Pegasus 18 Athene

| Introduction | restoration 1 | restoration 2 |

Introduction

In 1958, the famous dinghy designer, Uffa Fox was asked to design the Pegasus, and was given a brief to:-

"Design the best 14ft water-line dinghy you can. A stable fast thoroughbred, quick to plane and a boat, which does not destroy itself by its own speed when planing. Spare no time or thought to making it the best 14ft dinghy in the world"

Uffa Fox rose to the challenge and the result is the Pegasus, which at the time proved to be one of the best performing dinghies around. Modern designs are now very different in concept, and the high performance ones are certainly capable of speeds unheard of in the early 1960's.

As a fan of Uffa Fox designs I was interested to see the Pegasus at the Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association's Regatta at Roadford Lake. After checking out the CVRDA's website I came across the Pegasus site and found the following advert.

Pegasus 18 - Athene All wood Pegasus, complete with spars, sails and equipment. Hull has suffered from "Hog Rot" and damaged section has been removed pending repair. Free to a good home!

A few emails later and I was visiting Andy Hayes, the class chairman and after a couple of hours talking about boats I was the owner of Pegasus 18, Athene.

Athene was built in about 1956 by Eric Stanton, a PE teacher from Cheshire as was sailed in school regattas by school pupils.

She was lost and recovered whilst Eric was sailing her through "The Swellies" on the Menia Straights she was taken down by a whirl pool and re appeared at Beamaris the following day minus here rig hence she now has a metal mast.

| Introduction | restoration 1 | restoration 2 |

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