We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Jimmy Cornell nominates Duen\u201cI cannot think of a better example of a happy cruising family than that of the crew of Duen,\u201d So says cruising legend, Jimmy Cornell.
\n\u201cAmong the many cruising people I have met, Dottie and Albert Fletcher\u2019s boat have been among the most remarkable.
\n\u201cDuen was a 50ft traditional Norwegian fishing boat built in 1939 and lovingly restored by Albert.
\n\u201cWe first met them in New Zealand in the late 1970s and our paths crossed in several places after that.
\n\u201cDottie and Albert had both been married previously so Duen\u2019s crew was made up of various members of their extended families.
\n\u201cAs Duen plodded her way around the world with time of absolutely no importance, other young people were welcomed aboard with open arms, fed and looked after.
\nSome stopped for days and some stayed for months.\u201d
\nDuen stats rating:
\nTop speed: 10 knots
\nLOA: 15.2m
\nLaunched: 1939
\nBerths: 10
\nPrice: $10,000
\nAdrenalin factor: 30%
\nJimmy Cornell
\nJimmy Cornell founded the ARC transatlantic rally in 1985 after a six-year circumnavigation with his family \u2013 and it\u2019s hard to think of anywhere he hasn\u2019t been since, from sailing Alaska to sailing the Antarctic.
\nHe\u2019s now planning an ambitious fossil fuel free circumnavigation.<\/p>\n
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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Jimmy Cornell nominates Duen\u201cI cannot think of a better example of a happy cruising family than that of the crew of … <\/p>\n