William Fife & Sons III Classic Bermudan for sale

Born into an aristocratic air of racy intrigue, and accordingly named, SUMURUN’s charms have wooed a select band of lovers since her launch at Fairlie in April 1914. A legend in many lifetimes, SUMURUN is quite simply one of the most exquisite of William Fife’s large ‘fast cruisers’. Bar two world wars, for almost 110 years this 94 ft ketch, formerly a gaff-rigged yawl, has been in commission, for many years ‘in class’ ✠100A1 with Lloyd's, and loved – most recently by her current French owne...

The opportunity to own a William Fife design of this size – an incredibly beautiful classic cruiser-racer, practical in almost every modern sense – is a rare thing indeed. ELLAD offers that chance, and she is very ready, having been refittedfor short-handed, long distance cruising while still feeling just out of her major, award-winningrestoration by some of Brittany’s finest craftsmen. William Fife Jr/ III was in his early 80s when he speculatively drew No. 830 which was to become his last ...