NIMUE
Model: S&S 45
Year: 1962
Design: #1732
Builder: American Marine, Kowloon, Hong Kong
NIMUE - Photographed in Mexico
Nimue is a 45 foot timber built S&S Yawl built in 1962 by American Marine, Kowloon, Hong Kong. She was launched 1963 with typical S&S construction detail; Everdur fastened, Honduras Mahogany double carvel planking on steam bent frames. Triple strapped, fully bronze floored. Glass over ply decks and coach roof. 45 LOA x 6' 9" x 11 beam.
I purchased her in 1975, lived aboard about half the years we owned her. We raised our two daughters from birth to about five aboard Nimue in the US and Mexico.
The name of the sail: The little girl's sail. Paper doll cut outs. (My two kids.) Colours: the Irish flag. My wife Lorna was from the Republic. US Documentation Number:
I joined the association the year of the Portsmouth AGM having missed only one AGM since. Presently I happily live aboard her in Richmond, California.
Jim Koss - Regional Secretary