TR1 - Fiona

Owner

James Burke

Provenance

The Fiona is one of the prototypes 🔗 of the Rankin class, built by Eddie Twomey in 1956. She has remained with the Twomey family ever since and is now in the hands of Eddie’s grandson, James Burke. Eddie experimented with various sailing rigs over the years but the boat was primarily used as a family runabout for exploring the harbour, trips taking place almost every weekend throughout the summer season. The boat was kept on Kidney’s Strand adjoining the Rankin workshop and was stowed in the workshop over winter (for at least her first decade). Spars and Seagull outboard were also housed in the workshop and Eddie retained his own key for access.