One Design 35 ft West Solent

SUVRETTA is one of the fortunate survivors of the beautiful West Solent Restricted One Design Class included in a remarkable 1990s to mid-2000s revival that saw many restored and rebuilt. The West Solent was the sports boat of its day: probably the first in the UK to be series built; perhaps the most successful and elegant inshore waters racer/cruiser ever to grace UK waters. Around 30 were built by Berthon Boat Company between 1923 and 1933, with fleets developing at Lymington on the Solent, and on the east coast, initially at Burnham-on-Crouch. SUVRETTA’s racing career began at Lymington and almost ended in the east but for intervention at the skilled and passionate hand of Adrian Riva at Maldon. In current ownership through her late 90s, she looks like new and has been continually and honourably upgraded to remain a thoroughly efficient, competitive, and head turning participant in both modern and classic regattas on the waters she was born for.