Andrillot: The first Vertue
Andrillot as originally drawn When Jack Laurent Giles was commissioned to design the little 5 tonner that was to become Andrillot he had lifted the lines, studied, and raced aboard the old French pilot cutter Jolie Brise. He also knew the British, converted pilot cutters such as Saladin and the old, transom-sterned Dyarchy, owned by his friend Roger Pinkney. By then he had also designed the little 23' Isabella, the first of a small fleet of about 17 'Lymington L' class dayboats, that were found to be ideal for a bit of racing…Read more