Nicholas Thorne's Family History Pages.
Building and launch of Tigress of Deben at Aberdour Marine Click on images to open
Her interior was to a custom design of my parents, an Architect and Interior
designer respectively, making her very personal to our family.
Her British Racing Green hull and tan and lemon sails meant that she stood out
where ever she went.
When Tigress was launched, in April 1973 during my Easter holidays, I
was there and I went out on her sea trials. Picture 15 (above) shows one
of these trails with some of the men of Aberdour Marine who built her and her
sister Victory 40s.
She was sold by my parents in 1985.
From pictures, sent to my parents by her new owners, she now has a different
colour scheme. Her hull has been painted white from the water line to the rubbing
strip while retaining some British Racing Green above that to the deck. This
is because her new owners kept her in the warmer climate of Southern Europe
where the dark hull would have been less practical.
![Oil painting of Tigress of Deben with Come Away (previous boat) in left distance.](tn_PICT0018.gif) |
Tigress of Deben painting |
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![The building of 'Tigress' and a sister ship in Aberdour Marine 1973.](tn_Tigress of Deben 005.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 005 |
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![Sail swatches and hull colour. Plus a light hulled sister ship at sail.](tn_Tigress of Deben 006.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 006 |
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![Interior swatches for Tigress of Deben.](tn_Tigress of Deben 007.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 007 |
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![Saloon interior.](tn_Tigress of Deben 008.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 008 |
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![Galley.](tn_Tigress of Deben 009.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 009 |
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![Forward heads and colour picture of after cabin.](tn_Tigress of Deben 010.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 010 |
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![Foreward cabin.](tn_Tigress of Deben 011.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 011 |
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![Aft cabin.](tn_Tigress of Deben 012.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 012 |
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![Aft cabin and aft heads.](tn_Tigress of Deben 013.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 013 |
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![Tigress under canvas.](tn_Tigress of Deben 014.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 014 |
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![The sea trials of Tigress of Deben, Firth of Forth. The men of Aberdour Marine (builders) and Thorne Family.](tn_Tigress of Deben 015.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 015 |
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![First night in Aberdour Harbour.](tn_Tigress of Deben 016.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 016 |
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![Aberdour and the Firth of Forth.](tn_Tigress of Deben 017.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 017 |
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![Tigress enters her home waters.](tn_Tigress of Deben 018.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 018 |
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![Various early shots of life on board Tigress.](tn_Tigress of Deben 019.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 019 |
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![The first owners of Tigress, John and Ann Thorne.](tn_Tigress of Deben 020.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 020 |
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![Vist to Poole](tn_Tigress of Deben 021.gif) |
Tigress of Deben 021 |
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Tigress of Deben. The Yacht my parents had built.
In August 2006 I visited Scotland for research on my family tree. Below are the links to that trip
In 1973, after much planning, our family boat Tigress of Deben was launched from the boat yard at Aberdour Marine. Her hull had been moulded by Tylers, in England, before going north to be completed by the Scots craftsmen of this yard on the Firth of Forth.
![Tigress of Deben on the launching slip. Click to Enlarge.](Tigress of Deben in the Aberdour Marine Yard 1973.jpg) |
Aberdour Marine Yard 1973 |
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![Tigress of Deben launch day 17th April 1973.](lastscan.jpg) |
Launch of Tigress of Deben 1973 |
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![Just launched 17th April 1973.](Tigress, just launched..JPG) |
Tigress, just launched. |
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