Name Jenny Wren

JENNY WREN was built by Gilbert & Pascoe at Porthleven, Cornwall, to a design by Harley Meade, in 1926 and marked the transition from Falmouth punt to ocean-going yacht.  Harley Meade was the 'Father of RORC (Royal Ocean Racing Club)'. 

She sailed to Cape Town in 1926 where she spent twenty years with one owner, during which time she encountered Bill Tillman's Mischief several times.  JENNY WREN was continuosly in South Africa until completion of the second Cape to Rio race after she'd been extensively refitted and sailed in that race by her new owners a crew off young South African yachtsmen.She was then sold to owners based in New Zealand, before returning to the UK via the West Indies and Gibraltar.  In the late 1970s she completed her second circumnavigation, including two entries into the Falkland Islands, before returning to the UK.

She was re-decked in 1992 and converted back a ketch rig to her original cutter rig.

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