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F2312

Details

Name
Enbarr (a horse which runs over land and sea faster than the speed of the wind, from the traditional ancient Irish)

Usage
Racing

Location
Cambridge

Builder
Fairey Marine

Build date
March 1959

Condition
Very Good Condition

Hull Number
2304

Deck Colour
Varnish Mark II (When built - varnish Mark I)

Hull Colour
Pale Wedgewood blue (When built - varnish)

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Extra Details

Additional Build Notes

Current Owner
Declan Foy

Known Owners

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Initial RYA measurement – 20 March
Hull weight – 160lb
Diagonal external planking
Constructed – mould 4

1st owner – RAF Sailing Assn, probably initially based at the Welsh Harp,
one of a batch of three purchased March 1959, F2310/2312.
Named “Benson”

(March 1969 – RAF Sailing Assn ownership confirmed, published RYA annual records)

Subsequent ownership details rather muddled in RYA and NFA records perhaps –

undated – Miss JK Withey, perhaps Medway YC
named “Starmouche”
see F128

c1971 – CW Gorrod, perhaps Medway YC

c1975 – Alan Richards, Tamesis Club
named “Ileika Too”

July 1977 – AJ Ireland, Rickmansworth SC
named – “Tabasco”

1988 – Miss Jane Ireland, London SW16

June 2011 – Russ Brinkman, Poole Harbour

April 2015 – Maxim Lamare, Kingsmead SC and Littleton SC

October 2018 – reported for sale, Surrey, www.apolloduck

2018 – George Rogers, Tollesbury SC. Hull repaired and overhauled with Mark II deck layout and with fitted buoyancy tanks fore and aft in addition to original side buoyancy tanks after refurbishment
See F2302

August 2019 – Graham Etherington, Ripon SC
and re – named to original “Benson”

February 2025 – Declan Foy, Cambridge, renamed “Enbarr”

History

NFA update spring 2025

Residing Club

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