Historical Notes for Yacht Nausikaa
NAUSIKAA was the second 8-Ton TM Gauntlet built by Berthon, the first being MITTEN (pictured) of 1937. Berthon Boat Company’s Harry G. May throwing down of the gauntlet in 1934 – a challenge to a client who had jilted his design for another boat – was the naming origin of a class that has become …
1. Major Jack Crosthwaite Eyre 1939 – 1946 (?) NAUSIKAA’s first purchaser was local landowner and future Member of Parliament for the New Forest, (later Sir) Oliver Crosthwaite Eyre, a gift for his father, Major Jack Crosthwaite Eyre. As usual with yachts first launched in 1939, her destiny after one season was wartime lay-up, presumably …
Thames Measurement (or Thames Tonnage) is a 19th‑century rating rule for small vessels and yachts that gives a notional “tons” figure based only on length and beam, not on actual weight or displacement. An 8‑ton yacht by Thames measurement would not be expected to displace 8 tons; its real displacement could be higher or lower …
Most of us have, at some point, considered what we would do if we could travel back in time. Maybe we would give ourselves some hot investment advice and become millionaires, or change history for the better, or witness our favorite historical event. One year ago, I left San Francisco, sold and gave away everything …
