First post

Capella anchored off Tolcarne Creek, Falmouth August 2nd 2014

I've been meaning to start a blog for Capella since I bought her in the spring of 2014 and have at last got around to it.

Capella is a Hillyard 9-tonner built at the Hillyard yard in Littlehampton in 1937. She is more or less original except for having a modern diesel installed. She was given new spars and rig about ten years ago, including modern roller furling for the head sails and slab reefing for the main, but maintains her original sail plan.

I found her in Penryn in Cornwall where she had been standing ashore for a couple of years. After a minimal fit-out we had a couple of weeks holiday exploring the Fal Estuary after which I brought her up to Gillingham on the Medway which is now her home port.

This blog will record Capella's voyages, the travails of maintaining a vintage sailing yacht, and such historical detail about her history that I can discover.