Amokura: a classic boat archive
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    • Original design plans (1938)
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    • Major Sir Ernest Harston
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    • Fred Shepherd
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“a great boat, a joy to handle, a truly wonderful seaboat.
Isabel never forgave me for selling her”

George Millar (Owner of Amokura 1954-60)

George Millar DSO MC (1910-2005)

George Millar DSO MC (1910-2005)

Fastnet 2023 videos

Fastnet 2023 videos

1939: Sea trials

1939: Sea trials

Historical videos

Historical videos

1938: Laying down Amokura’s keel

1938: Laying down Amokura’s keel

General arrangement drawing – hand coloured (1938)

General arrangement drawing – hand coloured (1938)

Fastnet 2021 videos

Fastnet 2021 videos

Letter from Uffa Fox to Fred Shepherd, October 1946

Letter from Uffa Fox to Fred Shepherd, October 1946

Fastnet 2019 videos

Fastnet 2019 videos

1946: First yacht into Cherbourg after the 1939-45 war

1946: First yacht into Cherbourg after the 1939-45 war

1947-69 Photos by ‘Beken of Cowes’

1947-69 Photos by ‘Beken of Cowes’

Sail and rigging plan – hand coloured (1939)

Sail and rigging plan – hand coloured (1939)

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