Willallison
07-08-2007, 08:48 PM
Vospers built Tamontana to the design of Peter du Cane in 1962, and she won that years Cowes-Torquay offshore race. Indeed, I think she may have been the last boat that featured variable deadrise to win the race. The deep-v designs of Bertram, Levi etc proved unbeatable from '63 onwards.
Way back in 1990 I was doing as all self-respecting Aussie's do - tramping about Europe in campervan. A few mile's SSE of a little spot in Italy named Anzio, I spotted the decaying remains of this maginificent beast.
The paint job on the topsides suggest that she may have been conscripted for use by the navy or similar.
I often wondered what ever became of her....whether she was eventually allowed simply fade away on the side of the road, or, hopefully, if someone else spotted her and restored her to her former glory...
Way back in 1990 I was doing as all self-respecting Aussie's do - tramping about Europe in campervan. A few mile's SSE of a little spot in Italy named Anzio, I spotted the decaying remains of this maginificent beast.
The paint job on the topsides suggest that she may have been conscripted for use by the navy or similar.
I often wondered what ever became of her....whether she was eventually allowed simply fade away on the side of the road, or, hopefully, if someone else spotted her and restored her to her former glory...