Lively Lady back in the water
Image: Jim Brickwood, Jotun Yachting
Fifty years after her first single handed global circumnavigation, the 36ft cutter Lively Lady is once again back in the water in an as new condition having recently undergone a long and extensive refit at Hayling Yacht Company by volunteers from the charity Around and Around.
Image: Jim Brickwood, Jotun Yachting
The refit work included replacing the deck, reassembling the wheel house, new electrics, an interior refit and a full repaint using Jotun Yachting paint products.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sir Alec Rose’s global circumnavigation aboard Lively Lady. A greengrocer from Portsmouth with a passion for single handed sailing, Sir Alec set sail on 16 July 1967 returning 12 months later on 4 July 1968 having circumnavigated the globe, stopping off in Australia and New Zealand.
It was a year after that of Sir Francis Chichester aboard Gypsy Moth IV, and a year before that of Sir Robin Knox Johnson’s in Suhali.
Jim Brickwood, Business Development Manager, Jotun Yachting UK said: “The hard work carried out by the volunteers at Around and Around has certainly paid off, with Lively Lady looking better than new and in a condition which will see her through the next 50 years. At Jotun Yachting we are proud to have played our part in not only protecting such an iconic yacht for the future, but, also bringing back her timeless beauty. We look forward to following her future circumnavigations.”
You can see Lively Lady at this year’s Hamble Classics Regatta in September.
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