Mave Rhoe "Red-headed Maeve". Introduction These pages are devoted to a small boat that I've become quite interested in in recent years. Going by the unusual name Mave Rhoe this little yacht figured largely in both the personal history of the father of my friend Simon Watts see The Art of Arthur Watts and in the lives of a number of other yachtsmen at a particular period of English and European yachting history which happens to hold a great fascination for me.
Consequently, I've decided to begin compiling all of the information I've come across into a consolidated whole which will undoubtedly expand as time goes by. She was 26 feet long overall, 19 feet on the waterline and 6.
Under-canvassed fortunately, according to one owner , sloop-rigged with a gaff mainsail , with a center-board which, when in use, increased her draft from 3 feet to 6 feet. Her cabin was designed to sleep two but could accomodate four persons in a pinch. She was described by one as "bigger in her own estimation than her measurements would justify". George Frederick Flemmich, A.
Was born in London in , and educated at Harrow. He was a keen racing owner, starting with the Tom Thumb, 5 tons. He has since owned the Pixie 19 tons , Butterfly 22 tons , Tagus ton steam yacht , Monica ton auxiliary schooner , and the racing boats Cybele, Fraction, Unit, and Mahatma. In his early days he gained great experience in dinghy sailing. The Fraction, Unit and Mahatma were designed by their owner, and the 1-raters were built by Sibbick.
Flemmich joined the Yacht Racing Association in , and was elected to its Council in , and he has taken an active part in the work of its technical committees. Clubs : Royal Thames, Royal Harwich. Residence : St. Mary's Lodge, Trimley, near Ipswich. Ltd to Mr. Flemmich's design. She was initially owned by Capt. Atkinson, A. The Lloyd's Register for apparently shows much the same information though by this time she was based out of Teignmouth.
