The Classic Craze Continues...

Natalie ex Alice

No, she is/was a motoryacht. Much smaller than Haida (or Sarina as I knew her) but if anything she had nicer lines.

Regards
Bee

Nero/Athena

Brian;
Glad to hear you say something about the similarities of Nero and Athena. I though the same thing myself. Nero would look better if it had some overhang from the roof over the bridge area I think. Maybe some on the next deck down too. Nero just has a kinda unfinished look to her the way she is IMHO.
I'm a big fan of the Athena and am building a model of her from the pictures on this forum. If I could get the dimensions and some deck plans I'd like to model the Nero too but don't find much available on her yet. Pete

There is also a picture of the beautiful Frers designed 106´Bolero from 1991.

I'd argue that Thermopylae was more beautiful than Cutty Sark, but I'd struggle to find aptly descriptive words to back my argument up. Both are beautiful examples of their type, but my aesthetic taste prefers one over t'other. Perhaps in that case its rather pointless to even attempt to describe a subjective and deeply emotional response to a combination of shapes and proportions that differ almost imperceptibly from one vessel to the other. Nero is also a very attractive rendition of a 'type', her combination of shapes and proportions are particularly pleasing to the eye, beautiful indeed, but having thought about what you asked, to me shes beautiful only because the type she represents is beautiful. There is another of her type I find more beautiful still.

Speaking of classic yachts.

Does anybody know the history of this one..??

I have also got the Classic bug recently. She was built in Stockholm in 1931 and a newer Riva Crusader V8 is giving her more than sufficient power and speed. Good fun!

There is a boat in Noank CT that resembles the tender off of Nero. Anyone know if this design has been copied and manufactured by another company?

The Norwegian Royal Yacht, Norge, has a nice classic tender:

Nero Wooden Tender

The Wooden Tender. I saw what appeared to be a replica of it docked in CT. Same Cabin Top, Same Helm Position, same everything. The only difference was that someone added a teak swim platform.

A Classic Tender - Guess What this is?

Can anyone guess what the wake of this boat is?