Peggy levitates.
(IOM Today)
It was an emotional moment this week when Peggy, probably the world’s oldest yacht – born 1789 – departed her boathouse at Castletown on the Isle of Man for the first time in c200 years – vertically, instead of horizontally. She’s moving to a more suitable site for essential conservation work.
The full video of the lift out is here.
Thanks for heads-up to Afloat Magazine, where W.M. “Winkie” Nixon has been a longtime Peggy fan and evangelist.
Her National Historic Ships UK Register entry is here.
And her excellent conservation blog is here.
Isn’t she beautiful.
~ Iain McAllister ~
