Classic Boat

GRP Sunbeam for Falmouth

wo decades after Mylor Yacht Harbour built a trio of classic wooden Falmouth Sunbeam yachts, the arrives at Mylor next week, fresh from being moulded on the Isle of Wight from Alfred Westmacott’s original century-old design. This is the project of Ollie Graffy, part of the new generation of Sunbeam sailors at Mylor. “When the opportunity arose to get involved with building a modern version that has all the grace and style of the originals, performs the same, has a water-tight bulkhead and is much easier to maintain, we jumped at the chance.”

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