Classic Pond Yachts
21 May 2025
This time I really am going to start work on this website again. I am easily pleased and just bought an old model yacht kit that has got me all excited. Under the Toy Yachts page there is information about an 'IONA' model yacht my Dad built me as a kid. That is what I have just bought, an original IONA toy boat kit, amazing. A year ago I bought a partly built IONA on EBAY to finish off, now I have a kit of parts I can use as templates, a full size drawing to give me rig dimensions etc etc. I have no intention to build the kit, I will use the parts etc to accurately finish the EBAY model and get her sailing. Here are a few pictures of what I have got.
The IONA I bought from EBAY
Original IONA kit
Kit complete with all the parts needed to build a model. I will use them as templates and info to make the EBAY model original, just as the the my Dad built !!! and keep the kit as it is.
Stan Witty WASP
I have got my Stan Witty Wasp sailing. She is my first Marblehead Vane steered boat, that I have actually raced, now called WaZp. I originally bought her to do the Vintage open event at Fleetwood, as I did not want to risk damaging my Kittywake on the bank, more info on the bottom of the Stan Witty Wasp page. She sailed really well, but we, the Skipper and Mate, took a while longer to get going, she now needs a repaint! Our first sail was a VMYG meeting at Gosport, pictures below of Gosport and Fleetwood, with a link to the page.
Just found this Video!!
WaZp at the vintage day in Gosport, I took a few boats that day, nice light winds and sunshine with friends, a lovely day.
'Wazp' sailing at Fleetwood in the Classic and Vintage Marblehead Regatta 21 & 22 May. A great weekend, as I put these words together a couple of weeks later, I can almost walk again, they made us walk over 13 km on Saturday alone. As mentioned above 'WaZp' sailed very well, hindered by us learning how to set her up, our first Vane meeting, we are really Radio guys, but we will be back next year, a great experience, a few more words on the Stan Witty Wasp page.
A model Ship was spotted and recovered from the bottom of the lake, looks like she was set fire to and sunk! but a welcome new model for a young lads bedroom, now called the 'Titanic', his mum will be so pleased!!