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A vintage black and white photo of a Skerry Cruiser with a tall, angled mast gliding on the water, tilted by the wind. Hills and trees are visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

Bacchante

Launch Date: 1937

Bacchante is the oldest Australian built 30 SQM yacht. Believed to be built in Careening Cove Sydney and designed by Knud Reimers, she is constructed with Tasmanian Huon Pine, mahogany, and other hard woods.

This article printed on the 12th of November 1937 gives us her Launch date and her first Owner Jack Carr.

A newspaper cutting with the headline GASCOIGNE CUP JUBILEE. The words YACHTING and Yacht are highlighted in pink. The article discusses the 50th anniversary of the Gascoigne Cup yacht race, featuring elegant Square Metre Yachts.

Full restoration

By owner Manfred Speicher and Master Boat Builder skilled Brian Phillips of WOODEN BOAT WORKS and Stephen Ward of S. WARD boat builders 2008/2009 with new deck in beech wood and mahogany, hull stripped inside & outside, structural restoration, partial keel bolt replacement, epoxy skin laminate and repaint on outside hull.

Relaunched June 2009 and moored at Royal Freshwater Bay
Yacht Club.

She is used for club racing and social events.

Dimensions:
Length: 42’6″ (13.01m)
Beam: 6’8″ (2.08m
Draft: 5’3″ (1.63m)

Yacht ownership:
1938 – ? Jack Carr
1995 – 2001 Frank Allica
2001 – 2002 Glen Shaw
2002- 2006 Tim Murray Christine Jordan
2006 – current Manfred Speicher

A sleek wooden boat with polished wood trim and two seats is moored at a marina. Reminiscent of classic Skerry Cruisers, oars rest across the deck, and the boat is secured to the pier with ropes. The water is calm and reflective.
Sepia-toned photo of two Classic Sailing Yachts racing on choppy water with the Sydney Harbour Bridge visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

A stiff breeze for Bacchante as she works her way towards the Sydney Harbour bridge. This photo was taken on the 26th of January 1938

A vintage photograph of a Skerry Cruiser sailboat with the number 19 on its sail, gliding on the water near a shoreline with houses and trees in the background under a cloudy sky.

Bacchante being sailed solo by the looks of it. This photo was taken back on the 26th of February 1938.  You can see her unusual stow hole built into the front of the cabin top.

A vintage sepia-toned photo of a Schärenkreuzer, its sail marked 19 and 15, gliding gracefully across the water with a faint shoreline and distant trees in the background.

A magic day on a magic boat.. Just superb.. 19th of November 1938

A vintage photo of a Classic Sailing Yacht, sail number 19, heeling as it glides across the water with a person on board; distant shoreline and clouds set the background.

Bacchante on the same day with considerably less sail and powering along nicely…

A vintage photograph of a Schärenkreuzer sailboat with a tall mast tilted on the water, sailing near the coast with houses and trees in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

27th of February 1938 with nicely trimmed sails…

Articles from 1938 - 1939

Articles from 1940

A scanned newspaper page shows reports about Classic Sailing Yachts in various regattas, including yacht race results, a collision, and a table listing rankings and points of yachts such as Bacchante II, Judith Ann, and others.
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