Boat Overview
International 6m classic day racer named Maida. Sail number GB1/K1. This yacht has a fantastic history and presents an opportunity for her next owner to join the international classic boat racing scene. Maida has been laid up ashore for a few years and will now need some attention to her topsides before being fully commissioned. In his book The Magnificent Sixes, Tim Street remarked that Maida "showed surprising turns of speed." Well worth inspection!
Viewing by appointment at our Suffolk Office (IP10 0LN).

Construction
Built to the International 6m rule in 1932. She has a pine carvel hull on mahogany frames with teak decks. Copper fastened with clenched frames. Her topsides require re-finishing, but the planking is in sound condition. She has a long keel with lead ballast. Tiller steering to a keel-hung rudder. Last surveyed in 2018. She has been in her current ownership for 10 years.

Spars & Sails
Bermudan fractional sloop rig. Varnished Spruce keel stepped mast and Spruce boom. Stainless steel standing rigging. Terylene running rigging. Slab reefing to mainsail. Four sheet winches. Two halyard winches. Hank on headsails. Alloy jib tracks.

Mainsail - Dacron - Doyle Sails - Good condition
Genoa - Dacron - Doyle Sails - Good condition
Spinnaker - Doyle Sails - Good condition
2nd Spinnaker - Doyle Sails - Good condition
Mainsail and Jib - Ratsey & Lapthorn Sails - Delivery sails


Navigation Equipment

Single 12V battery
Tactic speed/log
Tactic echo sounder
Silva deck mounted compasses


Deck Equipment

Folding anchor with 20m warp
Fitted winter cover (needs a clean)
Boom awning
Mainsail cover
Various fenders and warps
Electric and manual bilge pumps
Winter storage cradle, suitable for flat bed transport


History
As far as classic boats go, you could hardly ask for a more popular design than the International Six Metre, a class of racing yachts from the Olympics of yesteryear. Maida is a 35-foot racing sloop, built in 1932 by Alexander Stephen and Sons, a Scottish shipbuilding company in Glasgow on the River Clyde. She was designed by "Wee John" Stephen of the same family.
The International Six Metre class (often called 6mR) is a construction class, meaning the boats are not identical but are designed to meet a measurement formula. Also, "six metre" refers to the formula rather than the length of the boat; six metre yachts are on average 30-35 feet long.
The design features an almost straight line from the stem head to the rudder heel. Unlike the swooping overhang of the stern, the bow is nearly plumb. According to the original plans, Maida was built of African white mahogany planking on a yellow pine backbone. She has undergone numerous refits, during which the ribs and some of the planking have been replaced and some deck modifications made. Maida has a recent mahogany cockpit coaming and slatted hardwood cockpit sole boards. Much has been changed on a wooden boat that is 80 years old, but despite her many upgrades, Maida's classic lines still continue to dazzle.