Panama canal 1996 Coming soon!
In 1998 Blue Shadow was modified from a spartan racing outfit with narrow bunks for eight racing crew into a more comfortable cruising outfit with two double bunks and two single. In 2021 her new owner, Warren Muir, planned to build a totally new cruising interior but now, after removing all the 1998 interior fittings […]
Looking beautiful again! Blue Shadow is a classic sailing boat currently for sale. Sloop and cutter rig Wood hull, 1975Length 13.62 m (44 ft 7)Breadth 3.9 m (12. ft 9.5)Depth 2.28 m (7 ft 5.8 )Perkins 4108 Marine Diesel engine (newly renovated) She was rescued during lockdown 2020 by her new owner and in 2021 […]
These images and memories from Wan ling Sung who sailed with Christian from Newport, USA to Azores in 1992. Enroute they met a storm, with wind speeds above instrument (+ 100 nm/hr!) ‘Yes, we did the Newport to Azores trip with Christian in 1992.I didn’t keep journal of the trip but remembered it started off […]
By Jennifer Griffiths Weathering cyclone season aground Blue Shadow survived the 1996-1997 South Pacific cyclone season in a novel way – by going into hibernation in the heart of hurricane territory. Instead of leaving for distant shores, she took shelter in a hole in the ground at boatyard just north of Lautoka, on the Fijian […]
By Jennifer Griffiths Our son Jules spent the first 3 years of his life at sea. This is an insight into life on the high seas with a toddler onboard. It’s exhilarating to be wind driven again, with our sailing boat, Blue Shadow, nuzzling her way through the waves, spray shooting up her flanks. We […]
by Jennifer Griffiths August 1998 we spent a few weeks in a remote bay near Exmouth, on the West coast of Australia anchored in a crystal clear waters protected from the open sea by a fringe of coral reef. It was the perfect location for re-corking and sikaflexing Blue Shadow’s decks in calm seas while […]
Éric Tabarly at the helm of Blue Shadow for a weeklong regatta in Mauritius. Blue Shadow Crew 1979 Semaine de la voile Mauritius: (left to right) Pipo Lenoir, Patrick Cambier, Éric Tabarly, Didier Bétuel, Yves Bétuel, Patrick Tyack. Sitting down Max Rousset. Éric Tabarly receives one of the many trophies won by Blue Shadow during […]
In December 1975, less than 6 months after her launch, Blue Shadow was plucked out of the ocean during a tropical storm and deposited on a beach nearby. Fortunately she suffered little damage. The above image is framed and hanging at Grand Bay Yacht Club and is recorded as Cyclone Gervaise. However, this can’t be […]