CLASSIC SIX METRE NEWSLETTER

53. USA 100 St Francis V (G. Mull, 1973), by Hank Thayer
[Editor’s note: By mistake we asked Hank Thayer for news about his two Sixes, the other
being Discovery, without remembering that they were Moderns.]
The Jubilee Book by Tim Street and Pekka
Barck is a magnificent contribution to the
class, but I’d like to correct a minor error
regarding St Francis V, viz. it was St
Francis V, and not St Francis IV, that won
the first World Cup.
St Francis V was the first Gary Mull Six and
she won both the Australian-American
Challenge and World Cup in her first year.
The photo is of St Francis V under
construction at the Stone Boatyard in San
Francisco in 1973. (Stone also built the first
American Six, Lady Betty, in 1915.) It
appeared on the cover of a prospectus issue
of the ISMA News on the occasion of the
formation of ISMA.
54. GBR 66 St. Kitts III (A.E. Luders, 1937), by Andrew Thomas (U.K.)
St Kitts III is undergoing some changes with new rig and sails for 2008.
55. GER 55 Steam (J. Anker, 1921), by Thorsten Thelen (Germany.)
The picture shows Steam with her new sails.
In 2007 we restored the underwater painting
in April and May.
We sailed only some club race last year.
Also since last year, I have become the
owner of a cruising/ racing boat. Having two
boats will provide me the leisure to
undertake a renewal of Steam’s deck (flush).
We look forward to racing her again -
hopefully against other Second Rule boats.
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