Location: Rome, Italy

PRICE: Euro 1,200,000

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History:
Cintra is the oldest 12 Metre in the world. Designed and built by William Fife III for Andrew Coats, belonging to a famous family of Scottish yachtsmen; the most famous of the four brothers Coats was George, owner of both Alachie and Lady Anne. The competition between Alachie and Cintra has always been much admired and they were both known in Clyde and Cowes.

Starting from the First World War the fleet of 12 I.R. was in Clyde and here Cintra took part successfully in the regattas of her class. She was highly competitive and her fitting out has been modernised each year; in 1909 she collected 13 first places, 7 seconds and 4 thirds on 33 Regattas; in 1910 14 first places, 12 seconds and 2 thirds in 43 Regattas; in 1911 Alachie and Jerne dominated the scene; in 27 Regattas Cintra obtained 5 first places and 4 seconds. In August 1911 she took part in the first international regatta organised in Solent, where Rollo dominated, a new Norwegian 12 I.R. designed by J. Anger for MacIvez; Cintra obtained only a second place. In 1912 there were no new constructions and thus begun the decline of this class; it is a year characterised by regattas with very high winds where Cintra obtained 5 first places and 4 seconds on 24 Regattas. She took part in the Regattas of Northern Ireland Y.C. but during the first one dismasted and lost part of the season.

In 1913 there weren’t any regattas for 12 I.R. and the class disappeared; sold to H. Smith, she participated in regattas in other classes. In 1919 the owner was the Norwegian Axel Wilhelmsen, who kept her up to the thirty’s; then she changed owners several times remaining always in Oslo, coming back to England in 1946. The rigging became Bermudian and her new owner, Cecil E. Donne, installed a petrol engine of 16 hp and she was rated R.O.R.C., changing the name in Cintra.

From 1951 to 1970 she changed several owners, always kept in good conditions, and continued to have Lloyd’s Register Class. She made some other regattas and her last appearance was in Round The Island Race in 1956.

Since 1970 she had disappeared from nautical scene, remained for a long time in the Thames and in 1984 was transferred in an East Coast shipyard. Found here she was transformed into a cruise yacht, equipped with a deck-house on two levels; the rudder stern was shortened and a big inboard engine installed.

The Naval Architect Franco Giorgetti heard of her and with the help of William Collier discovered her. So in the autumn 1990 Cintra was transferred to the Shipyard La Bussola in Fiumcino, where the restoration begun. The hull was in poor condition and the work needed to bring her to the original design was very difficult, as they only had a few classic pictures, minimal drawings and a sketch of the first mast made by William Fife himself.

Most of the original planking in mahogany Honduras was not too bad; but the frame floors and the galvanised steel frames were. Luckily, according to the typical structure of the moment, these were alternated with steel frames and were well kept. This allowed the restoration to change the steel frames and intervene on the planking without the risk of compromising the hull shape.

The beams were in fair condition, because they were not tampered with in previous restorations. The keel, the sternpost, and complete rudder assembly have been recovered.

During the refit they decided to replace all planking to avoid further problems; the deck has been reconstructed with yellow pine staves, as the original one, but mounted on marine plywood; mains, waterways and hatch-cover frames have been made in mahogany.

Because of the little material recovered, there was an attentive research through classic pictures and books to rebuild the mast, its rigging and the deck equipment to its original shape, studying drawings of every single detail. The only modern changes were six little winches for halyards, sheets and volants. The interiors have been refitted with respect to the philosophy of that period.

Thanks to the engagement of the Architect Giorgetti’s, Cintra came out from the shipyard younger than her 80 years and now can sail with elegance in her original design. During the past few years she has entered most of the classic yacht events and has taken part in 12 Metres Regattas. We hope that CINTRA is around to sail in the next century!

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