Sunday 15 July 2012

Panic Major - Ocean racing yacht

Panic Major racing yacht pictured here in Ocean Village Southampton 1980's. Do you know anything about this yacht, who designed it ?????
Where is this yacht now ?
Is she still racing ?

4 comments:

  1. According to Ellen MacArthur's "Taking on the World" (p.41), Panic Major was designed and built by Robert Nickerson.

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  2. I was part of the build team - we built her in a duck shed in Market Rasen, lincs, then took her out on to the Binks off Grimsby to put her through her grind.

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  3. She was not a 40' but a 60 footer.

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  4. I sailed in the 70’s with Robert on Gin Trap and Cherry Valley Dick

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