammersmith Bridge, the bowsprit drove upwards after striking a girder and broke through the pavement above, fracturing a gas main. It was rush hour but the bridge had to be closed, and gas supplies to 10,000 homes in south London were cut off. For the next ten years she was primarily a houseboat, with the hold converted into accommodation. The owners restored her ketch rig and sailed her out of the Thames and back on a number of occasions, having to lower the masts to get under bridges and then re-rig her after Tower Bridge. In 1980 they sailed the ketch to Bristol for a major refit, including the re-planking of both sides from just above the waterline, new keel, decks, masts and bowsprit, and a new whaleback constructed behind her wheel. Twin second-hand Gardner diesels were installed, which proved much more reliable than the troublesome Ellwe. The refit was completed at Gloucester and she left there in June 1982.

IRENE embarked on a new phase as a preservation society was formed to preserve and sail her. In 1998 she sailed to the Caribbean and was based there on charters, accommodating guests in two twin and three triple cabins. On 3 May 2003 she was gutted by a fire, of unknown cause, which blazed for eight hours before she sank, in Marigot Bay, St Maartens. She became an insurance write-off, but her undaunted owners decided that they would rebuild her, in what became an epic process spanning seven years. IRENE was raised and a temporary covering deck was built over the charred remains of the hull. She left St Maartens in late July 2003 in tow of the schooner Avontuur , to be rebuilt at Bagmill Creek, Trematon, in Cornwall, where she arrived on 10 September 2003. The bottom part of the hull was largely undamaged and work commenced on rebuilding the upper structure of the hull, using oak for the replacement top sections of the frames and the deck beams. The upper hull was re-planked in 3” larch, with the top four upper strakes in greenheart, and 2” larch for the ceiling planks. The covering boards were of opepe. Twin reconditioned Gardner engines were installed.

In August 2007 IRENE was refloated and in November of that year motored to Polruan to be slipped so that the underside of the hull could be restored. She returned to Bagmill Creek for fitting out and on 22 April 2009 sailed again for the first time in six years, with new sails made by James Lawrence, of Brightlingsea. She attended festivals in Bristol and Whitehaven in summer 2009. Returning from Whitehaven she encountered force 6/7 winds and had to put into Fishguard with a sprung bowsprit (which needed replacing). Further work continued in 2010 to complete the accommodation to the standard required for chartering. In April 2011 she embarked on a full sailing season from her Bristol base, with a trip to Bordeaux, attendance at festivals in Whitehaven, Belfast, Bristol and Gloucester, private charters, and participation in the Waterford to Greenock Tall Ships race.

Source: Historic Sail, Britain's surviving working craft , Paul Brown, the History Press.

Update, April 2022: The Cornwall-based mental charity Sea Sanctuary to offer "workplace wellbeing" sailing experiences aboard IRENE.

Update, September 2023: The owners are looking for a new direction for IRENE. If you have a proposal or you / organisation has a purpose for a vessel  IRENE, they would love to hear from you. They are not trying to sell the vessel, but are looking to reduce the family's burden of running the vessel, whilst keeping her sailing. While the family will continue to support the ship they are hoping to find an organisation that might want to work IRENE in a way that is sustainable, allowing her to be enjoyed by as many people as possible. Please contact NHS-UK to be put in touch with the owner. 

Awarded National Historic Ships' Overall Flagship of the Year.

A Project grant of £1,000 for being our overall Flagship Winner 2015 was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ship UK

A Sustainability Grant of £1,000 for sails was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

A Sustainability Grant of £1,200 for anchor chains was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

A Sustainability Grant of £1640 for various restorations works was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

Morrish, Leslie, Goodnight Irene, February Press Brouwer, Norman J, International Register of Historic Ships, Anthony Nelson, pp154, Edition 2, 1993     Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993 Classic Boat: Irene comes home after six-week trip, December 2003 Classic Boat: Getting Afloat: Irene in the Caribbean, pp91, November 1998   Classic Boat: Charter UK Destinations - Wish you were here?, Edition 273, February 2011 Classic Boat : West Country ketch towed across Atlantic, September 2003 Mail on Sunday: Just call me Captain Pugwash, 14 May 2000 Simper, Robert,   Maritime Heritage: Survivors of Coastal Sail, pp49-52, September - October Volume 2.3, 1998         Stuckley, P J, Ships Monthly: The Lovely Ketch 'Irene',   pp20-22, November 1982 

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A General Description of Sailing Yacht IRENE

The well sized superyacht IRENE is a sailing yacht. This 36 metre (118 foot) luxury yacht was constructed by Jf Carver in 1907. She is a classic twin masted schooner motor sailer. Superyacht IRENE is a grand yacht that is able to sleep a total of 10 guests on board and has a total of 5 qualified crew. The balanced boat has been envisaged by the naval architecture of J.F. Carver.

