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Berenice
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Designer:
J Samuel White
Builder: J Samuel White & Co., Cowes.
1923
Rig: Bermudan Ketch
LOA: 95ft
LWL: 60ft
Beam: 15ft
Draft: 10ft
Owner: Adventure Capital Ltd |
Berenice was designed and built by J
Samuel White & Company of Cowes and was launched in 1923.
She is an elegant, impressive and head-turning yacht. Her hull
is made of the finest pitch pine with new Douglas Fir masts and
spars, teak decks and interior mahogany paneling.
The yacht originally cruised and raced under The
Royal Yacht Squadron in European waters until requisitioned by
the Navy in 1941, for coastal patrol work with a cannon on her
foredeck! Under the name Meroë of Kent she was later
modernised and used for charter but eventually fell into disrepair
until we purchased her in 2001.
Since then, Berenice has undergone extensive
restoration. Whilst keeping most of her original features, she
now carries the latest electronic systems and has been completely
renovated and refitted, from hull and rigging, through to installing
a new engine, generator, water maker, fridges and other equipment
to ensure safe, stylish and comfortable cruising.
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