Noonans
Auction 275 8 Jun 2023
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
The Neil Beaton Collection of Yachting Medals
IRELAND, Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Shamrock III, America's Cup, 1903, a light bronze medalet, 19mm; Irish Yachting Association, a uniface plated brass medal, unsigned, named (T.N.T. IPEC, Helmsman's Championship of Ireland, East Antrim Boat Club, 1984), 52mm; Irish Cruising Club, Faulkner Cup, a bronze award medal, unsigned, set into a wooden plaque, named (Samharcin, Hugo de Plessis, 1996), 51mm [3]. Very fine, first with loop for suspension, second removed from a display mount £60-£80
---
Hugo de Plessis (1923-2018), b Lymington, marine surveyor and pioneer in the field of fibreglass; educ. Southampton University; served in Fleet Air Arm 1942-6, as a radar technician; founded the Ropewalk Boatyard, Lymington; moved from Boldre, Hampshire, to Bantry Bay, where he was commodore of the Bantry Bay Sailing Club. Sold with further background information
IRELAND, Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Shamrock III, America's Cup, 1903, a light bronze medalet, 19mm; Irish Yachting Association, a uniface plated brass medal, unsigned, named (T.N.T. IPEC, Helmsman's Championship of Ireland, East Antrim Boat Club, 1984), 52mm; Irish Cruising Club, Faulkner Cup, a bronze award medal, unsigned, set into a wooden plaque, named (Samharcin, Hugo de Plessis, 1996), 51mm [3]. Very fine, first with loop for suspension, second removed from a display mount £60-£80
---
Hugo de Plessis (1923-2018), b Lymington, marine surveyor and pioneer in the field of fibreglass; educ. Southampton University; served in Fleet Air Arm 1942-6, as a radar technician; founded the Ropewalk Boatyard, Lymington; moved from Boldre, Hampshire, to Bantry Bay, where he was commodore of the Bantry Bay Sailing Club. Sold with further background information