
Out of the River Deben at last, 2021
Since her launch in August, 2017, ‘Cachalot’ has never actually left the Deben!
Read more “Out of the River Deben at last, 2021”Since her launch in August, 2017, ‘Cachalot’ has never actually left the Deben!
Read more “Out of the River Deben at last, 2021” →As a national ‘lockdown’ looked increasingly likely, Steve drove to Suffolk on 14 March, 2020 to check on ‘Cachalot’, just in case we’d have to leave her for another few months.
Read more “‘Lockdown’ in the River Deben” →Now we’re afloat, we were invited to join in with Maritime Woodbridge, 2018 in the Town Dock.
Read more “Woodbridge Maritime Festival, 2018” →Starting to sail with ‘Cachalot’ involved getting a Day Skipper ‘ticket’ to satisfy the requirements of the insurers.
Read more “Summer sailing, 2006” →After purchasing ‘Cachalot’, it’s time to decide where to keep her . . .
Read more “‘Cachalot’ sails to the Deben, 2005” →‘Cachalot’ is a member of the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS) and listed amongst the vessels requisitioned to assist in the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940, known as ‘Operation Dynamo’.
Read more “Return to Dunkirk, 1990” →Apart from entries in the Certificate of British Registry and Lloyds Register of Yachts, we know virtually nothing about ‘Cachalot’ from when she was left in the Mediterranean by the Brigadier in 1956 and 1976 when she came into the hands of Ian and Jenny Kiloh.
Read more “Spotted by the OGA: 1977” →Kenneth Albert Harwood, Opthalmic Optician and Neauer Messinger, Shopkeeper, both of Guildford, Surrey are listed as joint owners from November 1948 until Brigadier Edward Elwyn Nott-Bower purchased her in 1951. These two owners are also listed in the Lloyds Register of Yachts (1949-51).
Read more “Cruising with the Brigadier: 1951 – 1955” →In 1940, ‘Cachalot’ took part in Operation Dynamo when she was part-owned by Herbert Charles Norton. By 1951 she had changed hands several more times.
Read more “1940 – 1951: owners & ADLS” →From 1900 until 1905, Lloyds Register of Yachts lists two owners for ‘Cachalot’: RC Boothby of Sydenham, London and WA Fraser, also of London. ‘Cachalot’ did not have an engine at this time and was registered at Shoreham, London. From 1934 she was registered in Ipswich.
Read more “First owners: 1900 – 1934” →