The Aegre name plate

This is the name plate for The Aegre that was screwed to the back of the cockpit, spanning the entire width of the cockpit. I still have it today.

The first owner of the boat, Andy Bryce, made it, screwing the brass letters to a wooden base that was an offcut from the original mahogany 1/2 inch planks used to build the hull.

In the lower picture, you can see it in situ across the back of the cockpit. All nicely polished too.

I love this picture. In good weather, sitting on the floor of the cockpit. My favourite daytime position on watch. For days, weeks, at a time.

Whenever I look at the nameplate today, on a shelf close by where I’m writing, I’m right back here, smiling, The Aegre rolling gently beneath me, the sun shining, a warm wind, and the vast horizon ahead.”