This is a short film that shows the gradual restoration of an early Star SY5 pond yacht, this yacht was probably manufactured in the 1920's as there was no witness marks for a brass badge, meaning that this boat was probably fitted with a paper sticker instead.
This yacht is a survivor but had been retro fitted with a Bermuda rig sometime in the past, so I had no reference to work out the size of the sails except for the holes in the bowsprit mast, boom. The SY5a was last shown in the 1935 Star catalogue showing the options for a Bermuda rigged SY5 and a gaff rigged SY5a. In 1935 the Star factory changed the design of all their hulls in the MK and SY ranges.
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