Viveka

  • Length on Deck: 22m / 72.75ft
  • Beam: 4.2m / 14ft
  • Built: 1929
  • Designer: Frank C. Paine
  • Builder: Fred Lawley, Massachusetts, USA
  • Based: Mediterranean

Designed for J. P. Morgan by Frank Paine and built in Massachusetts as a fast-cruiser, she’s perhaps unique as the only schooner to have rated as a 12-Metre. During the Second World War, she was used as a patrol boat off the US coast. Viveka was owned for 57 years by one man, who often cruised her single-handed, a testament to the manageability of the staysail schooner rig.

After a change of ownership and an award-winning restoration in California, Viveka made her debut on the Mediterranean circuit two years ago. She is one of only three US-designed yachts in the Richard Mille Cup.

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