Many thanks to members who responded to the appeal for information on this – it looks like we may have an answer. Unless, of course, anyone knows different…

 

Peter Haldane 

11 Sep

to me, Andrew, Philip

According to the working list of boats that I inherited from Sebastian King, # 5  Pied Piper now sadly ashore, was once called Joie De La Mer.  But I only have the list he compiled ( As ‘Boat-finder General’ ) as evidence for that.  perhaps Philip Waring can confirm from the archive file on  # 5.

Regards

Peter H

 

Andrew Gilmour

11 Sep

to Peter, me, Philip

Thanks Peter for your trouble on this

Phillip, would you know who owned Pied Piper / Joie de la Mer

Thanks guys

Andrew

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Philip Waring 

11 Sep

to Mark, Andrew, Peter, me

Dear Andrew, Mark, Peter and Peter,

Various items in the archive regarding No. 5 Pied Piper. The last listed owner is Simon Baker, he had her at Titchmarsh in Walton Backwaters, Essex. There is a broker’s sale specification dated 6.10.96. Before that Sir Michael Hopkins based her at Aldeburgh, there is a Stella database update for him dated 10.12.86. He probably bought her that year because there is quite a bit of correspondence, the latest item dated 27.5.86. Her owner then was Bruce Westbury, who lived then at Manchester, but before that at Cambridge. There is some correspondence about his entering Burnham Week in 1986, but interestingly, there is an account of his sailing her, with three others, from the Deben to Poland in 1984.  This is a photocopy of a hand written account, not a log but written after the voyage, I’ll scan it in and circulate it in the next day or two.

Kind regards,

Philip Waring

Stella 89 Stardust

 

 

Peter Haldane 

12 Sep

to Philip, Andrew, me, Mark

Has anyone asked Simon Baker the current owner of # 5 Pied Piper ?

Although he was very upset when she went down last November in Titchmarsh Marina, I’m sure that he wouldn’t mind a gentle enquiry about her previous life.

Peter H