Vertue (yacht)
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The Vertue Class of yacht is a 25'3" length[1] design by Laurent Giles dating from 1936, when Andrillot was launched. The class was not named Vertue until 1946: it collected the name in the wake of the win by Epeneta - a boat built to the design - of the Little Ship Club's 'Vertue Cup'.[2] In 1939, the Epeneta had completed a cruise from The Solent to Belle Île in Southern Brittany and back in only 19 days. The Vertue Cup, donated by Michael Vertue to the Little Ship Club in 1927, is given for the best log of a cruise longer than a week by a member of the club.[3]
The design has an enviable reputation as a long-distance cruiser, with several remarkable cruises completed by boats of this class and close derivatives, in particular by Humphrey Barton, in Vertue XXXV and by Eric and Susan Hiscock. Barton was the original owner of Andrillot.[4]