Mariquita Book - mk2.5

MOONBEAM IV COMES HOME
John Caulcutt presents the owner of Moonbeam IV, Xavier Tancogne, with a historic photograph of the yacht taken during
the King’s Cup, held off Cowes in 1932. John’s stepfather, Patrick Egan, is shown at the helm and, having grown up with
this image in their family house at Yarmouth, he felt now was the time to reunite it with the current owners. Patrick Egan
was also the owner of Hispania, the 15-Metre yacht, bought in the 1930s by his family from the then King of Spain. It was
subsequently restored by a group of Spanish industrialists and presented to Juan Carlos I in the year 2000.
One of the nicest aspects of the week was the centenary of Moonbeam IV. Whilst we weren’t on the podium by right, because we
came fourth in the regatta, we got up there anyway as John had an original print of Moonbeam IV that he presented to Mikaël
and the owner. Mikaël is in very fine form and the rivalry between Moonbeam IV and Mariquita is as keen as ever.
Stephen Hemsley
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