Winsome Lady 
(ex Seawing, Marique)  

An Invited Friend of The Harrison Butler Association
Built by David Hillyard in 1934

Winsome Lady : A Brief History 
This Hillyard was built as Marique, renamed Seawing by 1947, and then aquired the name Winsome Lady in 1963, when a new Hillyard called Seawing was built for Captain Colin Butler who carried the name across to his new boat.
Winsome Lady is recorded as “Sold to USA” in 1978 Lloyd's register. She reappears in Portsmouth, England, in 2004. The Hillyard Owners' Association website has a collection of eight photographs of her being restored, c2010, one of which is reproduced above.

Winsome Lady Statistics
Built : 1934 by David Hillyard at Littlehampton, England
LOA : 25' 5"
LWL : 23' 8"
Beam : 8' 1"
Draught : 4' 7"
Displacement : 6 tons TM
Lloyd's Register : 163800
Signal Letters : MKXN

Winsome Lady Custodians & Home Ports 
Rik & Sue Butcher (?-2014-2016...) River Medina, Cowes
Dirk van Walt (?-2004-?) Portsmouth, England
John D Barr (1969-1977-?) Birdham, England
GP Eastern (1964-1968) Bursledon, England
Capt Colin A Butler (1960-1963) Poole, England
Peter Frizell (1959) Fowey England
CA Britton OBE (?-1954-1958) Fowey, England
Mrs Florence M Caswell (1948-1952-?) Fowey, England
GFC Caswell (?-1947) Fowey, England
W Parsons Peters (1938-1939-?) Littlehampton, England
JHF Benford (?-1936-1937) Littlehampton, England

Winsome Lady Links
• Winsome Lady restoration photographs, HOA website

Page last updated : December 2016

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