G.L. Watson & Co has restored several historic craft and been monitoring the 1936-built Amazone for several years. Measuring 39 m, it has been a houseboat on the River Seine and, according to Sevenstar, the time had come to intervene if the vessel was ever to return to sea. 

In a two-week programme, the yacht was acquired, prepared for towage and taken to Le Havre where it was loaded on the DYT semi-submersible Yacht Servant and delivered to Falmouth, UK. The yacht was then unloaded and transferred to Pendennis Shipyard during mid-February.

Achieving this tight schedule in heavily regulated waters relied on the detailed collaboration between Sevenstar Yacht Transport and G.L. Watson & Co. It involved the charter of four specialised vessels on the Seine and the heavy lift cross channel transport.

Mike Herrebrugh of Sevenstar Yacht Transport said the project was “a labour of love to preserve an historic piece of yachting”. He added: “The arrangements for the tow in France were extensive and very complicated.”