Twilight, 1970’s
Length: 7.6m, Beam: 2.7m, Draft: 0.6m
Propulsion: Sail
Construction: GRP
Owner: Michael Smith
Twilight GL-7 is a Classic 26' Lakes Sailing Fishing Boat built by Robert Moore in 1980 from the Yappa mold, built as Boat No 2. With the help of Leigh Robinson and Alex Proko she was set up to sail well, which she does to this day, with a cracking set of tan sails made by local sailmaker Russell Broomhall. The owner also fitted the deck and a Hartley 21 drop keel, a ‘bloody great heap of lead’, along with a 15hp Yanmar diesel. The bow sprit was part of the broken mast of Four Winds, and the boat used to be raced with a boxing glove on its end cap.
Alex Proko helped the owner/builder do the old sideways resistance test to work out where to position the keel, and she sailed like a dream from the day of launching, with little weather helm.
She has remained in Paynesville her whole life, was most recently owned by local doctor John Hambly and her new custodian is Adventurer of Year and Sun Cinema owner Michael Smith who has pined over these boats since the 80's and has some much quieter, slower adventures planned around the Lakes.