Build & Designing for Luxury Yacht IRENE

The yacht's wider design collaboration came from JF Carver. The professional naval architect drawings are a creation of JF Carver. the United Kingdom is the country that Jf Carver constructed their new build sailing yacht in. After her formal launch in 1907 in Bridgewater the boat was then passed over to the yacht owner after sea trials and testing. A moderate area is achieved with a maximum beam (width) of 6.4 metres or 21 feet. With a 2.74m (9ft) draught (maximum depth) she is fairly shallow. The material wooden was used in the building of the hull of the sailing yacht. Her superstructure over the hull is fashioned out of wood. Over the deck of IRENE she is 26 (85.3 ft) in length. In 1998 further refitting and modernisation was additionally performed.

S/Y IRENE Engines & Speed:

This ship is engineered with one hearty GARDNER diesel engine(s) and can attain a dignified maximum speed at 7 knots. The engine of the ship generates 100 horse power (or 74 kilowatts). Her total HP is 100 HP and her total Kilowatts are 74. For propulsion IRENE has a single screw propeller.

Superyacht IRENE Guest Accommodation:

Apportioning quarters for a limit of 10 visiting passengers staying on board, the IRENE accommodates them luxuriously. The boat requires approximately 5 expert crew members to maintain and sail.

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This sailing yacht has a wood deck.

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‘Irene’ is a classic Ferretti 68 Italian-built charter motor yacht. She was fully re-fitted in 2021 and sleeps up to 8 in four cabins.

Sporting the coveted Made in Italy stamp of approval inside and out, key features include a fresh and elegant interior with light-filled guest areas. The child-friendly setup ensures guests of all ages can enjoy their time on the water, while the excellent collection of water toys, including paddle boards and a tender, guarantees there is never a dull moment in the sun.

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Sleeps up to 8 guests in one master suite, one VIP double, one twin and one bunk cabin

Crew of four: Captain, Chef, Stewardess & Deckhand

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Classic Ferretti 68 motor yacht – these boats are well renowned for good reason!

Loads of water toys & child friendly, especially with the twin & bunk cabins, could easily accommodate two families

Great relaxation areas with lots of options for sun worshipers

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Sleeps eight guests in four cabins, with a crew of four, the 1:2 guest-to-crew ratio guarantees great onboard service.

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The passengers reported feeling sudden blows to the hull and rudder before water started seeping into the ship. After alerting the rescue services, a nearby oil tanker took them onboard and transported them to Gibraltar.

The yacht was left adrift and eventually sank.

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The most boats ever will compete in the 100th Bayview Yacht Club race to Mackinac Island

Billed on its website as the “world’s longest continuously run long-distance freshwater yacht race,” the 100th Bayview Mackinac Race is set to start Saturday.

A record-setting 334 boats have registered for the 100th year of the race, shattering the record of 316 in 1985 and a huge contrast compared with the 200 boats that raced last year, said David Stoyka, spokesman for the Bayview Yacht Club, which puts on the race.

Bayview Yacht Club says boats start leaving the Black River in Port Huron around 8 a.m. on race day and will continue leaving until around noon. From the Black River, they will proceed up the St. Clair River, under the Blue Water Bridge, into Lake Huron.

The first scheduled start time in Lake Huron is 11:30 a.m., with starts every 10 minutes until approximately 1:30 p.m. The starts may be delayed due to weather conditions.

This year, for the 100th running, the race will follow the original 1925 route and span 204 nautical miles. From the starting point, the boats will head north along the Michigan shoreline, passing south of Bois Blanc Island, sailing west to east at the finish line between Round Island and Mackinac Island, organizers said.

The range of boats are expected to finish in between 30 and 60 hours.

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Teams at all skill levels have entered the race, which draws competitors from around the world.  The highly skilled racers know they will cross the bow of competitors within inches. Still, there's always risk of a crash with the slightest miscalculation.

"Everybody recognizes this is super intense," said champion sailor  Tim Prophit , 65, of St. Clair Shores, past commodore of Bayview Yacht Club and owner of Fast Tango, a North American 40 sailboat.

The teams are vying for trophies and flags to show their accomplishments.

The J.L. Hudson Trophy is awarded to the boat with the best corrected time in Division I, and the Canadian Club Classic Trophy is awarded to the boat with the best corrected time in Division II.

How can spectators follow the race?

