Alexa

(ex Envys)

Askadil Design : Published 1934 

  
 

Alexa, Harrison Butler Askadil class yacht

Alexa : A New Lease Of Life, February 2025
Richard Rance has been in touch to report that he has successfully completed an extensive restoration of Alexa. She is now afloat and awaiting finishing touches and the commissioning of her Volvo Penta engine. One of the more substantive of the Harrison Butler boats, Alexa, was in a poor state when Richard took her on in 2021, then being sold as a refurbishment project, half completed. Originally constructed of first-class materials and with a high standard of workmanship Richard immediately saw this was indeed a yacht with enormous potential. That he has seen the project through to completion is marvelous news.
Alexa : Some History
Many of Alexa's adventures in the late 1950s, under the command of Captain C W McMullen DSC RN, are recorded in the Royal Cruising Club Journals. In particular, his article on an Eastabout Cruise of the United Kingdom was awarded the RCC Challenge Cup in 1958. Older members of the association will recal that she was the much loved yacht of Patrick Gibson, a former chairman.

Alexa Statistics
Built : 1934 by K R Skentelbery of Plymouth
LOA : 29' 6"
LWL : 25' 0"
Beam : 8' 9"
Draught : 4' 9"
Displacement : 8 tons TM
Lloyd's Registration N° : 162916, Plymouth

Alexa Custodians & Home Ports
Richard Rance (2021-2025...) Birdham Pool, Chichester
Sara Fentiman (2014-2021) Birdham Pool, Chichester
Patrick & Lesley Gibson (?-2014)
Rear Admiral Robert Spencer Warne CB CBE (1973-1985-?) Chichester
Capt. C W McMullen DSC RN (1958-1972, as Alexa) Bosham
Lt. Col. RPJ Mitchell (?-1947-1958) Plymouth
Dr. W Brownlow-Smith (1938-1939-?) Plymouth
Dr. G A Gassman (1934-1937) Plymouth

R S Warne
In the New Year's Honours of 1945, Captain RS Warne, commanding the Third Submarine Flotilla, received the CBE, not only for the work of operational submarines under his command, but for bringing forward and working up a large number of new and refitted submarines.
Photograph from the Imperial War Museum

Alexa Links
• Alexa For Sale in May 2021, (SOLD) 

Page last updated : February 2025

 
  

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