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27ft type K Montagu whaler
The Montagu type K whaler
The post announcing that Dick Wynne’s restored whaler Vancouver is up for sale has attracted quite a lot of attention in the last day or two, so I’ve decided to share these snaps from a copy of the 1937 Manual of Seamanship published by the Admiralty.
The rudder and centreboard seem remarkably small, don’t you think? By the way, the trysail in the upper photo is supposed to double as a spinnaker!
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Paul Mullings Apr 3rd 2009 at 04:46 am 2
Oh the memories – 45 years or so ago I was a sea scout in the 6th Leigh troop headquatered at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. We had a Montagu whaler at the time and I have ingrained memories of rowing (I think I still have the blisters!) and sailing, what at the time seemed a huge boat. Being long and thin they could really fly under sail in any kind of breeze and I vividly remember storming across the Thames estuary on more than one occasion bound for the Medway – Happy Days!
Kevin McNeill Apr 3rd 2009 at 05:40 pm 3
When I joined the Canadian Navy in 1965 there were still a few of the wooden Montagues around and for many years after the RCN used a fiberglass version. I can still remember sailing across Esquimalt harbour under full sail in a wind we really shouldn’t have been sailing in with four young officer cadets hung out over the weather rail trying to keep her upright. What a hoot!
Dave Keeley Oct 18th 2009 at 09:35 pm 4
Great memories of first sailing a Montague with the Irish Navy Reserve of Dublin in the late 70′s, they were a grea tsea boat with a good crew.