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Mayflower was built by Stothert & Marten in 1861. She is the oldest Bristol-built ship afloat, and is believed to be the oldest surviving tug in the world. G.K. Stothert & Co was a British engineering company primarily known for shipbuilding and repair founded in 1852 in Bristol, England.
The design was initially built by the Sailstar Boat Company in the United States and sold as the Caravel 22. When Bristol Yachts acquired Sailstar in 1971 the design was produced as the Bristol Caravel 22. A total of 325 boats were built from 1968 until 1978, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Bristol trawlers were sold during the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Bristol Yacht Co. laid up the hull for the early 42 foot model which was a round-bilge design by the famed Eldridge-McGinnis naval architecture firm. The 42 foot model displaced somewhere between 26 and 30,000 pounds.
In a 2005 review in Good Old Boat magazine, writer Karen Larson, described the design, "the 29.9 was designed to race under the International Off-shore Rule (IOR) and Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) rules, but people soon realized that it made a better cruiser than racer. At 29 feet 11 inches with a 10-foot 2-inch beam and displacing 8,650 ...
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "the Bristol 40 is designed as a racer-cruiser. Many options, including a yawl rig, and several interior layouts are available for the owner who favors cruising. This boat, with its long bow and counter and full keel, is not for round-the-marker sailing, but it will do well on longer races." [3]
The Bristol 45.5 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It has a masthead sloop rig, or an optional ketch rig, with aluminum spars. It features a raked stem, a raised counter reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by an Edson wheel and a fixed fin keel with retractable centerboard.
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The company went on to produce sailboats under its own name, including the Cooper 416 in 1978 and the Cooper 353 in the following year, plus the Prowler line of motorboats. Under the name Cooper Yachts the company had sales subsidiaries in Seattle, Washington and Newport Beach, California in 1985. At least 17 sailboat designs were produced ...