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360° – Shamrock V – J Class Yacht

Posted on 29. September 2008 by in Workbook

Click on the image to view the spherical 360° Panorama Shamrock V

Shamrock V was built in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton’s fifth and last America’s Cup challenge. Designed by Nicholson, she was the first British yacht to be built to the new J Class Rule and is the only remaining J to have been built in wood. After launch she was continually upgraded with changes to hull shape and rudder.
Refitted in 1999 by Dykstra & Partners at the Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth, England to the highest modern standards, capable of traversing oceans in comfort and safety all within the boundaries set by the originality – and styling requirements.

Links: Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects, J Class Association

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography

360° – Classic Racing Yacht Shamrock V

Posted on 27. September 2008 by in Workbook

Shamrock V

The sailboat Shamrock V is a spectacular 120-foot J Class sloop built for the 1930 America’s Cup races. Commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton, the Irish tea merchant and designed by Charles Nicholson, she is the only remaining J class to have been built in wood.

Article from the magazine Superyacht: “SHAMROCK V – A Challenge across Time”

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography

360° – Schooner THÖ PA GA – Call for Donations

Posted on 24. September 2008 by in Workbook

Click on the image to view the 360° Photo Schooner Thö Pa Ga

The schooner Thö Pa Ga was build in 1924 at the shipyard of the brothers Navarro in Aguilas, Spain, and named Tres Hermanos (The Three Brothers). Since the year 2000 the ship was based in Ibiza.

It is a beautiful 42 metre vessel that was part of the CaraMed fleet due to make the journey to Brest 2008. It bears the beautiful Tibetan name Thö Ga Pa, “he who listens with delight” and was christened by its owner and inhabitant for the past 35 years, Gerald Delgado, joined 10 years later by Nicole Legler.
Bound for Brest 2008, an event they have been trying to reach since the festival began, the ship sank on July 8th off Ile de Sein in a matter of minutes, probably as a result of impact with an unidentified floating object.

The objective of  the associaton Sauvez la goélette THÖ PA GA (Save the schooner Thö Pa Ga) is to locate the schooner and see what state it is.

Photographer: Thomas Krüger – 360° Photography