$1,249,000
LENGTH:
83.01 ft.
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YEAR:
1987
LOCATION:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
OFFERED BY:
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$1,173,160
LENGTH:
113.19 ft.
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YEAR:
1933
LOCATION:
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LENGTH:
104.99 ft.
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YEAR:
1937
LOCATION:
Antibes 06
OFFERED BY:
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$3,146,202
LENGTH:
118.64 ft.
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YEAR:
1929
LOCATION:
Greece
OFFERED BY:
Nikos O. Papadakis International Yachts Sales & Charters
LENGTH:
37.99 ft.
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YEAR:
1923
LOCATION:
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OFFERED BY:
Sandeman Yacht Company
LENGTH:
33.99 ft.
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YEAR:
1917
LOCATION:
Gràndola ed Uniti
OFFERED BY:
Network Yacht Brokers
LENGTH:
33.01 ft.
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YEAR:
1960
LOCATION:
Kilmelford S04
OFFERED BY:
Mark Cameron Yachts
LENGTH:
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YEAR:
1962
LOCATION:
Greece
OFFERED BY:
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Boat not available.
LOCATION
Portugal
YEAR
1935
LENGTH
63.16 ft.
Condition
Used
Year
1935
Make & Model
Nicholson-Yachts Bermudan Cutter
Boat type
Sail
Length
63.16 ft.
Fuel Type
Diesel
Location
Portugal
Beam
12.4 ft.
Draft
9.09 ft.
LWL
45.01 ft.
Once erroneously described in a major yachting magazine as “thought to be lost”, FOXHOUND offers a rare chance to catch just in time one of the most iconic of British ocean racing yachts; the immediate design predecessor and close sister to the famous, later royal, racing cutter BLOODHOUND.
FOXHOUND's commissioning owner, Irish-American offshore racer and huntsman Isaac Bell, specified that his first wish was for a yacht to be good to look at - and not necessarily built entirely to the RORC rules of the time. We can clearly see in FOXHOUND'S sweet curves that he got his desire; she wasn't just a good looker - she was fast with it. Following her first season Bell was made an offer he couldn't refuse and in the building of her replacement, BLOODHOUND, more of an effort was made to fit the rule. Often the best boats are those built to be right first time and fit the rule later so in FOXHOUND we have a beautiful yacht with a superb cruising interior that is no slouch.
Brokers Comments
Once erroneously described in a major yachting magazine as “thought to be lost”, FOXHOUND offers a rare chance to catch just in time one of the most iconic of British ocean racing yachts; the immediate design predecessor and close sister to the famous, later royal, racing cutter BLOODHOUND.
FOXHOUND's commissioning owner, Irish-American offshore racer and huntsman Isaac Bell, specified that his first wish was for a yacht to be good to look at - and not necessarily built entirely to the RORC rules of the time. We can clearly see in FOXHOUND'S sweet curves that he got his desire; she wasn't just a good looker - she was fast with it. Following her first season Bell was made an offer he couldn't refuse and in the building of her replacement, BLOODHOUND, more of an effort was made to fit the rule. Often the best boats are those built to be right first time and fit the rule later so in FOXHOUND we have a beautiful yacht with a superb cruising interior that is no slouch.
Project
Notwithstanding her impressive provenance; FOXHOUND - much of her original, must be considered a project if only on the grounds of her obvious current cosmetic condition. There has moreover been no recent structural survey. Subject to proper scrutiny of her structural condition therefore and given the wonderful original interior we are optimistic she could reward a careful restorer with a spectacular classic yacht.
History
FOXHOUND was one of the three Charles E Nicholson designed ocean racers built to the International Third Rule but never classed, measured or raced as a 12m R so the first of the three - the others being BLOODHOUND and STIARNA designed conform to the ocean racing rule and to the Twelve Metre Class of the International Rule.
