Year: 2025

Greetings to the Court of Princess Sheila !

We are restoring the 120 years old Albert Strange yacht Sheila.

She was launched on the Isle of Man in 1905 and as been sailing ever since, thanks to her many lovers.

This is episode 9, with more to come ! The shipwrights team at Chantier de la Bascatic in Baden have finished closing the hull and are working on caulking. We are finalizing the preparation of the rigging and the jib furling system is restored (yes, it is period, Sheila had a furling jib in 1905.)

We still have quit a bit of work on finishing.

Cheers from France !

Greetings to the Court of Princess Sheila !

We are restoring the 120 years old Albert Strange yacht Sheila.

She was launched on the Isle of Man in 1905 and as been sailing ever since, thanks to her many lovers.

This is episode 8, with more to come ! The shipwrights team at Chantier de la Bascatic in Baden are rebuilding the planking, now that their job on the structure is done.

Cheers from France

Le Chasse-Marée – Janvier-Février, n°343

… a real princess would always lie on her age and on her draught !

Many thanks to Gérard d’Aboville, Gwendal Jaffry and Maud Lénée-Corrèze

Greetings to the Court of Princess Sheila !

We are restoring the 120 years old Albert Strange yacht Sheila. She was launched on the Isle of Man in 1905 and as been sailing ever since, thanks to her many lovers.

The shipwrights team at Chantier de la Bascatic in Baden are recreating the stucture at the stern of the 1905 yawl, and in this episode we are focusing on the work by Yann and the whole team to restore the axial structure, very much the backbone of the boat.

This (already) episode 7, with more to come !

Cheers from France

Greetings to the Court of Princess Sheila !

We are restoring the oldest Albert Strange yacht in commission.

The shipwrights team at Chantier de la Bascatic are recreating the stucture at the stern of the 1905 yawl, and in this episode we are focusing on the work by Adriannna to restore the oak keel and the floor timber.

This is episode 6 and there are more to come !

Cheers from France

Greetings to the Court of Princess Sheila !

We are still restoring the oldest Albert Strange yacht in commission.

The shipwrights team at Chantier de la Bascatic are recreating the stucture at the stern of the 1905 yawl, and this will be the subject of the next episodes.

In the meantime we have been busy restoring the (original) ballast keel and the (original) main mast. There is also progress to be shared on the rest of the spars and the blocks.

This is part 5 of the project.

Cheers from France !