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.
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Tigress of Deben painting |
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Tigress of Deben 005 |
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Tigress of Deben 006 |
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Tigress of Deben 007 |
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Tigress of Deben 008 |
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Tigress of Deben 009 |
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Tigress of Deben 010 |
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Tigress of Deben 011 |
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Tigress of Deben 012 |
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Tigress of Deben 013 |
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Tigress of Deben 014 |
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Tigress of Deben 015 |
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Tigress of Deben 016 |
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Tigress of Deben 017 |
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Tigress of Deben 018 |
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Tigress of Deben 019 |
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Tigress of Deben 020 |
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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.
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Aberdour Marine Yard 1973 |
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Launch of Tigress of Deben 1973 |
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Tigress, just launched. |
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