1935 First owner Isaac Bell home port: Poole and Southampton.
FOXHOUND’s racing career is remarkable however in that she was an early winner pre war and yet subsequently active for the Portuguese team in the in 1973 Admiral’s Cup and Fastnet.
In her first season she took a first in the Morgan Cup Race to Cherbourg and back, second in the Bell Isle Race, third in the Dinard Race and fourth in the Fastnet. Following this Isaac Bell her owner, a wealthy American citizen living in England, accepted the offer to buy her from Compte de Gasquet.
Compte Georges de Gasquet-James - home port: Dinard and Nantes
D H E McCowen - home port: Southampton
Mrs Rachel Pitt-Rivers. Subsequently it was she, the only lady skipper in the 1956 Newport-Bermuda race, who brought FOXHOUND through heavy seas to finish 36th in a fleet of 88 of the World's best yachtsmen. She then sailed the 21-year-old FOXHOUND back to England via the Azores. It had been during her ownership the name was changed to FOXHOUND OF LEPE; her home ports Cowes and Southampton.
Ernesto Vieira de Mendonça - home port: Lisbon - back from the 1954 Bermuda Race, the yacht underwent an extensive refit with the change of the fore and aft frame structure from galvanised to stainless steel; the mast was replaced with a new aluminium one; the rig was a 7/8 sloop with double spreader; the engine was changed - in 1968 Sparkman & Stephens studied an improvement of this rig increasing the fore triangle in order to have a better rating since
1969 Antonio XARA-Brasil Nogueira - renamed her FOXHOUND - home port: Lisbon. In 1973 she raced the Fastnet for her second time with a rating of 44.8 without age allowance, winning the Iolaire Trophy and leading the fleet of seventeen boats. Subsequently she participated in the main Portuguese races; the Wintermantel, Salazar Trophy and Berlengas Race. In the latter - an offshore race, FOXHOUND held the record for the best corrected time over twenty years. Other events included the D Carlos I Cup, Infante D Henrique Cup, D Pedro V, Nicolas Franco and Walter Bush with more than 50 first places out of 200 entries.
1970 Disappeared from the Lloyd's Register
Construction
- Part composite wood planking on wood and steel frames
- Teak deck
Accommodation and Domestic Equipment
Deck house
- Access to accommodation by deckhouse hatchway and companionway steps down
- Seating port and starboard
- Quarter berth aft to port
- Chart table to stbd with quarter berth abaft
- Very large hanging locker to port
- Sestrel barometer and Navdet clock
Head compartment stbd fwd
- Manual WC
- Wash basin with hot and cold taps
Saloon
- White painted original teak deck head and beams
- Original mahogany panelling and attractive door furniture
- Extended skylight hatch in deck head
- 2 x Settee berths; one each side
- Pilot berth above and outboard to port
- Settee back converts to additional berth stbd
- Gimballed dining table on centreline
- 3 x Art Deco lights on bulkheads
Galley to port
- 3 Burner hob and oven
- 2 x Stainless steel sinks, hot and cold fresh water taps
- Large plate racks
- Lockers above and below for crockery, cutlery and provisions
Mid cabin to stbd opposite galley
- Double berth with 4 x Stowage drawers under
- Hanging locker with stowage drawers under
- Ensuite head compartment with manual WC and shower
- Stowage locker
- Large stowage lockers each side
- 2 x Pipe cots over
- Access by forehatch to fore deck
Rig Spars and Sails
- Cutter rig
- Alloy 2 spreader mast
- Alloy boom
- Stainless steel standing rigging
Mechanical Electrical and Tankage
Volvo Penta MD 21 A; fitted but not currently operational
Navigation Communication and Electronics
- C Plath Hamburg steering compass
- Autohelm ST4000 auto pilot
Safety
- Manual bilge pump in cockpit
Other Equipment
FOXHOUND
HULL
Designer
Charles E Nicholson
OTHER
Builder
Camper & Nicholson
Keel Type
Full keel
The Nicholson-Yachts Bermudan Cutter is 63 feet long that boasts a 12 feet beam