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ASTELOT - BOAT HISTORY

Design

Excalibur

Sail No

Sm38

Current Owner Name(s)

M. Cruickshank

Designer

E G Van de Stat Design #26 (Holland)

Build Year

1963

Draft

1.8m

Construction

Fibreglass

LOA

10.97m

Beam

3.02m

Builder

Tyler Boat Co / Southern Ocean Shipyard

Displacement

6123kg

Current Club

SASC, Sydney

Other Past Boat Names and/or Owners

FROM
MM/YYYY
TO
MM/YYYY
BOAT NAME CLUB OWNERS
1963 1968 Astelot SYC A G (Bill) Croft
1970 1973 Astelot P. Zalai
1973 Unknown Astelot J P Walker

Notable Race Events

YEAR EVENT DIVISION RESULT
1965-66 SYC Club Champion VYC-1 1st
1964 Melbourne - Portland Overall Line Honours and 1st Handicap
1964/65/66/67 /70/73 Sydney - Hobart Overall Retired/27/10/27/37/76

OTHER HISTORY

YEAR DESCRIPTION
1963 Astelot was the first all fiberglass yacht of this size in Australia. The fiberglass hull was built by Tyler Boat Co and fitted out by Southern Ocean Shipyards in England prior to being shipped to Australia in 1963 complete with sails and rigging.
1964 Astelot was first yacht out of Sydney Heads in 1964 but retired with rigging damage near Port Arthur. She sailed on to Hobart next day under jury rig.

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