Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2014 | Page 52
ON THE WATER
Presentation of
K1 Britannia
O
ver 60 people attended
a presentation by K1
Britannia, followed by
dinner at the Royal London Yacht
Club in Cowes, on the first night
of Cowes Classics Week.
K1 Britannia’s mission is to
complete the build of a replica of
the Royal Yacht Britannia, owned
and raced by H.M. King Edward
VII and H.M. King George V, and
for her to be gifted for charitable
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purposes once completed.
Rosemary Joy gave a resume of
the original Britannia’s history; a
short film on the building of K1
Britannia in Russia was shown
and Scott Ward, Director of K1
Britannia, gave a presentation
on charity platform www.
greenzones.org , that will manage
the yacht’s charitable aims. See
www. k1britannia.org for more
details.