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Lonely lives in Sydney Harbour’s Mosman Bay.

On most weekends Lonely takes her skipper Sean and his friends sailing. Sometimes they just cruise around the harbour or sail out the heads into the Tasman Sea and sometimes Lonely likes to race against her friends from the beautiful Sydney Amateur Sailing Club.

Lonely was built by Brian Keelty in Mooloolaba Queensland. They took lots of photos of Lonely from when she was just a few pieces of wood. Brian, his wife Marilyn and their daughter Gretchen raced and cruised with Lonely for about ten years. In those days Lonely was known as King Arthur.

Lonely's next skipper was the great Australian sailor Alan Webb. When Alan owned Lonely she was called Supertramp II. Alan sailed Lonely right around the world by himself. They sailed through some very stormy weather and visited many countries.

The beginnings

Lonely was designed by renowned New Zealand yacht designer Laurie Davidson. In a long career, Laurie designed winning America’s Cup yachts, highly successful ocean racers and several well-known production classes such as the Cavalier 37.

Brian Keelty, Lonely’s first skipper was a pattern maker by trade, he hand built Lonely in a shed on his farm outside of Mooloolaba in Queensland. Lonely is constructed of three layers of western red cedar planks using West Systems® epoxies.

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Brian was accustomed to working in millimetres and brought that same precision to the construction of Lonely.

Sean Kelly became Lonely’s skipper in 2009, she continued to sail as Supertramp II for several seasons and then became known as Lonely.

Everyone who sails on Lonely comments about how well she is designed and built. She is fast and strong and great fun to sail on.

You can find Lonely in Rudder to the Rescue - Lost. The first in a series of books featuring the adventures of Rudder the Rescue Boat.

Visit Rudder to the Rescue website