The legend of Plumbelly, A Bequia-built world cruiser

[rbgarr]

http://www.boatermouth.com//index.php/charles-doane/2/522.html

[Hwyl]

Great boat --- she a Bequia boat man---

Those guys are inordinately proud of her. All the Bequians I know claim she was built by the locals for Klaus.

[Ian McColgin]

Great site. Thank you.

[Roger Long]

Cool. I remember seeing her and talking to him a couple days after he had arrived in Bermuda. I can't remember when but it sounds a lot like that rough trip described. It was just a quick casual chat but I've always remembered it and it's nice to get the full story.

[Lance F. Gunderson]

Thanks for posting that. Great boat! I seem to recall encountering her somewhere along the line.

[Hughman]

I have some pictures of her, somewhere. two former owners live in this county, and she was hauled this summer in Rockland.

[tomlarkin]

She's for sale: http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=2126570&ybw=&units=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=4104&url=

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/2/1/2/6/5/2126570_1.jpg?1254234192000

Also a great story on how she got her name:


PLUMBELLY was built on the beach in Admiralty Bay under the shade of the palm trees in the place where Tommy Cantina’s now sits. An eccentric German architect and ship’s captain named Klaus Alverman wanted a small yacht to cruise the islands in, and he set out to build it with the help of Bequian shipwright Lauren Joe. They built the boat in the local tradition: hewing carefully selected timber from around the island into the shape of a modified two bow fishing boat. Her full body inspired the name as a passerby commented “look like she got a big plum in dee belly mon!”

[wizbang 13]

I was in Bequia singlehanding on my engineless seabird yawl in 1975 when Klaus came in from his round the world sail. I have met many who have "sailed" around the world since, but none held a candle to what Klaus did. He was like a Slocum or Pidgeon. One of his stories was about running aground up the Red Sea and hiking through ARAB minefields (unknown to him)! for help' That wackjob Reid Stowe was there too! Speaking of which Reid has only about 20 days left of his 1000 days thing. He is about to sell a lot of tee shirts!!!