RCYC yacht Acushla is found and is for sale

Largely restored,see how tight the hull seams are,Acushla is now for sale,contact me for information.


Nick off Wylo 2 and friend view the boats interior


Founder Member TBA,Cape Town

Astra,Acushla,Parergon 2 Circa 1936/39 Table Bay,Cape Town,South Africa.

When I restored the 1934 yacht Astra,a Tumlaren,I found a picture of Astra,Acushla and Parergon 2,its been on the web some time now since my story was published on Duckworths Magazine,well Acushla has just turned up and she is for sale,what a wonderfull piece of sailing history for some person to restore fully,contact me for more information.

'Acushla'design information,built in Cape Town and launched in 1936 to a design named Tally-Ho by an american called Atken for Mr A Barr,she had a transom stern,was approximatly 30ft overall and has a 28ft waterline,9'-6" beam,6'-6" draft and displaces 10 tons,she had a 14hp Brookes engine which was found to be underpowered,her mast was hollow and was imported from Sweden.

Credit,

The above information is taken from the late Bill Rabinowitz book named 'A History of the Royal Cape Yacht Club' 1904-1990,page 165, published in a limited edition in 1995,I am fortunate enough to have receieved my own signed copy from Bill himself on the evening it was released.

News Flash, we have located where the boat was built and spoken to a nephew of the builder too,we have pictures of the boat yard and will post information on this blog page soon.

July 2016 I am being asked for more information of the boat, does anyone have some?

Roy