MARIQUITA - WILLIAM FIFE AND SON - Buy and sell boats

TYPE

Classic Sailing Yacht

HULL NO.

595

MODEL

19m Gaff Cutter 1^st International Rule

BUILDER

William Fife & Sons

DESIGNER

William Fife III

RESTORATION

Fairlie Restoration Ltd. (2001-2004)

YEAR

1911

REFIT

2004 re-built

CONSTRUCTION

Mahogany over steel frames secured with bronze

fastenings

CLASSIFICATION REFIT

Lloyd’s register and1st International Rule 19m

FLAG

315UK - Glasgow

ENGINES

1 x 315 Hp Yanmar

59.9 tons

DISPLACEMENT

76 tons

KEEL

38 tons / Lead Ballast

PAINT SYSTEM

International paint system on hull

Varnish is traditional Epifanes

LOA

38.10m /125’

LOD

29.00m / 95’

LWL

21.90m / 63’

BEAM

5.30m / 17’3’’

DRAFT

3.60m / 11’7’’

CRUISING SPEED

7 knots @ 2,800 rpm

RANGE

500nm @ 7 knots

ACCOMMODATION

4 x Guests in 3 cabins

1 x Twin, 2 x Single

CREW

7 x Crew in Pipecots and 1 x Captain

FUEL

1,000 litres in 2 x stainless steel tanks

FRESH WATER

500 litres in 1 polypropylene tank

GREY WATER

150 litres in 1 polypropylene tank

BLACK WATER

500 litres in 1 polypropylene tank

GENERAL

After careful dismantling and restoration, it was possible to reinstate virtually all of the original owner and guest accommodation. Consistent with her racing pedigree, the interior design is restrained with weight-saving open deckheads which reveal the structure. Only few changes have been made but include the addition of modern services and some enhancements such as a shower in the owner’s bathroom replacing the original sunken bath whose space is now given over to the engine room

ACCOMMODATION AREAS

As in 1911 Mariquita’s principal accommodation consists of a gracious saloon with dining table, fitted desk and sofa. A passageway aft of this leads to the main companionway, a starboard single cabin and a port single cabin.
The twin cabin aft has its own direct deck access via a dog house where protected seating allows outside visibility.

CREW QUARTERS

Forward of the saloon a more pragmatic approach was adopted to provide accommodation for seven crew and the captain in his own cabin.

ENGINE

1 x Yanmar 6 LP-STE, 315Hp @ 3,800 rpm

GEARBOX

ZF 63; ratio 2.5:1

EXHAUST

Halyard Dry

PROPELLERS

Off centre 32’’ feathering Variprop

STEERING SYSTEM

Thomas Reid traditional quadrant + pinion + emergency tiller

GENERATORS

Fischer Panda 15 KVA, 2014

ELECTRICITY PRIMARY

230 v 50 Hz Single Phase from generator or

shore power via 8 KVA Ivet isolating transformer

ELECTRICITY AUXILLIARY

230 V supply from 24 service batteries via 2.5

Mastervolt inverter

24 v DC supply from 12 Gel cells, total capacity

800Ah/20hr

12 v DC supply converted from 24 v cells

WATER MAKER

HEM series 25 producing 200 litres/hour

WATER HEATER

C Warm single coil 90 litres

WATER PRESSURE

Aqua Major 40litres/minute

SAILS

All new sails by James Lawrence Sailmakers (J.L.)

Old by Ratsey & Lapthorne (R.L.)

SAILWARDROBE

All traditionally cut and hand finished

Full details to be found in the inventory

MAINSAIL x 2

3,500 sqft 1 x 2004, 1 x 2008 (J.L.)

STAYSAIL x 2

715 sqft 1 x 2004, 1 x 2008 (J.L.)

REACHING STAYSAIL

846 sqft 2012 (J.L.)

No 1 JIB x 2

807 sqft 1 x2004 (R.L x 2.), 1 x 2008

No 2 JIB

579 sqft 2004 (R.L.)

No 3 JIB

426 sqft 2004 (R.L.)

No 1 JIB TOPSAIL x 2

522 sqft 1 x 2004 (R.L.), 1X2014 (J.L.)

No 2 JIB TOPSAIL x 2

283 sqft 1 x2004, 1x2012 (J.L.)

N° 3 Jib Topsail

1 x 2004 (R.L.)

JACK-YARD TOPSAIL x 2

1,000 sqft 1 x 2004 (R.L.), 1 x 2010 (J.L.)

WORKING TOPSAIL x 2

632 sqft 1 x 2004 (R.L.), 1 x 2010 (J.L.)

DELIVERY MAINSAIL-TRYSAIL

1,380 sqft (loose footed) 2004 (R.L.)

Sheets on to Deck

DELIVERY MAIN TOPSAIL

260 sqft 2004 (R.L.)

DELIVERY STAYSAIL

479 sqft (with reef points), 2004 (R.L.)

SPINNAKER/BALLOONER x2

3,700 sqft 1 x 2004 (R.L.), 1 x 2008 (R.L.)

SPARS & RIGGING

MAIN MAST

Solid Columbian Pine

BOOM

Solid Columbian Pine

BOWSPIT

Solid Columbian Pine

TOPMAST x 2 (1 spare)

Hollow Sitka Spruce

GAFFF

Hollow Sitka Spruce

JACK YARD

Hollow Sitka Spruce

CLUB YARD

Hollow Sitka Spruce

SPINNAKER POLE

Hollow Sitka Spruce

SPARE SET OF SPREADERS

1 x Set - Ash

BLOCKS

Wooden blocks by Colin Frake

RIGGING

Traditional, all spliced and served

WIRES

Galvanised plough wire

LINES

English Braid 3 strand

Some modifications needed in order to cruise with 6. Getting the main down is the problem – The answer is Lazyjacks.

