She is a Nicholson 55 designed by Ray Wall and built in 1975 for the British Ministry of Defence as an “Adventurous Sail Training Yacht”. Had a huge rebuild in 1999 in which everything was ripped out and watertight bulkheads were installed with a complete new interior, wiring, plumbing, etc.

Being intended to keep twelve fit members of the armed forces busy, she had absolutely no labour saving devices when I bought her - not even a manual windlass!

On the other hand, she’s been round the world twice, done almost every Fastnet Race since she was built and had been in continuous use winter and summer for forty odd years…

see here: sailboatdata.com/sailboat/nicholson-55