The Isabella – Bob Grimson For Cheap
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Isabella was a very unusual vessel having been built at Galmpton, South Devon, as a large Brixham Trawler but was altered whilst still at the builders and converted to a topsail schooner.
Despite her reduced cargo capacity she was nevertheless successful which was due to her speed, being more yachtlike, and the fact that she regularly sailed with a crew of only four. Isabella was acquired by John Stephens of Fowey in 1893 and made frequent passages to Newfoundland often completing 6-8 voyages a year and is on record for sailing St Johns — Oporto in eleven days.
In 1911 she encountered a full-blown hurricane soon after leaving St Johns and the damage sustained from that and three other Atlantic gales saw her limp into Cardiff roads over a month later with bowsprit, bulwarks, and deck structures washed away and sails and rig in a bad way. It is this voyage that Bob has depicted
A larger image is available on request.
Original oil on canvas, framed.
Canvas size 20 x 16 inches, signed lower right.
Condition: new.
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