COMPASS

Traditional binnacle and Halcyon 2000

NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Nav Computer Pro with Max Sea

Time Zero (2014)

AUTOMATIC PILOT

Brookes & Gatehouse ACP2 w/Whitelock motor

RADAR

Raymarine RL80CRC w/chart plotter

GPS

Raystar 120

WEATHER FAX

Furuno D fax 207N

WIND INSTRUMENTS

Brookes & Gatehouse Hercules 2000 System

SATCOM

Thrane & Thrane Mini Inmarssat C

VHF

Icom 2012

SSB

Furuno FM1570 150W

ANCHOR CAPSTAN

Thomas Reid hydraulic reproduction of original

with gypsy.

ANCHOR

1 x 65 kg CQR (140lbs) + 1 x CQR 105lbs

1 x 108 kg cast bronze Fisherman

WINCHES

5 x Meissner 77/3 electrical

(3 for sheets, 2 for main halyards)

STAUNCHIONS

Full set of bronze with s/s wire

GANGPLANK

1 x Aluminium, for winter, 1 x carbon

MISCELLANEOUS

Full Set Crew Uniforms – all by Gaastra 2013

Full set wet weather gear – all by Gaastra 2013

The galley maintains its original styling, but has been entirely re-designed.

• 1 x Fridge

• 1 x Freezer

• 1 x Icemaker

• Gas Hob x4 burners

• Gas Oven

• Nespresso Coffee maker

• Silver cutlery engraved with Fife dragon

• Full set monogrammed crockery with “Mariquita”

• Full Set of crystal glasses

• Full set of Crew crockery and cutlery

TENDERS

1 x 11’ / 3.3m Clinker rowing tender

1 x 11’5’’ / 3.50m Novurania, with Toisha 25Hp outboard 2 stroke, 2007

Mariquita is one of the most iconic yachts in the history of the sport and her career spanning over a century is one of the great maritime stories.

Designed and built for industrialist Arthur Stothert by William Fife III, she was launched in 1911 at Fairlie on the Clyde in Scotland. Mariquita combined Fife’s design with the high build quality of his celebrated yard.

In 1915 she was sold, ending up in neutral Norway where she spent the war years. She returned to Great Britain after the war and was brought to West Mersea by Arthur Hempstead. His firm undertook the decommissioning. Her fine mast was chopped away above the deck, her keel bolts let go and 40 tonnes of lead cut into scrap on the Mersea Hard. The hulk of the once-beautiful yacht was towed to Woodbridge on the River Deben and in 1958 moved to Pin Mill, on the River Orwell. After 30 years as a houseboat in Suffolk the timely intervention of William Collier and Albert Obrist in 1991 led to her landmark restoration at Fairlie Restorations

After years of painstaking work Mariquita finally appeared in 2004. With Mariquita’s restoration, her owners sought not only to save a unique yacht, but also the quality ethos to which she was built and raced back in 1911. The Mariquita Project was one of the most professional and well-resourced classic yacht programmes ever undertaken. She started a highly successful nine-year campaign that saw Mariquita star at regattas throughout Europe.

However in 2012, Mariquita was unexpectedly offered for sale. The syndicate who eventually purchased her was helped by inheriting some of the existing Mariquita crew. With a yacht as complex as Mariquita where everything is done by hand, working as a team is paramount. It took time for the crew to bed in but by the fourth regatta in Barcelona the skipper George Newman was seeing signs of real improvement. Despite some dramatic conditions in both Mahon and Cannes and some very close racing with her great rivals Moonbeam IV and Cambria, Mariquita arrived in Saint-Tropez for the final regatta of the season in good shape with six podium finishes under her belt.

Her 2014 season ended with even better results – after winning overall the Big Boat class in the Panerai Grand Prix, Mariquita then went on to come second in Les Voiles de St Tropez, behind the mighty gaff schooner Elena. She is now ready to be passed on to her next custodian.


Mariquita combines Fife’s design talent and refined aesthetic with the high construction qualities of his celebrated yard. The 19m Class is slightly smaller than most Big Class cutters and fulfilled the aspiration to have a matched class of big cutters. As a racer she held a distinguished place within her class and won the King’s Cup.

After over five decades as a houseboat, her future was in doubt until she was saved in 1991. Ten years later the painstaking task of restoring her to racing condition was started. Though her spars and lead keel were lost, her fabulous original interior remained.

It took 3 years at Fairlie Restorations to restore the yacht to match the original structural requirements of the class. She was rebuilt to Lloyd’s Register and to her 1912 configuration which provided some speed enhancement over the initial design of 1911.

In order to achieve great hull strength and to save weight the designers opted for a composite construction, a full steel structure planked over in mahogany and secured with bronze fastenings. Addition of modern coatings, bedding compounds and insulation methods, a new engine and modern systems have been installed and five powered winches ensure far greater longevity without altering her sailing characteristics.

All planking was renewed in 2’’/51mm African Mahogany.
Teak decks is laid over 0.8’’ /20mm plywood
All structural fastenings are Nickel Aluminium Bronze

Previous names: Mariquita; Maud IV

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