Half hull ship model - Butterfly 1898

Semi-hull boat "Butterfly 1898" by architect William Fife, Builder: Gridiron & Works. Solid, high-quality timber. Total frame dimensions: 58 cm by 20 cm. Known today as Pen Duick, the yacht was launched at Gridiron & Works shipyard in Ireland in 1898 under the name Yum. Yum was designed by its architect William Fife III as a racing yacht for the 36’ linear racer series. Its first racing season was already a success. After finishing fourth in its first regatta at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club on June 17, 1899, it then finished first or second in subsequent events.
In 1900 it changed ownership for the first time. The following years were also very fruitful, and Yum won several major regattas. Yum was bought in 1902 by the Frenchman André Hachette, who renamed her Griselidis and transferred her from Cowes to Le Havre in early February 1902. In the years that followed, the boat changed hands and names several times; after Yum and Griselidis, she was named: Magda (1908), Cora V (1919), Astarté (1922), Panurge (1931) and Butterfly (1933).
The Lebec brothers acquired Butterfly in 1935 and gave her her final name: Pen Duick. Pen Duick reached the port of Benodet in 1940 and remained in the port’s mudflats for five years. It narrowly escaped the fate of many yachts whose ballast lead was requisitioned by the Wehrmacht.
Insured shipment with tracking.