Half hull of the 1898 wooden yacht "Butterfly". Total dimensions 58 cm x 20 cm. Very decorative! Small loss of varnish on the hull (see the last photos). Large half-hull boat "Butterfly 1898" architect William Fife, Builder: Gridiron and Ouvriers. Total frame dimensions 58 cm x 20 cm. Known today as Pen Duick, the yacht was launched at the Gridiron & Works shipyard in Ireland in 1898 as Yum. She was designed by her architect William Fife III as a racing yacht for the 36-foot linear ratter series. His first season of motor racing has already been crowned with success. After winning fourth place in his first Royal Corinthian Yacht Club regatta on 17 June 1899, he subsequently always placed first or second. She was purchased in 1902 by the Frenchman André Hachette who named her Griselidis and transferred her from Cowes to Le Havre at the beginning of February 1902. In the years that followed, the boat changed hands several times and its name as well; after Yum and Griseldis, she was baptized: Magda (1908), Cora V (1919), Astarté (1922), Panurge (1931) and Butterfly (1933). The Lebec brothers acquired the Butterfly in 1935 and gave it its final name: Pen Duick. Le Pen Duick joined the port of Bénodet in 1940 and remained for five years in the port's mudflats. It narrowly escaped the fate of many yachts whose lead ballast was requisitioned by the Wehrmacht. Protected shipping with tracking.