The RESCUE AND REFIT Story of an 80ft former Whitbread Race Yacht

A short 12 minute 'glimpse' of the 3 1/2 years we spent restoring the former Whitbread Maxi 'Creighton's Naturally' also known as 'FCF Challenger' and 'Ocean Greyhound'.

Now known as 'Camara', she was built for the 1981/1982 Whitbread Round the World race and was the first of 10 Ocean 80's built by Southern Ocean Shipyard in the UK. She is a David Alan-Williams & Doug Peterson co-design.

When we bought the boat, she was in very sad shape and neglected condition. We knew the only way to do the job properly was to start right back in the beginning which saw us strip the boat to bare hull and start again.

With no sponsors, a limited budget and only the two of us working on the boat, it became the biggest project of our lives!

There are things we would have liked to do different if we had had no time or budget constraints and there certainly are still many 'projects' we have planned on 'Camara', but we are proud of what we have achieved and hope it gives others the motivation to take on a 'project boat' and breath some new life into a deserving yacht in need of TLC.

Please note that Peter is a qualified boat builder and rigger which obviously played a huge part in the outcome of the rebuild.

Please also note that there were many different stages, projects etc that are not all shown in the video but I tried my best to show the many stages along the course of the project to give you an idea.

Music sourced at freemusicarchive.org
Scott Holmes - Driven To Success
Ketsa - Where We Are & Mission Ready

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