Spectators can go to bycmack.com during the race and click on “RaceTracking” link to watch real-time GPS positioning of all the race boats, or, on your mobile device, download the free app YB Races and select the current race.

Boats will start arriving at Mackinac Island on Sunday afternoon and continue until Monday evening, all dependent upon the wind.

Finishes can be seen from Windermere Point on Mackinac Island at the south end of Main Street.

Sailors who have completed 25 Bayview Mackinac races are called “Old Goats,” according to the club, while those who have completed 50 are called “Grand Rams.” 

"Double Goats" are sailors who have completed 25 Bayview Mackinac races and 25 Chicago Yacht Club race to Mackinac races. This year’s Chicago to Mackinac race encountered strong winds in Lake Michigan , snapping some boats’ masts and tossing one sailor overboard. No one was hurt.

Volunteers who have served for 15 years on the Race Committee are honored with the title “Old Forts,” as designated by the Race Committee.

This story includes material from a staff report by former Free Press reporter Phoebe Wall Howard and from the Bayview Yacht Club.

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Irene Traditional Sailing Voyage Details

2018 programme.

We have designed a programme of traditional sailing holidays which we hope you will find interesting.  We’ve tried to include voyages which will challenge you, inspire you or relax you!  We’ve included destinations the length of the west coast of the UK, from the Inner Hebrides in the north, to the Scilly Isles in the south.  Whether it’s a short introduction to sailing a classic tall ship or an opportunity to put hundreds of miles under your keel, there’s something for you here.

Voyages are arranged by month so please have a scroll through.

If you have any questions or concerns about any of our voyages, we’d love to hear you.  Give us a call in the office and we’ll do our best to help answer your queries.

02380 011637

April voyages.

Dartmouth Explorer

Falmouth Taster Voyages

Falmouth Day Sails

Falmouth bay.

East to Devon, West to Cornwall

Devon and cornwall coasts, may voyages.

Irish Sea Voyage (Outward Bound)

Feis Ile Festival on Islay

Sail, Paddle and Walk

Scottish small isles, june voyages.

Irish Sea Voyage (Homeward Bound)

Hebridean sail and paddle, whisky, wildlife and waves, islay and jura, july voyages.

Scilly Season

Scilly isles.

Irene’s Trading Route

Swansea to newlyn.

Brittany Voyage

August voyages.

Cornish Exploration

West cornwall, september voyages, west country explorer.

Falmouth Explorer Voyages

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Couple Who Attempted to Cross Atlantic Found Dead in Lifeboat

James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, had left Nova Scotia on June 11, bound for the Azores. The authorities recovered remains believed to be theirs earlier this month.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

The bodies of two sailors who planned to sail from Nova Scotia to the Azores using green energy were found washed ashore at a Canadian national park this month, four weeks after they were last seen, the authorities said.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to calls on July 10 that a 10-foot inflatable lifeboat containing human remains had been discovered on Sable Island National Park Reserve, according to a news release from the agency .

The authorities did not identify the remains, but said they believed they were those of a 70-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman from British Columbia. A Facebook post by the man’s son, James Clibbery, later identified them as James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, who had left Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia on June 11 bound for the Azores. They were reported missing on June 18.

“The past few days have been very hard,” the younger Mr. Clibbery said in the post, adding that DNA tests would be carried out to confirm their identities. “With all the news, it is hard to remain hopeful.”

“There isn’t anything that will fill the hole that has been left by their, so far unexplained, passing,” he said.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it was investigating the deaths. A spokesman for the agency did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday.

Sable Island is a “thin crescent of shifting sand” that is about 180 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Canadian government said , adding that the area is widely known for its variety of wildlife and its proximity to more than 350 shipwrecks.

The couple had chronicled much of their sailing activities and travels on social media.

In a video on their YouTube channel , Theros Adventures, the elder Mr. Clibbery said they had named their trip to the Azores “The Green Odyssey” to show it was possible to travel without burning fossil fuels. Their 42-foot GibSea sailboat was powered by electricity and solar energy, the couple said.

“It is to show that you can travel, and you can do long distances without burning fossil fuels, without climbing onto a plane and filling the air with carbon dioxide,” Mr. Clibbery said.

In their final post on social media on June 11, Mr. Clibbery, wearing a bright orange jacket with his silver hair tossing in the wind, described how the trip was just beginning.

With his hands steady on the helm, he took note of their speed and the distance they had so far traveled. Mr. Clibbery then looked at the camera and said with a smile, “We’re sailing.”

Derrick Bryson Taylor covers breaking and trending news and is based in London. More about Derrick Bryson Taylor