Name China Clipper

CHINA CLIPPER is the sister vessel to the 1959 Fastnet winner ANITRA, except that she was designed as a sloop rather than a yawl, and her lines were modified by Sparkman & Stephens to better meet the then RORC rules. She was built in Hong Kong for Alan J M Miller, who was an officer of the RTYC, and fitted out in the UK by Lallows of Cowes where she was based for a number of years.  She has an extensive racing history and competed on the RORC circuit, including Fastnet races.  In 1963 she crossed the Atlantic and was chartered in the Caribbean before taking part in the 1964 Bermuda Race, returning back across the Atlantic the following year.  For many summers she cruised extensively in Brittany and the north of Spain before moving in 1967 to the Mediterranean where she was based in Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca.  For several years she cruised in the Balearics, Sardinia and Corsica until she was sold in 1980.  

CHINA CLIPPER was one of the last full long keel and rudder Ocean Racing yachts designed by the postwar master of such designs, Olin Stephens. In the early 1960s such designs moved to fin and skeg configurations, and these came to dominate. She is of all teak construction, and is still absolutely original inside and out, with her original mast by Proctor and boom. She was raced extensively in US classic meetings up to 2017, and is now back in UK waters.