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Yawl SAUNTERER ashore approaching North Berwick. She refloated on the next tide. RNLI lifeboat in the background on the left. SAUNTERER was built 1900 by C. Sibbick & Co., Cowes, Official No. 111368. At this time she was owned by Thomas Belt, who was the proprietor of a rope and canvas business in Bigg Market, Newcastle. She had previously been owned by Captain B.W.G. Oates of Antarctic ... Cat1 Yachts and yachting-->Sail-->Larger Cat2 Disasters and Mishaps-->at Sea

Yawl SAUNTERER ashore approaching North Berwick. She refloated on the next tide. RNLI lifeboat in the background on the left.
SAUNTERER was built 1900 by C. Sibbick & Co., Cowes, Official No. 111368. At this time she was owned by Thomas Belt, who was the proprietor of a rope and canvas business in Bigg Market, Newcastle. She had previously been owned by Captain B.W.G. Oates of Antarctic fame. Ernest Stephen Appleton was the paid hand on the SAUNTERER for many years.
Thomas Belt sold SAUNTERER in 1944.
See Royal Northumberland Yacht Club website rnyc.org.uk/historic-yachts/2013/09/saunterer/ for some more history of the SAUNTERER. She is still [2011] in sailing.
Date: 1919      


Photo: Jenny Bibby Collection
Image ID PBIB_APP_020


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.