Home page Archives - Amokura: a classic boat archive https://amokura.info/topic/home-page/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:03:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://amokura.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-amokura-logo-A-32x32.png Home page Archives - Amokura: a classic boat archive https://amokura.info/topic/home-page/ 32 32 215361929 George Millar DSO MC (1910-2005) https://amokura.info/george-millar-1910-2005/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:36:45 +0000 https://amk.detypedev.com/?p=1472 George Millar owned Amokura from 1954-60.  He was well-known as an author particularly for Maquis which chronicled his exploits in WW2 behind enemy lines – he escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp and on return to London promptly enlisted with the Special Operations Executive, deployed in occupied France. His other books included Horned Pigeon, A White Boat from England, and Oyster River, which described a summer cruising the French Gulf of Morhiban with his wife Isabel aboard Amokura. Millar’s cruises aboard Amokura are described in the RCC journals of 1954 and 1956 and his life is described in colourful detail in wikipedia and obituaries in the The Daily Telegraph and The Independent. It is also worth reading George Millar’s letter to David Japp in January 1996, which describes his purchase of Amokura and refers to his friendship with later owner Richard Carr.

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]]> 1472 Fastnet 2023 videos https://amokura.info/fastnet-2023-campaign/ Thu, 18 May 2023 12:11:35 +0000 https://amk.detypedev.com/?p=4388 The post Fastnet 2023 videos appeared first on Amokura: a classic boat archive.

]]> 4388 1939: Sea trials https://amokura.info/1939-sea-trials/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:56:56 +0000 https://amk.detypedev.com/?p=694 The post 1939: Sea trials appeared first on Amokura: a classic boat archive.

]]> 694 Historical videos https://amokura.info/historical-videos/ Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:42:00 +0000 https://amk.detypedev.com/?p=4221 The post Historical videos appeared first on Amokura: a classic boat archive.

]]> 4221 1938: Laying down Amokura’s keel https://amokura.info/1938-laying-down-amokuras-keel-2/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:33:49 +0000 https://amk.detypedev.com/?p=570 The post 1938: Laying down Amokura’s keel appeared first on Amokura: a classic boat archive.

]]> 570 General arrangement drawing – hand coloured (1938) https://amokura.info/general-arrangement-drawing-hand-coloured-1938/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:34:52 +0000 https://amk.detypedev.com/?p=497 The post General arrangement drawing – hand coloured (1938) appeared first on Amokura: a classic boat archive.

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