In May 2022 we acquired a boat. A lifelong dream for us, it was made rather unexpectedly real! Suddenly we had a lovely Golden Hind 31, built in 1966.
The boat was known as "Terrapin" and before that as "Marona" . It so has it that I know both the previous owners.
Here are some photos of her as "Terrapin" in Gouvia Marina, where her "home" was for almost the last 20 years...
Looking trim and neat after some major work was done some 5 or 6 years ago.
Bow cabin looking forward. This has been changed slightly in that the chain locker has been made narrower and two extra shelves created to port and starboard of the chain locker. There is a rotten part in the front port side of the superstructure which we will be repairing properly soon.
Chart table. Again more rot found at starboard aft corner. This is where the steps up to the deck are, apparently a common problem area.
New galley configuration and cupboards. We intend to remove the sliding doors and replace them with the original slotted shaped holes that hold plates, bowls and cups steadier. Also we like the look of them more anyway...
Bow area and bowsprit with the new Kobra anchor winch.
Aft looking forward over the coachroof. We found more rot under the mast base. On our friend Jeff's recommendation, who is a boatbuilder and surveyor with years of experience in this type of construction we will remove the original Cascover fabric covering stuck to the plywood and after replacing all rotten ply and wood, sheath the whole deck and superstructure in epoxy.
Side berth in sallon area. We may change this to a dinette/double berth configuration, allowing us to sit inside in winter and giving us an extra berth.
Looking down into the cockpit. We intend to change the deck colour to cream
Currently the hull is white but we may go for a pastel green/dark green or red trim with cream deck combination. The antifoul is green here, black currently... it may be Coppercoat or red antifoul by the time we launch...
The boat's story
About 21 years ago, Will James walked into my shop and introduced himself. He was on Corfu for a wedding and being a sailor, the lovely waters and surroundings of the ionian had caught his eye. He started thinking about moving his boat from Denmark to Corfu. He asked around about where he could find info on harbours and keeping a boat here, and someone mentioned my name. After he told me all this I asked what kind of boat he had. He said "a Golden Hind 31" !
Well it so happened that right about that time, my friend Roger Harris was selling his boat in preparation for moving back to UK after a number of years in the Ionian. What kind of boat was it? A Golden Hind 31. te price was good so Will soon ended up with a GH in denmark and a GH in Corfu. Roger called her Marona, but had kept a nameplate from his previous boat called Terrapin in the boat as a memento. So Marona became Terrapin. Twenty years later she has come to my hands. So here "starts" the rest of the story...
Look for the next posts with photos of the damage we found, and how we moved the boat to a much cheaper place so we can afford the repairs...
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