The Lady Anne was built for George Coats of Glasgow and was restored by Fairlie Restorations in 1999. She is one of the last four 15-Metres remaining, the others being Tuiga, Hispania and Mariska, and she has since been racing among the classic fleet in the Mediterranean. She carries a carbon fibre sheath in her topmast which has been an issue under debate for those that believe there should be no modern materials used in the construction of these 'classic' yachts. It didn't help that The Lady Anne appeared to slip past her older sister, Tuiga, in the subsequent regattas of her first few years out racing. She went on to successfully win the 2003 Fife Regatta and continued racing in the Mediterranean so long as she was permitted to do so by the CIM committee. When Adix, her mothership, took off across the Pacific The Lady Anne was layed up and was out sailing again during the America's Cup in Valencia, 2007.

She is going to be present at the Fife Regatta on the Clyde in 2008.

Of interest: 'my great-grandfather, Robert Morris skippered her, and my grandfather also served on the crew'

George Newlands(Mclaren Books).

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