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Halcyon Days - Classic Boat Magasine
Sunday 1st May 2005
At T. Nielsen's in Gloucester Docks, work is nearing completion on a splendid 80ft (24.4m) ketch, the 1929 Thornycroft-built Halcyon. Her well-documented history includes a 32-year spell with the University of Southampton School of Navigation, as a "temporary" replacement for the ketch Moyana, which won the first international Tall Ships' Race back in 1956 but was lost in heavy weather on her way back from the Baltic.
Her present owner, Andrew Armour, found Halcyon at Nielsen's, Western Scotland earlier this year, via Peter Gregson of Wooden Ships. An extensive refit includes having the interior (Burma teak) restored in keeping with her original style, working from 1929 photographs. She has already had her bottom recoppered.
Once finished, she will be available for charter, based at Milford Haven, but with plans to cruise as far afield as western Scotland even the Baltic.
Classic Boat
May 2005