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Infanta has a cockpit shower and a large cockpit area so all the crew can enjoy a drink together – and there is plenty of deck space for visiting yachtsmen to wander around to marvel at your yacht while they drink your beer.
Below she is spacious, light and airy, well laid out for cruising in comfort. The interior is finished in Butter Nut timber giving a beautiful soft glow in the lamplight. She has the added comfort of a wood burning stove.
She has seven berths: A separate “paid hand” cabin in the forepeak, a separate large owners’ cabin with double bunk, and in the saloon a double bunk, a single settee berth and single pilot berth.
At the foot of the companionway, the galley is to port and the chart space to starboard with fridge and cold store beneath. There is hot and cold pressurised water. A step down into the saloon with a folding dining table, settees both sides ably seating everyone, with the wood burning stove against the fore bulk head.
Forward from the saloon is the separate heads, washbasin and shower.
Infanta is Band 6 see points table
Infanta comes with a mate at £150 per day.
We highly recommend using the mate until you are familiar with the larger yachts.
Having a paid hand, or mate, aboard can contribute greatly to the pleasure of your
Classic Sailing Club charter. His knowledge of the yacht can guide you quickly through the idiosyncracies of these older yachts. You do not have to rely on your
fellow guests to have the correct experience to crew the yacht, the mate can
instruct them quickly and easily to help them learn the ropes.
Larger classic yachts can be a bit of a handful, both at sea and in harbour.
The mate can of course have as much or as little involvement as you wish, and
whilst he is not there to cook or pamper you, he will always make sure you
yacht is running smoothly.
Infanta has an exciting schedule planned for this season and next (2008 – 2009) Click here for details
Mid Apr – mid Jul
Solent based chartering
July 19th – 25th
BCYC Regatta – Cowes [booked]
July 27th – Aug 3rd
Passage preparation
August 6th – 8th
Passage Cowes – Douarnenez. [berths]
Aug 9th – 25th
Prep and race form Douarnenez – Agadir [berths]
Sept 6th – 18th
Passage Agadir – Cannes [berths]
Sept 20th – 26th
Regatte Royales – Cannes
[places available by day only]
Sept 27th /28th
Passage race Cannes – St Tropez
[berths available]
Sept 29th – Oct 5th
Les Voilles de St. Tropez Regatta
[places available by day only]
Oct 11th – 21st
Passage St Tropez – Agadir [berths available]
Oct 23rd – Nov 16th
Agadir based chartering
Nov 17th – 24th
Yacht preparation for the Transat Classique
Nov 28th – Dec 20th
Transat Classique, Agadir – St Barts [booked]
Season 2009:
4th January – 17th April,
Infanta will be available for cruising by weekly
charter in the West Indies, to arrive at Antigua.
April 20th - 26th
Antigua Classic Week
April 27th – May 10th
Antigua based chartering
May 15th – June
Passage Race from Antigua – Plymouth via Bermuda [booked]
July – October
Solent based chartering
Infanta has an exciting schedule planned for this season and next (2008 – 2009) Click here for details
Infanta, a glorious, sleek and elegant classic yacht has a superb pedigree as an American Racing Yawl.
At 51ft length overall, she has a towering spruce mainmast, a balancing mizzen mast and is fantastic to sail. Reaching with the wind on the quarter under mizzen, mizzen staysail, mainsail, staysail and reaching genoa is an awesome sight and there is always some trimming to do. She is so great to sail and you don’t even have to go anywhere – it is just exhilarating charging about!
However, she is a great passage maker, fast and comfortable, and is an absolute pleasure to be aboard us she arrives in port. Her glossy navy blue hull with gold line makes her look bigger than her 51’, and her glistening masts, varnished teak cabin and glinting chrome make her a show stopper, whether racing in a Classic Regatta, arriving in a foreign port or anchored in pole position in a creek.
Until 2007, Infanta has always been in the States. She is really unique and never been seen in these UK waters since her launch in 1947. If you want the exhilaration of sailing a stunning pedigree classic racing yawl, Infanta will press all the buttons, and she comes with a “paid hand” to help you get the best out of her.
Forward again is a separate spacious owners’ cabin with a double bunk, large seating area and nav. desk. There is plenty of locker space and a hanging cupboard.
In the forepeak is the “paid hands” cabin, separate from the other accommodation, with its own heads and accessed through the forehatch.
Location
Infanta is moored in Cowes, in the centre of the Solent, an area which provides a perfect short cruising ground with every type of harbour from enchanting anchorages in creeks owned by the National Trust to marinas with great bars and Multiplex cinemas.
The Solent is a protected area of water between the Isle of Wight and the Mainland about 25 miles long and 3 miles av. wide. Being protected means that even if it comes up to blow, reefed down, Infanta will provide an exhilarating dash home rather than being weather bound.
There are simply loads of different places to go, and it is really easy to anchor for lunch and a swim in any number of protected bays, Osborne Bay, Thorness Bay or under the cliffs at Alum Bay. Then over night, choose from great harbours like Yarmouth or Lymington which really buzz with good pubs and restaurants. Or anchor in the beautiful tranquillity of Newtown Creek, BBQ on the beach and wake in the morning to the Oyster Catchers and Curlews.
If you have teenage crew members, they love a night stop at Gunwharf Quay in Portsmouth Harbour. The mall is full of outlet shops, there are great bars and restaurants and busy night clubs, yet the small marina is a protected and quiet haven.
For the long weekend, from the Solent it is a great day sail to Studland Bay or Poole, or beyond to Weymouth, and of course, with a good early start it is a great day sail to Cherbourg, St Vaast or Barfleur, and then you know you have really been away! The Channel Islands too with Guernsey and Alderney provide a charming destination.
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