Sailing Magazine
by Richard Crockett
The name Arthur Holgate regularly crops up when researching the rich sailing heritage in our country. And why not as he was not just a remarkable man who accomplished everything he set out to achieve, but was also a consummate seaman.
In 1965 he built ‘Lorraine’ and launched her late that year, with the January 1966 issue of SA Yachting magazine saying this about her, and also the man: “To many yachtsmen and professional seamen all round the world there still remains nothing more satisfying afloat than a large gaff-rigged schooner rigged with lofty topmasts and setting tops’ls. Arthur Holgate of the Royal Cape Yacht Club is one of these folk – but the difference is that instead of day-dreaming he has just finished his second large schooner in less than five years. ‘Lorraine’ is her name and charming seafaring hearts is her game ….”
READ MORE HERE: 1966 01 – SA Yachting – steel schooner lorraine – OCR
