This is a wonderful half-hour documentary hosted by Tom Cunliffe about Jolie Brise. Jolie Brise is a gaff-rigged pilot cutter/racing yacht built and launched by the Albert Paumelle Yard in Le Havre in 1913 to a design by Alexandre Pâris. Tom Cunliffe is a British yachting journalist, author, and broadcaster.
Here are his comments on the video: Here’s a ‘lock-down special’ released early for Christmas about one of the greatest cutters of them all, Jolie Brise. This boat truly changed my life. She deserves this professionally made, TV-quality show, so pour yourself a glass of the finest and shut the cabin door on the world for half an hour.
Jolie Brise – the boat that changed Tom Cunliffe’s life
Thanks to David Rye for contributing to this post.
I am surprised that her bow is square to the water.
Tom Cunliffe is as much a legend as Jolie Brise, an inspiration of these old and wonderful ships.
@Willy
I am not a great enthusiast of sailing in modern square fronted boats after a beat to windward for seven hours in what was virtually a submarine.
But every boat has its foibles – mine will shovel a bucket of cold water down the back of your neck when you’re sitting in the cockpit and a rogue wave slops under the quarter in otherwise fine weather.