Antares
Antares is a Nantucket Clipper 32 from the pen of Alan Buchanan, built in 1976 by Offshore Yachts.
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Designed in the days when you didn't have to worry about the ability to reverse in confined space and the dreaded marina managers tape measure she was given a deep long fin keel and a LOA 10ft bigger than her waterline!!
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They are heavily built, seaworthy little vessels known for their sea keeping ability and are known to be suited to short handed sailing
The Stats
LOA: 31.67 ft (9.65 m)
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LWL: 21.00 ft (6.40 m)
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Beam: 9.16 ft (2.79 m)
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Draft: 4.25 ft (1.30 m)
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Disp: 8,290.00 lb (3,760 kg)
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Ballast: 3,360.00 lb (1,524 kg)
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Sail area: 730.00 ft² (67.82 m²)​
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Capsize Screening: 1.81
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Where the idiot comes in
I found Antares in a mud berth, at the top reaches of the River Colne in Essex, UK, late in 2024. Admittedly I wasn't looking for a project, but her lines spoke to me and, love it or hate it
- I personally love it - her Clipper bow and yawl rig laid an expensive seed in my heart.
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Her ancient single cylinder had long since given up the ghost. Davits had been forced upon her like the arms of a drunk, the top sides were yellowing, her deck was green, the varnish peeling and a smell of damp below that would make even the most hardened yachtie wince.
She was down but not out.
I fell in love.
With the surprising encouragement of my long suffering partner (I think she wanted me out of the house) I bought her in the Spring of 2025
And the adventure began.........
