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| 1896:____________ CARIAD (a Welsh word for "Sweetheart" ) was the largest yacht that Summer and Payne had never designed and built to date. CARIAD was built for Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin P.C., K.P., C.M.G., O.B.E., 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Baron kenry. January 15:_______ CARIAD launched and then arrives at Southampton Docks and stepped her masts. Later returned to Belvidere, Northam to ship her top gear. Cowes Week:______ First attempt for the Emperors Cup. Placed 30 minutes after the winning time of 3 hours 17 minutes by " Anemone" 1897 February 19:__ Set sail for the Mediterranean, but not for long as she sustained damage to her rudder trunk and had to put in for Plymouth. Mid March:_______ Repairs completed at Northam and CARIAD under way again. July 16:__________ Return to Southhampton from the Mediterranean to prepare for Cowes week. October 15:_______ Return to Summer and Payne's yard. 1898 February 11 to March 25:______ Fitting out for the summer season. May:____________ CARIAD leaves for Lisbon to participate in the "Vasco da Gama Cup", a regatta to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to India. Achieved first place and returned home to the Royal Yacht Squadron with the cup. 1900:____________ CARIAD bought by J.B. Miller, a prominent yachtsman of that time. 1902:____________ CARIAD bought by Captain C.B. Dixon-Johnson of Darlington, a member of the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club. 1913:____________ Bought by Frank Chaplin, a member of the R.Y.S. (elected in 1911). Changed her name to " Fidra " (after an island in the Firth of Fourth) and fitted her with a Bergius 4 cylinder paraffin motor. 1919:____________ FIDRA bought by a Swedish Navy Lieutenant and member of the K.S.S.S., Sune Tamm and his brother Sebastian. With 4 other officers an a crew of 6, all under the age of 30, they prepared for the circumnavigation of the world. 1920 September:___ FIDRA departed from Karlskrona, sailed through Magellan's Strait to Tahiti, Honolulu, Suva, Yokohama, Hong kong, Singapore, Colombo, Aden, Suez and Gibraltar, returning to Sweden in 1922. 1926 September:___ Lord Dunraven, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, the original owner of CARIAD, passes away at the age of 84. 1927:___________ FIDRA bought by H.J. Wenburn and H.E. Evens of South Africa and is taken toCapetown. 1929:____________ Evans sells his share to Wenbrun and Wenburn becomes the sole owner of FIDRA. 1923:____________ Wenburn desired to change the name back to CARIAD but Lord Dunraven had built another yacht called CARIAD II. To differentiate between the two yachts, it was agreed that CARIAD II would become CARIAD I. 1948:____________ CARIAD I bought by A.W. Flitton of South africa. Flitton sails on CARIAD I to Trinidad in the Caribbean. 1953:____________ Flitton installs a new General Motors 4 cylinder, 80 HP diesel engine in CARIAD I. 1956 to 1960:_____ During this period, CARIAD I reduced the sail area from 5,480 square feet to 4,500 square feet while keeping the gaff ketch layout. 1963:____________ CARIAD I bought by Loring C.M. Rattray of South Africa. The home port was changed from Capetown to Durban. 1969:____________ CARIAD I bought by K. Sutie also of Africa. 1981 January:_____ Following several years of chartering in the West Indies, it was decided to completly gut CARIAD I and restore her to her original style and beauty. this was commenced in Antigua, West Indies in January 1981 and, when the vessel returned to England to participate in Cowes Week in 1983, the work was completed by Southampton Yacht Services who were previously Camper and Nichoson' Northam Yard and prior to that, CARIAD I's building yard, Summer and Payne. The modification was extensive, with the main mast and spurs, part of the planking, the gimbaled table, steering gears and wheel, ship's bell and the chronometer being the equipment reused. 1983 September 8:_ CARIAD I bought by Pamela Anne Marvyn of London, England. 1985 April 13:_____ CARIAD I set sail for Turkey, experiencing stroms on the way whilst in Greece. Attended Agents Week in Marmaris and stayed for charter season in Turkey. The voyage to Malta in September took 4 weeks due to sturn shaft problems, adverse weather, and lack of an inner jib which blew out after the failure of the roller furling gear. Repairs were completed in Malta including replacement of a number of planks and the return to hanked on headsails. A new boom was made for the staysail. The winter was spent in Antibes, France. 1986:____________ CARIAD I set sail for Parma. 1987 September 13: CARIAD I bought by a Japanese corporation. October 10:_______ CARIAD I departs Malta for Japan. On the way, she stops at Greece, Egypt, Djibouti, Singapore, and Hong Kong. 1988 January 31:__ CARIAD I puts a Yap in Micronesia. February 11:______ CARIAD I arrives at Naha, Okinawa. Remains in Naha untill March. March 19:________ CARIAD I arrives at Yokosuka, Japan. March 23 to October 22:_______ Repairs and modifications conducted at Sagami Dockyard. 1989 April:_______ CARIAD I displayed in the Yokohama Exposition "YES" 1990 January 14:__ CARIAD I sets sail for Singapore. January 24: ______ CARIAD I puys in at Kaohsiung, Taiwan for repairs of the main gaff and mizzen boom. 1993:__________CARIAD I had been left abandoned by the Japanese coporation that was about to go bankrupt at the burst of the economic bubble. The Japan Charter Yacht Association heard about CARIAD I and decided to see if she could be saved. They took up a collection from interested member and bought CARIAD I from the coporation that went bankrupt shortly after the sale. Extensive repairs were done in Singapore including replacing the broken main mast which was brought all the way from England. On the way back to Japan from Singapore, further workwas done in Taiwan such as laying down the beautiful teak and holly flooring. August 26:_______ CARIAD I arrives in Tokyo, Japan. Since then, she has been active as the flagship of the Japan Charter Yacht Association in trying to promote charter sailing and ocean leisure in general. 1996 to 2004:____ CARIAD I fell in to disrepair and virtually abandoned in Tokyo. 2004:___________ CARIAD I sailed to Thailand and abandoned at anchor. July 2006:_______ CARIAD I perchased by Mr.Stuart Williamson then sailed to Langkawi, Malaysia where the inside was stripped preparatory to the refit. September 2006:__ CARIAD I arrives PSS Shipyard, Satun, Thailand for restoration. |
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