The star of the Weymouth Seafest, the 'Marité' was built in Fecamp in 1922, the last of the schooners employed in fishing for cod off Newfoundland. Abandoned in the Faroes after WW2, she was restored in the 1980s and cruised in the Baltic and the North Sea, finally making her return to Fécamp in 1992.
You may remember her being extensively rebuilt in the dry dock at Cherbourg in 2006, where I first saw her; now owned by an association of French companies, she remains an important feature of the world of Tall Ships, and it is an honour to have her here in Weymouth.
The crew of the 'Marité' are coming to the club at around 2000 this evening (Friday) to meet members and begin the weekend's festivities with a drink at WSC. A tour of 'Marité' is not to be missed as well during the Weymouth Seafest!
Steve Fraser
Cruiser Class Captain
