Victory Class - preparing for the season

 Stopped off in the Old Portsmouth yard of the Victory Class where members were getting their boats ready for the season

 

 The class is unusual in that the 21 foot boat designed by Alfred Westmacott developed in 1934 from a modified Bembridge One design was updated in 2006 with a fiberglass hull design and both wooden and GRP boats race together.

 

 

The yard is a really nice facility just opposite Portsmouth Sailing Club which in itself has an interesting history, the club house is a Grade II listed historic building constructed around 1830 which served variously as a consulate building for 13 nations and a French onion store before becoming the club's home in 1926 (happy centenary).