N467 Hopturtle

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The life of N467 Hopturtle. Design: , designed by: Jack Holt

 

YW Points Cup winning boat, Torbay 1939, Beecher Moore

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Hopturtle, was one of the first Twelves built by Jack Holt and helmed by Beecher Moore, won the 1939 Burton Week points series and was second in the Burton Cup race. She is immortalised in Robin Steavensons memoirs "Marks to Starboard" when she was sailed in the 1955 Burton Week by two New Zealanders - Dave Marks and Frank Donghi who had borrowed Hopturtle from Johnnny Sigmund.  Dave and Frank sailed Hopturtle to victory in the Tuesday race by a 1 and 3/4 minute margin not bad for a 16 year old pre war boat competing against modern designs of the day!

Here is a pcture of Hopturtle sailing at Ranelagh during the war