Twilight, 1970’s
Length: 7.6m, Beam: 2.7m, Draft: 0.6m
Propulsion: Sail
Construction: GRP
Owner: Michael Smith
Twilight (GL7) was laid up in GRP by the original owner in the fibreglass mold taken from Yappa, as Boat No 2. The owner also fitted the deck and a Hartley 21 drop keel, a ‘bloody great heap of lead’, along with a 15hp Yanmar diesel. Russell Broomhall made the sails. 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.
