This is Gavin Martin's Alacrity Jaconte. He sails
her on the River Deben, UK.
This is his story:
"In July of this year I made the
final decision to “take the plunge” and buy a small cruising
yacht. Asking sailing friends and browsing websites I came up
with a
shortlist of desirable features:
Around
eighteen to twenty feet
long
Bilge keel
Simple rig
Easily handled
Able to be “trailer sailed”
Simple construction
Easy to handle and “forgiving”
for a beginner
All this sounded quite difficult,
but eventually after lots of reading (including “Twin Keeler”!)
this boiled down to either an Alacrity 19 or a Westerly 22.
After some searching, I
discovered a friendly local yard in Woodbridge owned and
operated by Andy and
James Seedhouse. With my list of features I went looking, and
came down
to a choice of two Alacrities – “Innuendo” and “Jaconte”
– and after some more thought decided that “Jaconte” was the
one for me."
