Dana II
Dana II was designed and built by Fife in 1930 for Denmark but was almost immediately sold to Miss E.L. Lewis of Cowes. She is noted for Uffa Fox having fitted a very modern mast with, for the first time, no topmast rigging and with the halyards running inside the hollow mast. Helmed by F.G. Mitchell, she represented the British Team in the 1932 British-American Trophy at Cowes (Lucie and Bob Kat II also took part).
By 1934, the class had collapsed in the Solent, and Nada had moved to Burnham, but in 1935, now owned by J. Ewing, she was racing in the Solent and at Cowes Week, in the “Q” Class. By 1939 she had dropped out and was converted as a cruiser. After the war, she remained as a cruiser and we next know of her beautifully kept and laid up in a creek at Saltash, Cornwall. In the 1980s it is understood that she sailed across the Atlantic to Antigua, where she was kept in English Harbour. Laid up alongside a bar, she was severely damaged by a hurricane and subsequently abandoned in the jungle until found by Andrew Robinson. He restored her thoroughly and subsequently sold to Peter Harrison, who has had her steadily upgraded by Ian Howlett. Sailed by various helmsmen, she has moved up the class, finishing 8th in the Europeans at Nynashamn in 2012 and again 8th at the 2013 Worlds at Flensburg.
Under the name Nada, she came in 2nd place in the Classic Division of the 2016 European Championship in Brunnen, Switzerland.
Information kindly supplied by Fiona Brown/Tim Street.
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