New Life For "Jenetta"

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New Life For "Jenetta"
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"Jenetta" in better days

Two years ago, shipyard manager Oliver Berking had the wreck of the "Jenetta", built in 1939, lifted from the bottom of the Pitt Pitt near Vancouver / Canada. In a sensational action, the keel and parts of the bow and stern sections were shipped in a container to Flensburg, where the parts have since been waiting to be put back together to form a sailing whole. It will not turn out quite like this, however, because apart from the ballast keel, nothing can be saved. After all, the purchase enables a true-to-original replica of the historic yacht, which is then allowed to sail again under its well-known name in the scene.

From regatta star to wreck

In this case, the rescue did not come in, but rather only after the last minute. Because after the yacht had been sold to Canada in the eighties, she had a sad existence there. Half-hearted restoration attempts with rusting iron profiles and chipboard did the rest, and finally "Jenetta" sank lonely on the morning of Christmas Day 2008 at her berth on Pitt Lake. In the end, it was irredeemably lost when an improper recovery attempt completely destroyed the hull.

Forty years earlier everything had started so brilliantly. The British sugar king Sir William Burton commissioned the twelve from old master Alfred Mylne, of course to shine with him on the regatta course. And it succeeds straight away. The gentleman sailor has a lot of regatta experience - "Jenetta" is already his fourth 12-mR yacht - and Mylne is considered to be the creator of the fastest boats in the meter class, the formula of which he helped to shape.

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Resurrection in Flensburg

Soon after the story became known, the Flensburg shipyard became interested in the wreck. Because the chances of getting restoration projects of original twelve of the so-called third rule are rare. In addition to its history, "Jenetta" also has an interesting unique selling point: It is the longest twelve ever built. In January 2010 the rescue and the transport to Northern Germany took place.

Two years of construction are estimated for the project, the replica is expected to cost around 1.5 million euros. A buyer has not yet been found, but Oliver Berking is sure that he will still be.

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