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F3049
Details
Name
Mary Kate
Usage
Varnish, horizontal planking (10/2020 - images of refurbished and varnished hull provided by the owner expected to be published shortly)
Location
Average Condition
Builder
Fairey Marine
Build date
April 1965
Condition
Average Condition
Hull Number
3011
Deck Colour
Varnish Mark I
Hull Colour
Varnish Mark I
More Information
Extra Details
Additional Build Notes
Jonny Clements reports that the day this Firefly was collected from Hamble by the Army Sailing Assn was the birthday of his Grandmother, Mary and her twin sister, Kate. Mary passed away 2018, aged 94. Great Aunt Kate presently aged 96 years 09/2020
Current Owner
Kenneth Clements
Known Owners
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1st owner – Army Sailing Assn, see F3048, named “Soused”
17 Port Regiment, Marchwood Military Port, Southampton
c1968 – Royal Army Pay Corps, Computer Centre, Worthy Down, Winchester, based at Marchwood Military Port
April 2020 – Kenneth and Jonny Clements, Loch Erne.
Acquired for renovation and refitting.
(The owner prior to Kenneth Clements reported the Firefly hull used on a lake in Portadown for fishing for some fifteen years and had been purchased at auction seemingly in Scotland)
April 2020 – restoration detailed www.facebook.com/cvrda
September 2020 – Jonny Clements reports hull renovation and total revarnish complete
History
NFA 09/2020
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