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Tommy Dreyfus' yacht Mea Culpa identified by FB Group member C. S.: "Mea Culpa was simple robust construction so not too hard to revamp. Think Serendipity 43s from the same yard. This was Tommy's own boat that I sold twice. Mea Culpa, Ossian, Sapphire." See post by FB Group member D. J., Jun 11 2025: "Saw this in Nieuwpoort Belgium yesterday. Sad shape"

FB Group member C. S. comment above means that these links show the same yacht:

https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/.../00%20TU%20Mea%20c.htm

https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/.../00%20TU%20White%20S.htm

Pic and comment from histoiredeshalfs' link immediately above: 2021 April, received from Amaury these pictures and comment "Frers Two Tonners, first full carbon hull built, more than 10 years stored on shore in Nieuwpoort"
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grinde-19, May 20 2025: "renovation and electroconversion of our Grinde [designed by Peter Bruun in 1974] sailboat. We bought our boat, Grinde 28 as it is sometimes called, in the summer of 2021 from an older man who had had it since 1976, when it was new. The sailboat is in dire need of renovation and it will take several years to get everything back to tip top condition." Homepage in Swedish

https://grinde-19.se/

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/grinde/

Besides, see the girls on YouTube and Instagram, Windy hippie and Love works, sailing the world on this very seaworthy yacht:

https://www.instagram.com/boatlizard/

https://www.youtube.com/@sailingloveworkx
 
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LordBooster said:
Tommy Dreyfus' yacht Mea Culpa identified by FB Group member C. S.: "Mea Culpa was simple robust construction so not too hard to revamp. Think Serendipity 43s from the same yard. This was Tommy's own boat that I sold twice. Mea Culpa, Ossian, Sapphire." See post by FB Group member D. J., Jun 11 2025: "Saw this in Nieuwpoort Belgium yesterday. Sad shape"

FB Group member C. S. comment above means that these links show the same yacht:

https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/.../00%20TU%20Mea%20c.htm

https://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/.../00%20TU%20White%20S.htm

Pic and comment from histoiredeshalfs' link immediately above: 2021 April, received from Amaury these pictures and comment "Frers Two Tonners, first full carbon hull built, more than 10 years stored on shore in Nieuwpoort"
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Assuming this is the ex-Mea Culpa, I believe it is a sister-ship to the 1981 Frers 40 Acadia built by New Orleans Marine that was thrown out of the 1981 SORC (along with Serendipity 43 Louisiana Crude) for some kind of ballast infraction, IIRC. Hence the follow-up name. It was discussed a bit somewhere earlier in this thread. I used to co-own another, the 1983 Frers 40 Floating Point (ex Flyer, Cahoots, Ha Cha). New Orleans Marine was headed by Tom Dreyfus and they also built the Serendipity 43s as mentioned. They took pride in building relatively lightweight solid-glass hulls, relying on an extensive grid of stringers and frames for stiffness.

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Assuming this is the ex-Mea Culpa, I believe it is a sister-ship to the 1981 Frers 40 Acadia built by New Orleans Marine that was thrown out of the 1981 SORC (along with Serendipity 43 Louisiana Crude) for some kind of ballast infraction, IIRC. Hence the follow-up name. It was discussed a bit somewhere earlier in this thread. I used to co-own another, the 1983 Frers 40 Floating Point (ex Flyer, Cahoots, Ha Cha). New Orleans Marine was headed by Tom Dreyfus and they also built the Serendipity 43s as mentioned. They took pride in building relatively lightweight solid-glass hulls, relying on an extensive grid of stringers and frames for stiffness.

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No. Charrua was the sister ship, built to prove Acadia was legal. The bow down trim needed to get her to a similar rating made her very twitchy. Much better when retrimmed at higher rating. Mea Culpa was a little bigger.
 
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No. Charrua was the sister ship, built to prove Acadia was legal. The bow down trim needed to get her to a similar rating made her very twitchy. Much better when retrimmed at higher rating. Mea Culpa was a little bigger.
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Thanks for the info!
 
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No. Charrua was the sister ship, built to prove Acadia was legal. The bow down trim needed to get her to a similar rating made her very twitchy. Much better when retrimmed at higher rating. Mea Culpa was a little bigger.
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Ah, my mistake about Mea Culpa. I had noticed it was listed as 41', but the design looked nearly identical to the 40s and I know there was a bit of variance in many of the NOM boats since they were semi-custom. I just realized it rated as a two-tonner, where the 40s were one-ton. Flasher and High Risk were two other Frers 40 sister ships. I wonder if Mea Culpa was the first of what became known as the New Orleans Marine 41 class?
 
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No. Charrua was the sister ship, built to prove Acadia was legal. The bow down trim needed to get her to a similar rating made her very twitchy. Much better when retrimmed at higher rating. Mea Culpa was a little bigger.
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IIRC that bow down trim thing was what caused all the original problems for the Dreyfuss boats.

They were measured bow down with loose inside ballast then retrimmed for sailing by moving the ballast amidships.
 
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