A customer in Japan asked us to Manufacture the genuine heritage wrought iron ‘gull-wing' floors and chain plates.

The new ‘gull-wing’ tapered floors were formed under the power hammer from 4” x 1-1/2”” billet which was hot rolled using 4″ square section mooring chain as the starting billet. The original floors were used as templates to ensure the angles were correct as the restoration and installation was taking place in Japan. We were also asked to make replacement pre-1941 pattern, 1-1/2” BSW naval brass keel bolts manufactured up to 2m long. The completed elements were then shipped to Japan for their team to install.

The restoration plan was to keep as much of the original boat as possible and it is estimated that around 70% of the yacht has been preserved. After initially presuming they’d need to ship the boat back to Europe for restoration, the owners decided to undertake the project in Japan, opting to employ classic yacht expertise and specialists from Europe to work alongside, and help train, local carpenters. Cynara was hauled from Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, disassembled and put under cover in 2017. Feargus Bryan was brought in to project manage the rebuild. With the frames set up, the team refastened and repaired the planking, deck beams and cabin soles, before laying a new deck. The interior was restored off site, with most joinery work retained. New masts were sourced from Noble Spars in Bristol, while Ratsey & Lapthorn, the Cowes based loft that sewed the original sails, has made a new set of sails.

History – summary
Cynara is a 96ft (29m) gaff-rigged ketch, design by Charles E Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholsons in 1927. Cynara has been based in Miura, Japan, since the 1970’s where she has been used only very occasionally by her owners, a Japanese family-based company called Riviera Holdings.

Cynara is one of the last great pre-war cruising yachts to be restored.

She was built in 1927, in an age when British shipyards were at the pinnacle of yacht building and design, and she is a living showcase of that period’s traditional skills and creativity. A testimony to her builders, and a superb piece of craftsmanship that has lasted over 90years, her restoration is richly deserved.
Cynara is a classic yacht, a classification given to yachts that were built over 50 years ago. Classic yachts are important because they represent an era in history when yachts were built to last for many years and were maintained in true Bristol fashion – that is, conforming to the highest standards of seamanship. There is an elegance in design and construction that is very evident in every aspect of the yacht’s structure, and the workmanship is perfect from the largest piece of timber down to the smallest nail. The craftsmen were clearly proud of their skills even in areas that were never visible when completed. Cynara was designed as an auxiliary ketch by Charles Nicholson, one of the most famous yacht designers of the first half of the twentieth century. Nicholson designed both racing and cruising boats, and Cynara was designed to be a fast cruising yacht with a relatively shoal draft that could sail into shallow estuaries and anchor close to the coastline.

Web photos from following source: https://cynara.jp/cynara/