b'SY Nahlin Crew launchLOA 20ft. Beam 5ft 9ins. Draft 1ft 9ins.to carry out this role but not lose her original identity. TheThese images helped identify original fittings which, Built in 1929 by Alexander Roberston and Sons, Sandbank.hull structure was completely rebuilt but we managed to savewere either restored or used to make patterns for new Double-planked Mahogany onto Oak timbers. Mahoganymost of the external planking above the waterline, enough ofbronze castings. There is very little original timber left decks and fit-out. the internal planking where it was visible above the seating,on the Nahlin, although the quality of the replacement is Rebuilt 2008. and also the three bulkheads. exceptional, so the crew launch had to provide an authentic Photographs from Edward VIII and Mrs Simpsonslink to the original construction. Like the 1930 steam The crew launch arrived broken and rotten, there was nopowered anchor windlass on the yachts foredeck, restored by engine and a litany of poor repair work had taken its toll onnotorious Mediterranean cruise aboard the Nahlin in 1936 show the crew launch in the background: this provided usengineers in Glasgow, the little crew launch also forms part the structure. This launch would have been lifted aboard theof the yachts heritage.yacht by davits, suspended in the warm, drying winds of thewith enough detail to re-build the deck and cockpit layout Caribbean or beyond and then lowered into the sea whencorrectly using Mahogany from the same log that we would needed. We had to provide her with the strength to continueuse to build the new owners launch. 64'