The 37 ft. auxiliary ketch yacht 'Mollihawk IV' designed by Linton Hope and built by Frank Maynard in 1914 for G. A. Maclean Buckley is still going strong after over 100 years afloat.
She has been in her current ownership since the early 1980s and is kept at Wivenhoe. Her previous owners, David and Maggie Marples, who acquired her in the mid 1960s, sailed her to Israel with their children in 1968 / '69. The attached photo courtesy of Paul Cowman, was taken during her refit at Banham's boatyard, Cambridgeshire in 1967.
With thanks to Stephane Monnier and Paul Cowman for their help tracking her down and providing further detail on her history.
If you can add to her story or know of any other surviving Maynard boats, please get in touch it would be great to hear from you.
She has been in her current ownership since the early 1980s and is kept at Wivenhoe. Her previous owners, David and Maggie Marples, who acquired her in the mid 1960s, sailed her to Israel with their children in 1968 / '69. The attached photo courtesy of Paul Cowman, was taken during her refit at Banham's boatyard, Cambridgeshire in 1967.
With thanks to Stephane Monnier and Paul Cowman for their help tracking her down and providing further detail on her history.
If you can add to her story or know of any other surviving Maynard boats, please get in touch it would be great to hear from you.
 'Mollihawk IV' circa 1960 |  Banham's Boatyard, Cambridgeshire, 1967 |