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Tuiga - 75 cm by Kiade
Category : ship, sailboat, runabout models
695.00€ VAT Incl. Shipment not included*Shipment is free only for Delivery in France above 100 euros. Yet Quirao does deliver worldwide. For all other countries, you can see the shipment fees if you add the product to your basket and select a country of delivery. (Receive also a Discount Voucher of 56€)
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Commissioned by the Duke of Medinacelli, it was designed by William Fife, Junior. She was launched in 1909 in Fairlie in Scotland. Raced succesfully by a British crew, she collected numerous 2nd place finishes behind her twin, the Spanish royal yacht Hispania.
Having changed hands and names many times, a full restoration was completed in 1993 at Fairlie Restorations. She now belongs to the Yacht Club de Monaco.
More than ninety years of history have accompanied this elegant, William Fife 15-meter International Rule on her marvelous journey from the day of her launch to present day. Now, thanks to Prince Albert's passion for the sea, it is reliving her heyday, competing under the flag of the Monaco Yacht Club .
After her launch in 1909, it quickly became one of the stars of the big rallies and then later was subjected to a whole host of changes. Her elegant lines are the work of design genius, William Fife, and were commissioned by the Spanish Duke of Medinacelli. The Duke was very clear about what he wanted: " a boat which would be capable of competing on an equal footing against Hispania, King Alfonso XIII of Spain's craft". And so it was. For over four years, the two boats competed in Spanish, French and English waters.
In 1913, it was sold, it went from owner to owner with each one making a change here and there to better suit her to his needs. The first installed electricity and reduced her sail surface by 20 per cent in 1923. In 1934, another owners mounted her with a 35-bhp Bergius engine and changed her sail plan from fore-and aft to Marconi. The last act of the idiocy came in 1970 when another owner, decided to get rid of the wonderful rake of her stern.
This marked the beginning of a decline which lasted until 1989, when she was a rediscovered by Albert Obrist, owner of Altair. It then spent four years at the Fairline Restorations boatyard in England. During this time she was dismantled and meticulously rebuilt piece by piece using Fife's original plans.
it was now been fully restored to her former glory and is enjoying a magical new life in the waters of the principality with her new owner, the Monaco Yacht Club.
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