Episode 1.
This a project that started over 30 years ago. Marcus Lewis, Sue Rodwell and Richard Kitson went to the Outer Hebrides to retrieve the damaged hull of a Troy Class Yacht.
Episode 2.
Troy Class Yacht number 12, named Barbara, was ordered from A.H. Watty, Boatbuilder, Fowey, on Jan 20th 1947.
Arthur Bate, from Polruan, ordered her on the day his daughter, Barbara, was born.
When visiting his Wife and new born daughter that evening, rather than announcing he had paid a deposit on a house for his family, he announced he had ordered a Yacht !
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